Grouped Social Class

Year	Classes 1 & 2	Class 3	Classes 4 & 5	Class not stated
1841	806,804	2,873,114	2,126,899
1881	1,398,518	3,274,452	2,918,799
1931	1,978,569	6,430,620	4,742,601
1951	2,751,628	8,149,943	4,506,182
1961	2,166,039	5,614,280	3,579,479
1971	3,249,884	7,092,929	3,591,727	472,010
1981	3,695,660	6,316,900	2,971,250
1991	4,620,610	5,803,350	2,765,940
2001	6,584,816	3,825,331	3,615,074

Date:	Source:
1841 - 2001	Census of Population
1961	1961 Census of England and Wales, Occupations County Leaflets, Table 5, 'Socio-economic Group (Numbers and Proportions) of Economically Active Males and Economically Inactive Males (stating an occupation)', for 'AC, LAA, County Aggregates, Con, NT (10% sample)'

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