Shropshire 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	25,413	24,635	23,738
Light Industry	15,721	15,159	18,983
Staple Industry	16,576	13,768	17,893
Professional	42,216	46,098	66,601
Unclassified or Unoccupied	5,201	87,420	97,340

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

Working age population by Sector