1931 Census of England and Wales, General Report, Table 66 : " Percentages Out of Work among Occupied Persons by Regions, Administrative Counties, County Boroughs and Large Towns with Populations exceeding 50,000".

Area Males Females
     
England and Wales 12.7 8.6
     
Regional Summary :—    
  South East 8.8 5.7
  North, 1 24.3 9.6
  North, 2 14.6 7.7
  North, 3 13.7 9.1
  North, 4. 16.6 15.4
  Midland, 1 12.8 9.2
  Midland, 2 10.1 7.1
  East 10.7 6.8
  South West 7.8 5.2
  Wales, 1. 20.9 8.4
  Wales, 2. 12.3 6.1
     
Bedfordshire A.C. 7.3 4.0
  Luton M.B. 7.5 2.5
     
Berkshire A.G. 6.8 4.9
  Reading C.B. 8.0 5.1
     
Buckinghamshire A.C. 6.4 4.3
     
Cambridgeshire A.C. 6.5 3.9
  Cambridge M.B. 5.6 2.9
  Cheshire A.C. 114 9.8
  Birkenhead C.H. 25.2 11.1
  Chester C.B. 12.4 5.6
  Stockport C.B. 13.0 13.2
  Wallasey C.B. 12.9 7.9
  Cornwall A.C. 11.2 4.8
  Cumberland A.C. 14.8 7.7
  Carlisle C.B. 12.9 7.3
     
Derbyshire A.C. 10.3 9.4
  Derby C.B. 14.3 8.9
  Chesterfield M.B. 13.9 7.0
     
Devonshire A.C. 5.5 4.5
  Exeter C.B. 8.1 4.3
  Plymouth C.B. 10.9 8.3
     
Dorsetshire A.C. 6.7 5.0
  Poole M.B. 7.7 5.8
  Durham A.C. 22.8 9.0
  Darlington C.H. 18.7 7.6
     
Gateshead C.B. 27.2 12.9
  South Shields C.B. 35.9 11-0
  Sunderland C.B. 36.6 11.4
  West Hartlepool C.B. 4.7 9.8
  Stockton-on-Tees M.B. 30.4 9.3
  Ely : Isle of, A.C. 7.6 6.1
  Essex A.C. 7.7 5.9
  East Ham C.B. 9.5 6.1
  Southend-on-Sea C.B. 7.4 6.1
  West Ham C.B. 14.8 7.3
  Barking Town U.D. 8.5 7.3
  Dagenham U.D. 7.5 9.4
  Ilford M.B. 5.1 4.4
  Leyton M.B. 9.8 5.9
  Walthamstow M.B. 10.1 6.2
     
Gloucestershire A.C. 10.4 6.1
  Bristol C.B. 12.9 6.5
  Gloucester C.B. 16.0 7.1
     
Herefordshire A.C. 10.3 6.4
     
Hertfordshire A.C. 6.2 3.8
  Watford M.B. 7.2 4.7
     
Huntingdonshire A.C. 9.8 8.1
     
Kent A.C. 8.2 5.8
  Canterbury C.B. 7.9 4.7
  Gillingham M.B. 6.2 9.0
     
Lancashire A.C. 13.9 17-0
  Barrow-in-Furness C.B. 17.2 14.0
  Blackburn C.B. 25.4 41.6
  Blackpool C.B. 15.8 12.8
  Bolton C.B. 16.7 12.4
  Bootle C.B. 24.3 14.2
  Burnley C.B. 19.9 29.5
  Bury C.B. 15.2 19.5
  Liverpool C.B. 22.4 13.3
  Manchester C.B. 17.1 11.5
  Oldham C.B. 24.0 21.0
  Preston C.B. 17.0 20.9
  Rochdale C.B. 16.9 16.3
  St. Helens C.B. 17.6 10.7
  Salford C.B. 16.7 12.8
  Southport C.B. 10.3 5.9
  Warrington C.B. 13.9 10.4
  Wigan C.B. 21.4 13.7
  Ashton-under-Lyne M.B. 20.7 27.9
  Stretford U.D. 8.7 7.2
     
Leicestershire A.C. -7.0 6.9
  Leicester C.B. 9.7 7.3
     
Lincolnshire : Parts of Holland    
  A.C. 6.9 4.7
     
Lincolnshire : Parts of Kesteven    
  A.C. 11.3 7.7
     
Lincolnshire : Parts of Lindsey    
  A.C. 11.1 7.0
  Grimsby C.B. 12.2 8.9
  Lincoln C.B. 18.2 8.3
     
London A.C. 11.7 6.6
  City of London C.C. 7.4 2.8
  Battersea Met. B. 11 6.5
  Bermondsey Met. B. 14.9 8.6
  Bethnal Green Met. B. 15.8 7.8
  Camberwell Met. B. 10.3 6.5
  Chelsea Met. B. 11.1 5.1
  Deptford Met. B. 13.2 7.2
  Finsbury Met. B. 15.5 9.1
  Fulham Met. B. 10.7 6.9
  Greenwich Met. B. 11.4 6.4
  Hackney Met. B. 11.7 6.4
  Hammersmith Met. B. 11.4 7.3
  Hampstead Met. B. 7.1 4.0
  Holborn Met. B. 11.4 6.2
  Islington Met. B. 12.3 7.7
  Kensington Met. B. 10.2 5.3
  Lambeth Met. B. 11.1 7.5
  Lewisham Met. B. 6.8 4.8
  Paddington Met. B. 11.1 7.5
  Poplar Met. B. 18.9 7.8
  St. Marylebone Met. B. 11.9 5.3
  St. Pancras Met. B. 13.1 7.4
  Shoreditch Met. B. 17.2 10.2
  Southwark Met. B. 14.4 8.3
  Stepney Met. B. 14.4 7.0
  Stoke Newington Met. B. 10.3 5.5
  Wandsworth Met. B. 8.3 5.3
  Westminster, City of, Met. B. 9.7 4.5
  Woolwich Met. B. 9.5 7.6
     
Middlesex A.C. 6.9 4.7
  Acton M.B. 8.4 5.0
  Brentford & Chiswick H.D. 7.4 4.5
  Ealing M.B. 6.0 4.2
  Edmonton U.D. 10.3 5.9
  Enfield U.D. 8.0 6.0
  Finchley U.D. 4.3 3-0
  Hendon U.D. 4.7 3.4
  IIeston & lsleworth U.D. 6.8 7.5
  Hornsey M.B. 6.0 4.0
  Southgate U.D. 3.8 3.5
  Tottenham U.D. 10.2 5.5
  Willesden E.D. 7.8 4.9
  Wood Green U.D. 6.4 4.4
     
Norfolk A.C. 8.7 6.5
  Great Yarmouth C.B. 17.5 8.9
  Norwich C.B. 12.0 5.8
     
Northamptonshire A.C. 8.6 4.3
  Northampton C.B. 9.1 5.8
     
Northumberland A.C. 15.4 6.8
  Newcastle-upon-Tyne C.B. 26.9 11.0
  Tynemouth C.B. 28.3 10.0
     
Nottinghamshire A.C. 9.5 6.6
  Nottingham C.B. 13.7 6.0
     
Oxfordshire A.C. 7.4 5.2
  Oxford C.B. 5.4 3.1
     
Peterborough : Soke of, A.C. 9.8 8.4
     
Rutlandshire A.C. 8.8 5.9
     
Shropshire A.C. 10.4 7.1
     
Somersetshire A.C. 7.9 5.1
  Bath C.B. 10.3 4.4
     
Southampton A.C. 6.1 5.4
  Bournemouth C.B. 6.7 4.1
  Portsmouth C.B. 9.0 6.9
  Southampton C.B. 13.7 7.2
     
Staffordshire A.C. 13.1 10.3
  Burton-upon-Trent C.B. 13.3 8.4
  Smethwick C.B. 13.4 9.9
  Stoke-on-Trent C.B. 17.3 14.0
  Walsall C.B. 18.7 14.0
  West Bromwich C.B. 15.7 9.1
  Wolverhampton C.B. 18.4 11.5
     
Suffolk : East A.C. 12.6 8.7
  Ipswich C.B. 13.2 5.1
     
Suffolk : West A.C. 10.8 7.4
     
Surrey A.C. 5.4 4.0
  Croydon C.B. 6.8 4.9
  Mitcham U.D. 7.7 5.5
  Wimbledon M.B. 6.9 4.0
     
Sussex : East A.C. 5.6 4.0
  Brighton C.B. 9.0 6.7
  Eastbourne C.B. 6.9 4.4
  Hastings C.B. 7.9 5.9
  Hove M.B. 6.0 3.8
     
Sussex : West A.C. 5.6 4.5
     
Warwickshire A.C. 7.6 7.2
  Birmingham C.B. 13.4 9.9
  Coventry C.B. 13.9 9.2
     
Westmorland A.C. 5.2 3.2
     
Wight : Isle of, A.C. 7.7 5.0
     
Wiltshire A.C. 6.0 5.5
  Swindon M.B. 5.0 6.1
     
Worcestershire A.C. 9.4 7.2-
  Dudley C.B. 18.9 10.6
  Worcester C.B. 11.9 7.5
     
Yorkshire : East Riding A.C. 9.2 5.9
  Kingston-upon-Hull C.B. 15.2 9.0
  Yorkshire : North Riding A.C. 13.0 7.3
  Middlesbrough C.D. 27.7 11.2
     
Yorkshire : West Riding A.C. 11.1 8.7
  Barnsley C B. 19.5 12.3
  Bradford C.B. 14.0 11.6
  Dewsbury- C.B. 15.6 14.7
  Doncaster C.B. 10.0 8.6
  Halifax C.B. 12.7 8.0
  Huddersfield C.B. 10.5 6.9
  Leeds C.B... 15.9 6.7
  Rotherham C.B. 15.6 11.1
  Sheffield C.B. 19.5 11.4
  Wakefield C.B. 11.1 6.4
  York C.B. 12.2 6.0
     
Anglesey A.C. 13.7 6.7
     
Brecknockshire A.C. 14.8 4.7
     
Caernarvonshire A.C. 11.1 6.0
     
Cardiganshire A.C. 9.0 3.3
     
Carmarthenshire A.C. 12.9 5.0
     
Denbighshire A.C. 11.8 7.1
     
Flintshire A.C. 19.7 7.5
     
Glamorganshire A.C. 21.7 8.8
  Cardiff C.B. 20.1 9.4
  Merthyr Tydfil C.B. 35.8 10.7
  Swansea C.B. 24.1 8.7
  Rhondda U.D. 25.9 9.6
     
Merionethshire A.C. 8.2 4.9
     
Monmouthshire A.G. 20.7 8.3
  Newport C.B. 18.7 8.7
     
Montgomeryshire A.C. 7.5 5.8
     
Pembrokeshire A.C. 12.9 5.3
     
Radnorshire A.C. 5.3 4.0