TREND IN MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRIES 



13 



Thirty-four Towns Having over 10,000 Population in 1930 



In the towns with a population of 10,000 or over there has been a constant 

 increase in population through the entire period under consideration. The 

 number of industrial employees kept up with the increased population until 

 1905, but dropped considerably in 1910. After that date there was recovery 

 until 1920, with a subsequent decline bringing down the index in 1933 to a 

 level only slightly higher than it was in 1910. The number of industrial es- 

 tablishments has been moving in general in the same direction as the number 

 of industrial employees, except for the period between 1895 and 1905, which 

 as stated above, reflects the change in the statistical enumeration. 



Trend in Population, Industrial Establishments, and Wage Earners, 1837 - 1933 



1895 = 100 



THIRTY-FOUR TOWNS WITH OVER 10,000 POPULATION IN 1930 



INDEX 



NUMBERS 



250 



200 - 



150 



10O 



POPULATION 



ESTABLISHMENTS 



i I I 1 L 



37 45 55 65 75 85 95 05 10 20 27 33 



