Scotland Country (Dep) : Total employed in all industries

Total employed in all industries

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Year Empl. in all industries Unknown
1841 1,005,607 Show data context
1861 1,318,198 Show data context
1881 1,516,356 Show data context
1911 2,032,108 Show data context
1931 2,188,834 Show data context 1,624,020 Show data context
1951 2,193,061 Show data context
1971 2,154,929 Show data context
1991 2,032,188 Show data context
2001 2,261,281 Show data context
2011 2,516,895 Show data context
2021 2,647,960 Show data context
Date Source
1841 1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861 1861 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [26] , 'Summary Table of the Occupations of the People in Scotland'
1881 1881 Census of Scotland, Ages, Table [32] , 'Occupations of Males and Females at different Ages in each of the Counties of Scotland'
1911 1911 Census of Scotland, County Report, Table 22 , 'Occupations of males and females aged 10 years and upwards, in eleven groups of ages, and by status'
1931 1931 Census of Scotland, Occupations, Table 16 , 'Industries of Males and Females in Cities, Counties, and Large Burghs'
1931 1931 Census of Scotland, Occupations, Table 2 , 'Occupations of Males and of Females in Cities, Counties, and Large Burghs, showing also the Total "Operatives" and the Total "Out of Work"'
1951 1951 Census of Scotland, Occupations, Table 13 , 'Industry of Occupied Population by place of work', for 'Cities, Counties and Large Burghs'
1971 1971 Census of Scotland, Economic activity, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex (10% sample)', for 'Planning sub-regions, cities, counties, large burghs, county remainders, conurbation centre, new towns'
1991 Census of Population
2001 National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV34, Industry (17 way))
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table KS605UK - Industry)
2021 National Records of Scotland, Scotland's Census (Table UV605, "Industry")

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Total number of persons in employment across all industrial sectors.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Scotland Country (Dep) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Total employed in all industries, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st June 2026