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1931 Census of England and Wales, General Report, Table 56 : " Agricultural Occupations in the Aggregates of Rural Districts in Counties, 1931".
Aggregates of Rural Districts | Area in Acres (Land and Inland Water) | Male Population aged 14 and over | Male Agricultural Workers (010-039) | Farmers (011) | Gardeners and their Labourers (013,030) | Agricultural Labourers (020-023) | Agricultural Workers (010-039), per 1,000 Males aged 14 and over | Male Agricultural Workers (010-039), per 10,000 acres | Agricultural Labourers (020-023), per 100 Farmers and Relatives (011,012) | Area in Acres per Farmer (011) | Shepherds (020), per 1,000 Agricultural Labourers (020-023) | Female Agricultural Workers (010-039) | Female Agricultural Workers per 1000 Total Agricultural Workers) | |
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Column 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
ENGLAND AND WALES | 32,834,392 | 3,024,843 | 854,141 | 198,577 | 134,953 | 400,326 | 282 | 260 | 153 | 165 | 24 | 41,411 | 46 | |
Bedford | 279,847 | 30,489 | 9,734 | 1,326 | 2,144 | 5,270 | 319 | 348 | 310 | 211 | 11 | 199 | 20 | |
Berkshire | 439,184 | 53,518 | 14,056 | 1,427 | 4,899 | 6,159 | 263 | 320 | 336 | 308 | 31 | 346 | 24 | |
Buckingham | 439,821 | 56,670 | 13,122 | 2,418 | 3,799 | 5,429 | 232 | 298 | 175 | 182 | 13 | 405 | 30 | |
Cambridge | 309,711 | 28,636 | 12,043 | 1,896 | 2,019 | 6,973 | 421 | 389 | 306 | 163 | 24 | 244 | 20 | |
Cheshire | 534,099 | 77,652 | 20,238 | 4,928 | 3,531 | 8,943 | 261 | 379 | 132 | 108 | 3 | 1,569 | 72 | |
Cornwall | 808,627 | 64,231 | 21,352 | 8,089 | 2,393 | 7,736 | 332 | 264 | 75 | 100 | 2 | 989 | 44 | |
Cumberland | 906,465 | 34,065 | 12,605 | 4,477 | 804 | 4,896 | 370 | 139 | 79 | 202 | 47 | 987 | 73 | |
Derby | 548,113 | 113,252 | 13,843 | 4,452 | 2,003 | 4,915 | 122 | 253 | 81 | 123 | 3 | 733 | 50 | |
Devon | 1,540,361 | 87,084 | 34,344 | 10,903 | 4,384 | 13,412 | 394 | 223 | 91 | 141 | 6 | 1,542 | 43 | |
Dorset | 601,196 | 40,249 | 14,915 | 3,146 | 2,325 | 7,344 | 371 | 248 | 179 | 191 | 48 | 617 | 40 | |
Durham | 542,689 | 148,625 | 9,220 | 2,645 | 910 | 3,986 | 62 | 170 | 108 | 205 | 16 | 925 | 91 | |
Ely, Isle of | 155,159 | 12,460 | 8,043 | 1,807 | 722 | 4,719 | 646 | 518 | 214 | 86 | 2 | 598 | 69 | |
Essex | 819,046 | 105,806 | 30,192 | 4,188 | 5,663 | 17,187 | 285 | 369 | 333 | 196 | 12 | 985 | 32 | |
Gloucester | 744,130 | 83,848 | 20,220 | 4,301 | 4,121 | 8,926 | 241 | 272 | 158 | 173 | 31 | 718 | 34 | |
Hereford | 522,592 | 26,096 | 13,647 | 3,697 | 1,487 | 6,570 | 523 | 261 | 137 | 141 | 19 | 673 | 47 | |
Hertford | 334,472 | 45,168 | 11,787 | 1,253 | 3,896 | 5,326 | 261 | 352 | 347 | 267 | 20 | 277 | 23 | |
Huntingdonshire | 204,226 | 11,641 | 5,620 | 997 | 594 | 3,409 | 483 | 275 | 273 | 205 | 15 | 153 | 27 | |
Kent | 842,640 | 128,424 | 36,453 | 5,154 | 9,244 | 18,527 | 284 | 433 | 289 | 163 | 33 | 1,775 | 46 | |
Lancashire | 706,641 | 100,984 | 23,445 | 7,065 | 2,944 | 8,338 | 232 | 332 | 83 | 100 | 4 | 2,015 | 79 | |
Leicestershire | 482,861 | 67,116 | 11,876 | 3,238 | 1,849 | 5,125 | 177 | 246 | 124 | 149 | 32 | 439 | 36 | |
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Holland | 222,745 | 19,269 | 12,348 | 2,602 | 499 | 7,985 | 641 | 554 | 250 | 86 | 4 | 1,177 | 87 | |
Kesteven | 443,066 | 27,150 | 11,960 | 2,248 | 649 | 7,426 | 441 | 270 | 255 | 197 | 20 | 385 | 31 | |
Lindsey | 907,811 | 51,194 | 25,139 | 5,701 | 1,184 | 14,602 | 491 | 277 | 198 | 159 | 25 | 958 | 37 | |
Middlesex | 15,359 | 17,672 | 763 | 46 | 526 | 142 | 43 | 497 | 245 | 334 | 7 | 25 | 32 | |
Norfolk | 1,260,936 | 99,968 | 45,805 | 6,869 | 5,852 | 28,079 | 458 | 363 | 327 | 184 | 172 | 1,156 | 25 | |
Northampton | 538,891 | 43,873 | 12,120 | 2,371 | 1,658 | 6,546 | 276 | 225 | 214 | 227 | 43 | 263 | 21 | |
Northumberland | 1,204,477 | 38,547 | 11,479 | 2,664 | 1,094 | 5,592 | 298 | 225 | 157 | 452 | 196 | 1,541 | 118 | |
Nottingham | 461,548 | 64,613 | 12,029 | 2,877 | 1,734 | 5,540 | 186 | 261 | 144 | 160 | 14 | 456 | 37 | |
Oxford | 452,676 | 35,228 | 12,021 | 1,973 | 2,218 | 6,304 | 341 | 266 | 247 | 229 | 39 | 270 | 22 | |
Peterborough, Soke of | 43,442 | 3,250 | 1,244 | 257 | 91 | 733 | 383 | 286 | 224 | 169 | 26 | 44 | 34 | |
Rutland | 95,023 | 5,357 | 2,027 | 426 | 295 | 1,059 | 378 | 213 | 206 | 223 | 50 | 48 | 23 | |
Shropshire | 813,400 | 49,159 | 20,880 | 5,312 | 1,813 | 10,621 | 425 | 257 | 149 | 153 | 25 | 1,216 | 55 | |
Somerset | 988,496 | 85,850 | 28,424 | 7,741 | 4,415 | 12,325 | 331 | 288 | 123 | 128 | 19 | 1,224 | 41 | |
Southampton | 877,669 | 99,350 | 25,566 | 3,615 | 8,169 | 10,508 | 257 | 291 | 235 | 243 | 35 | 934 | 35 | |
Stafford | 610,353 | 80,279 | 17,862 | 5,178 | 2,317 | 7,750 | 222 | 293 | 112 | 118 | 12 | 908 | 48 | |
Suffolk, East | 521,292 | 46,635 | 20,388 | 2,776 | 2,385 | 13,037 | 437 | 391 | 365 | 188 | 16 | 374 | 18 | |
Suffolk, West | 371,300 | 25,272 | 12,239 | 1,487 | 1,152 | 7,998 | 484 | 330 | 409 | 250 | 23 | 227 | 18 | |
Surrey | 313,078 | 67,718 | 14,232 | 1,264 | 8,004 | 3,715 | 210 | 455 | 237 | 248 | 18 | 430 | 29 | |
Sussex, East | 467,078 | 49,507 | 17,010 | 2,540 | 5,675 | 6,658 | 344 | 364 | 211 | 184 | 19 | 611 | 35 | |
Sussex, West | 383,292 | 39,499 | 12,952 | 1,449 | 4,352 | 5,554 | 328 | 338 | 309 | 265 | 36 | 444 | 33 | |
Warwick | 505,650 | 70,421 | 13,666 | 2,916 | 2,884 | 6,230 | 194 | 270 | 165 | 173 | 19 | 528 | 37 | |
Westmorland | 473,345 | 13,517 | 5,445 | 2,168 | 415 | 1,793 | 403 | 115 | 60 | 218 | 56 | 407 | 70 | |
Wight, Isle of | 86,250 | 11,550 | 2,941 | 525 | 805 | 1,309 | 255 | 341 | 188 | 164 | 43 | 121 | 40 | |
Wiltshire | 831,863 | 63,796 | 20,746 | 3,717 | 2,821 | 11,629 | 325 | 249 | 237 | 224 | 34 | 432 | 20 | |
Worcester | 395,543 | 39,147 | 15,209 | 2,648 | 3,846 | 7,111 | 389 | 385 | 204 | 149 | 6 | 868 | 54 | |
Yorkshire: | ||||||||||||||
East Riding | 706,702 | 37,622 | 18,359 | 3,843 | 1,267 | 10,348 | 488 | 260 | 197 | 184 | 42 | 393 | 21 | |
North Riding | 1,254,211 | 59,745 | 21,842 | 6,736 | 1,792 | 9,146 | 366 | 174 | 96 | 186 | 30 | 881 | 39 | |
West Riding | 1,258,840 | 164,958 | 24,689 | 7,718 | 2,544 | 9,980 | 150 | 196 | 95 | 163 | 15 | 1,126 | 44 | |
WALES AND MONMOUTH | ||||||||||||||
Anglesey | 165,001 | 11,341 | 4,941 | 1,966 | 241 | 2,086 | 436 | 299 | 85 | 84 | 8 | 465 | 86 | |
Brecknock | 462,240 | 16,029 | 4,489 | 1,776 | 295 | 1,496 | 280 | 97 | 60 | 262 | 58 | 325 | 68 | |
Caernarvon | 334,954 | 21,778 | 5,812 | 2,345 | 346 | 2,195 | 267 | 174 | 74 | 143 | 24 | 475 | 76 | |
Carmarthen | 573,537 | 39,481 | 10,235 | 4,815 | 262 | 2,875 | 259 | 178 | 42 | 119 | 7 | 1,893 | 156 | |
Cardigan | 434,697 | 14,025 | 6,828 | 3,135 | 173 | 2,360 | 487 | 157 | 57 | 139 | 38 | 980 | 126 | |
Denbigh | 404,076 | 38,744 | 8,214 | 2,972 | 624 | 3,289 | 212 | 203 | 85 | 136 | 21 | 573 | 65 | |
148,913 | 24,865 | 4,534 | 1,564 | 542 | 1,665 | 182 | 304 | 80 | 95 | 12 | 369 | 75 | ||
Glamorgan | 285,379 | 68,207 | 5,353 | 1,843 | 759 | 1,725 | 78 | 188 | 68 | 155 | 5 | 363 | 64 | |
Merioneth | 367,528 | 8,896 | 3,655 | 1,567 | 184 | 1,295 | 411 | 99 | 64 | 235 | 67 | 242 | 62 | |
Monmouth | 249,430 | 20,391 | 5,762 | 1,915 | 800 | 1,933 | 283 | 231 | 75 | 130 | 8 | 297 | 49 | |
Montgomery | 469,048 | 11,818 | 6,960 | 2,856 | 162 | 2,548 | 589 | 148 | 66 | 164 | 35 | 540 | 72 | |
Pembroke | 380,375 | 17,131 | 7,791 | 3,318 | 256 | 2,739 | 455 | 205 | 61 | 115 | 2 | 1,103 | 124 | |
Radnor | 292,998 | 5,977 | 3,427 | 1,431 | 122 | 1,210 | 573 | 117 | 62 | 205 | 40 | 150 | 42 |