Ságvári Ágnes (szerk.): Budapest. The History of a Capital (Budapest, 1975)
Historical Statistics of Budapest
Table III b. Greater Budapest 1930 1941 Wage-earners: 1949 1960 1963 5,334 7,013 Agriculture 12,447 14,326 11,700 523 847 Processing industries 345,886 494,544 520,500 234,720 294,080 Building industry 25,458 69,627 89,500 90,873 102,717 Transport 56,151 81,421 88,500 27,073 34,052 Commerce 100,454 115,257 115,950 65,765 81,839 Service trades 77,317 76,760 80,400 7,406 Public service 123,971 124,432 136,600 10,411 13,861 Other 130,547 197,013 40,500 40,915 50,191 Inactive earners 63,294 26,747 60,508 59,744 (retired, etc) 212,500 Total: 872,231 1,173,380 1,296,200 573,161 704,852 433,023 460,111 Dependents 718,085 631,226 603,650 Total population: 1,590,316 1,804,606 1,899,850 1,006,184 1,164,963 57.0 60.5 Percentage of wage-earners 54.8 65.0 68.2 Sources: Budapest from 1873 to Our Days, p. 51; Statistical Year-Book of Budapest 1963, p. 14; Microcensus. Statistical Year-Book of Budapest 1964; Statistical Pocket-Book of Budapest 1965, p. 20; The Population Census of 1960, vol. 3, Demographic Data of Budapest, p. 51 Length of Tramway and Bus Lines (in kilometers) Table V Tramways, underground and funicular railways Trolley-buses Buses 1873 26.47 1930 189.58 1880 42.48 1940 193.52 2.70 . 1890 60.39 1943 199.71 2.70 . 1902 118.51 1951 175.80 7.20 354.0 1910 152.35 1960 187.50 34.10 505.5 1920 162.67 1969 212.60 33.90 565.5 Sources: Budapest from 1873 to Our Days, pp, 186-187; Statistical Year-Book of Budapest 1970, p. 257 161
