Edinburgh Council (City) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry

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Total employed in all industries

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Year	Empl. in all industries
1841	70,979
1861	95,691
1881	124,662
1911	194,204
1931	212,146
1951	218,640
1971	232,528
2001	218,820
2011	236,912
2021	268,932

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'
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.

Edinburgh Council (City) : Total employed in all industries

Total employed in all industries