Kent Administrative County (pre-1974) : Work & Poverty Statistics

Created: 1889   Abolished: 1974

These simple graphs compare Kent with national trends:


We hold these detailed statistics for Kent, which we graph and tabulate here:

Available datasets Period covered Variables (number of categories)
All persons insured against unemployment 1927 to 1939 All persons covered by unemployment insurance (1)
Census Unemployment by Sex 1931 to 1951 Sex (2)
Census Unemployment (3)
Claimant Count Unemployment 1927 to 1939 Insured Unemployment (2)
Economically Active by Sex 1921 to 1951 Sex (2)
Economically Active (2)
Percentage Unemployed by Category of the Insured 1927 to 1939 Categories of Persons within National Insurance (4)

Read more about how we hold statistics here.