TREND IN MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRIES 



19 



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



1895 = 100 



Plymouth. After 1895 the number 

 of employees increased at a more rapid 

 rate than did population. There has 

 been, however, a considerable decline 

 during the depression period. 



Saugus. Population has been ris- 

 ing at a rapid rate, while industrial 

 employment and number of establish- 

 ments were at their highest in 1895. 



31 45 55 65 15 B5 96 05 10 20 21 35 



31 45 55 65 15 85 95 05 10 20 27 33 



Southbridge. There has been a 

 gradual increase in population and in- 

 dustrial employment, but the latter 

 began a decline in 1920. In 1933 em- 

 ployment was slightly higher than in 

 1927. 



31 45 5 3 65 



83 95 OS 10 20 21 33 



Stoneham. The number of em- 

 ployees reached its peak as early as 

 1855, although the population shows 

 a gradual increase throughout the 

 period. 



Swampscott. Population began a 

 rapid increase in 1885, while the num- 

 ber of employees rapidly declined 

 from its high peak in 1855 until 1875, 

 and since then has been at a compar- 

 atively low level. 



31 45 56 66 IS 66 86 05 



20 21 33 



65 15 85 95 



20 21 33 



