Ságvári Ágnes (szerk.): Budapest. The History of a Capital (Budapest, 1975)
Historical Statistics of Budapest
Population According to Principal Occupations a. In pre-1945 Budapest Wage-earners: 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 Primary production 4,559 5,616 5,660 5,294 5,202 Mining 16 87 240 389 713 Industry 59,239 104,966 161,039 218,068 187,864 Commerce, banking 15,709 28,196 46,731 64,881 82,859 Transport 5,129 16,102 22,863 30,462 31,824 Public service, professions 15,375 15,182 31,240 43,753 63,357 Defence 10,216 14,147 16,484 16,636 16,846 Casual labour 36,205 35,908 19,195 11,485 5,502 Independent 3,639 10,287 12,756 15,795 24,616 Domestic servants 36,373 43,053 57,204 70,117 52,175 Other and unknown 4,546 9,470 12,929 16,095 18,588 Total: 191,006 286,014 386,341 492,975 489,546 Dependents 179,761 220,370 347,017 387,396 439,450 Total population 370,767 506,384 733,358 880,371 928,996 Percentage of wage-earners 51.5 56.5 52.7 56.0 52.7 Housing in Budapest Table IV Dwellings Built Old Budapest 1897-1900 1901-1910 1911-1920 1921-1930 1931-1940 1943 1949 Sources: Budapest from 1873 to Our Days, p. 125 Statistical Year-Book of Budapest 1963, p. 181 Preisich: History of the Construction of the City of Budapest, vol. III. p. 20 Statistical Pocket-Book, Budapest 1971, p. 134 35,167 30,027 29,879 31,343 46,038 3,486 4,669 Greater Budapest 1950-1954 18,169 1955-1957 21,490 1958-1960 28,380 1961-1963 32,721 1964-1966 27,585 1967-1970 49,351 160
