Northumberland Ancient County : Occupation data classified by the Booth main sectors plus sex

Occupation data classified by the Booth main sectors plus sex

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Data for 1841 Sex
Booth-Armstrong Industrial Sectors Male Female
Agriculture 15,952 Show data context 1,462 Show data context
Mining 9,440 Show data context 34 Show data context
Building: Management 6,162 Show data context 0 Show data context
Manufacturing 19,152 Show data context 2,530 Show data context
Transport 3,881 Show data context 45 Show data context
Dealing 5,998 Show data context 1,505 Show data context
Industrial Service 5,353 Show data context 152 Show data context
Public Service & Professional 2,678 Show data context 348 Show data context
Domestic Service 2,536 Show data context 12,704 Show data context
Property Owning & Independent 125 Show data context 6 Show data context

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A University of Aberdeen project directed by Clive Lee systematically re-worked county-level occupation/industry data from all censuses 1841-1971 to the 1968 Standard Industrial Classification, distinguishing males and females. Lee calculated two alternative sets of data, Series A and Series B. Series A is for all individual Registration Counties and follows the nineteenth century censuses approach of grouping distributive workers with those involved in manufacturing the same items. Series B is for Administrative C...


ounties and is closely modeled on employment classifications used in the 1970s so sector 23 ('Distributive Trades') is much larger. Not all individual administrative county data are listed. Scottish counties were aggregated to the 1975-1996 regions and Welsh counties were grouped into 'Glamorgan and Monmouthshire' and 'North and West Wales'. As these are derived data, we hold Lee's data only for actual counties and nations already in our system.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Northumberland Ancient County through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Occupation data classified by the Booth main sectors plus sex, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10134638/cube/IND_BOOTH1841_SEC

Date accessed: 04th June 2026