The number of employees working on agricultural and horticultural holdings in each county in England for 1999 to 2008 can be found in the table. Employees are defined as salaried managers, full-time, part-time and casual workers working on the holding on 1 June each year.
19991 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees 186 154 167 167 146 144 122 119 126 133 South Teesside 201 179 183 183 187 198 204 180 197 210 Darlington 165 132 131 131 2— 120 121 110 102 107 Durham CC 1,211 1,060 978 978 888 923 869 845 831 901 Northumberland 2,560 2,184 2,211 2,211 2,056 1,847 1,879 1,775 1,712 1,744 Tyneside 195 209 194 194 176 185 154 145 138 150 Sunderland 66 80 87 87 2— 90 91 83 43 43 West Cumbria 1,239 1,109 1,077 1,077 944 1,018 1,079 1,052 1,046 1,100 East Cumbria 2,808 2,395 2,090 2,090 1,956 2,035 2,075 2,004 2,059 2,116 Halton and Warrington 253 280 288 288 281 303 341 199 197 214 Cheshire CC 3,936 3,455 3,142 3,142 2,888 3,002 3,039 2,786 2,853 2,959 Greater Manchester South 463 424 436 2— 394 382 305 317 312 315 Greater Manchester North 566 416 442 442 367 400 387 410 357 360 Blackburn with Darwen 84 65 66 66 2— 63 60 51 60 71 Blackpool 140 27 31 31 2— 2— 19 13 13 2— Lancashire CC 5,791 5,456 4,830 4,830 4,290 4,455 4,427 4,442 4,407 4,382 East Merseyside 335 183 211 211 204 230 194 274 248 301 Liverpool 70 74 84 2— 74 81 2— 81 80 78 Sefton 177 138 146 146 139 149 154 181 176 175 Wirral 134 107 113 113 2— 123 2— 92 94 100 Kingston upon Hull, City of 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 9 2— 12 East Riding of Yorkshire 4,659 3,926 3,709 3,709 2— 3,610 3,446 3,359 2,991 3,022 North and North East Lincolnshire 1,128 1,040 950 950 895 982 926 791 773 794 York 272 283 255 255 2— 220 2— 215 194 224 North Yorkshire CC 7,616 6,415 6,173 6,173 5,733 6,071 5,893 5,692 5,861 6,076 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham 1,092 904 871 871 785 801 759 766 703 768 Sheffield 186 171 167 167 139 155 165 154 167 187 Bradford 302 243 258 258 216 221 228 225 229 245 Leeds 644 637 631 631 540 596 539 521 562 559 Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield 1,046 881 821 821 726 782 752 800 722 783 Derby 31 20 20 20 19 19 22 27 20 10 East Derbyshire 530 431 410 410 351 369 350 346 371 422 South and West Derbyshire 2,135 1,794 1,464 1,464 1,350 1,441 1,452 1,399 1,434 1,523 Nottingham 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— North Nottinghamshire 1,825 1,587 1,609 1,609 1,584 1,685 1,763 1,501 1,455 1,558 South Nottinghamshire 846 759 835 2— 773 828 811 751 622 652 Leicester 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 34 29 12 2— 2— Leicestershire CC and Rutland 2,716 2,513 2,279 2,279 2,238 2,290 2,316 2,256 2,285 2,349 Northamptonshire 1,883 1,717 1,594 1,594 1,447 1,514 1,446 1,529 1,635 1,658 Lincolnshire 11,108 10,079 9,163 9,163 8,755 8,749 8,844 8,288 7,886 7,933 Herefordshire, County of 3,990 3,783 3,578 3,578 2— 3,807 2— 5,279 5,902 5,896 Worcestershire 4,171 3,700 3,198 3,198 3,074 3,405 3,169 3,058 2,945 3,116 Warwickshire 2,899 2,741 3,041 3,041 2,881 3,126 2,962 2,679 2,247 2,304 Telford and Wrekin 459 396 342 342 320 328 314 293 284 304 Shropshire CC 3,881 3,480 3,218 3,218 3,024 3,174 3,412 3,368 3,092 3,233 Stoke-on-Trent 14 12 20 20 2— 18 2— 14 11 12 Staffordshire CC 3,943 3,414 3,277 3,277 2,654 2,767 3,015 2,938 3,096 3,324 Birmingham 32 19 19 19 24 36 91 46 39 51 Solihull 205 148 137 137 2— 130 2— 111 115 117 Coventry 62 57 43 43 2— 42 2— 36 43 49 Dudley and Sandwell 45 48 58 58 54 57 64 44 35 44 Walsall and Wolverhampton 85 85 65 65 61 67 66 55 62 64 Peterborough 349 261 274 274 258 266 266 258 245 247 Cambridgeshire CC 4,832 4,344 4,329 4,329 3,833 4,335 4,583 4,540 4,301 4,676 Norfolk 9,781 8,560 8,325 8,325 7,776 8,111 7,393 6,539 7,000 7,441 Suffolk 6,532 5,715 5,157 5,157 4,712 4,982 4,986 4,715 4,449 4,416 Luton 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— Bedfordshire CC 1,380 1,203 1,339 1,339 930 1,002 1,015 835 860 898 Hertfordshire 1,761 1,564 1,638 1,638 1,343 1,391 1,286 1,237 1,314 1,265 Southend-on-Sea 2— 2— 2— 2— 0 0 0 2— 0 0 Thurrock 129 106 116 116 2— 93 2— 86 79 112 Essex CC 6,065 5,248 5,104 5,104 4,705 4,740 4,708 4,633 4,519 4,887 Inner London—West 0 0 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— Inner London—East 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 61 2— 51 50 57 Outer London—East and North East 315 297 281 281 246 290 294 266 274 235 Outer London—South 347 339 345 345 275 203 206 212 212 195 Outer London—West and North West 154 134 120 120 114 118 109 97 98 101 Berkshire 1,148 945 1,125 1,125 1,146 1,267 1,338 1,294 1,592 1,642 Milton Keynes 188 155 160 160 2— 158 145 155 134 136 Buckinghamshire CC 1,727 1,424 1,279 1,279 1,146 1,267 1,301 1,155 1,210 1,267 Oxfordshire 2,666 2,172 2,125 2,125 1,903 2,041 2,003 1,934 1,924 1,958 Brighton and Hove 82 72 65 2— 60 62 2— 44 38 41 East Sussex CC 2,291 1,798 1,843 1,843 1,714 1,766 1,747 1,683 1,630 1,769 Surrey 2,998 2,555 2,414 2,414 2,109 2,317 2,286 2,318 2,212 2,053 West Sussex 5,394 4,633 4,660 4,660 4,351 4,488 4,622 4,494 4,422 4,075 Portsmouth 2— 0 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 0 0 0 Southampton 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— Hampshire CC 5,572 4,471 4,488 4,488 4,343 4,677 4,461 4,196 4,233 4,310 Isle of Wight 865 812 627 2— 916 897 870 824 345 1,070 Medway 410 319 356 356 334 311 2— 527 463 615 Kent CC 11,492 9,675 10,103 10,103 9,204 10,215 9,814 10,553 9,456 10,350 Bristol, City of 31 54 76 76 50 56 53 30 35 62 North and N E Somerset, South Glos 2,203 1,932 1,364 1,364 1,221 1,263 1,258 1,199 1,147 1,150 Gloucestershire 3,416 2,919 2,918 2,918 2,704 2,891 2,832 2,833 2,594 2,598 Swindon 176 160 149 149 2— 120 2— 118 121 116 Wiltshire CC 3,244 2,853 2,675 2,675 2,413 2,520 2,556 2,441 2,467 2,623 Bournemouth and Poole 53 40 34 34 30 35 35 19 18 14 Dorset CC 3,508 3,023 2,808 2,808 2,815 3,080 3,082 2,825 2,717 2,822 Somerset 5,277 4,690 4,343 4,343 3,886 4,216 4,235 4,047 3,849 4,013 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 5,204 5,004 4,323 4,323 4,010 4,350 3,924 3,827 3,724 4,534 Plymouth 100 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 2— 12 2— 2— Torbay 27 25 16 16 2— 12 17 27 20 31 Devon CC 7,451 6,355 6,353 6,353 5,884 6,302 6,179 5,452 5,417 6,011 England 175,656 153,357 146,585 146,585 135,293 143,059 141,868 137,252 134,057 140,605 1 Data prior to 2000 refers to main holdings only. From 2000 onwards all holdings are included. 2 Suppressed to prevent disclosure of information about individual holdings. Note: Employees are salaried managers, full-time, part-time and casual workers, (paid and unpaid). Source: June Agricultural Survey