Devon Administrative County (pre-1974) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry

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Working age population by Sector

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Cambridge Group Industrial Sector	1921	1931	1951
Agriculture	48,292	45,212	42,931
Light Industry	55,853	54,740	60,071
Staple Industry	22,903	20,422	31,612
Professional	163,258	173,858	175,535
Unclassified or Unoccupied	17,284	291,321	173,262

Date	Source
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 17 , 'Occupations (Condensed list)'
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 16 , 'Occupations of Males and Females, showing also total Operatives and the total Out of Work'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, Occupations, Table 21 , 'Selected Occupations with Status Aggregates - abridged analysis', for 'Con divisions and sub-divisions, Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD, NT'

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Working age population grouped into the four Sectors defined by the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure.

Devon Administrative County (pre-1974) : Working age population by Sector

Working age population by Sector