9 
Reykjavik . 
Hafilarfjsrdur . 
Akureyri  . . 
Vestmannaeyjar . 
[safjordur . . 
Siglufjérdur . . . 
Nes in Nordfjordur 
Seydisfiérdur. . 
25.217 inhabitants. 
3.351 
3.348 
1.331 
2.267 
760 
05 
93¢C 
Total 41.31% 
DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION ACCORDING 
TO OCCUPATION 
The classification of the population according to the various occu- 
pations is shown in the following summary, which gives the results of the 
census of 1920. All those who either as family providers or dependants 
live by each of these occupations, are here classed together: 
Public service, art and science . 3417 3.6 p. c. 
Farming . . . . . 10 614 42.9 — 
Fisheries . : . . « . +. + . 7947 189 — 
Handicrafts and industries . . . . . . 0697 {1.3 
Commerce and communications . 11591 12,2 
Servants . . . , + + «+ . + . . . bB5384 6.8 
Pensioners and men retired from business 1 866 2.0 — 
Receiving poor relief. . . . . . 1 482 1,6 
Profession not stated, . . . . . . . 692 0.7 — 
Total 94690 100.0 p. ec. 
Though farming is still the chief occupation of the nation, vet, 
formerly it was so to a much greater extent. Compared with other 
occupations farming has greatly declined, while the fisheries, industry, 
handicraft, commerce, and communications have materially increased, 
as may be seen from the following comparison of the main occu- 
pations for the years 1880 to 1920. (The figures for 1920 are here 
a little higher than in the preceding table, as domestics who are in- 
cluded under ‘Servants’ 1920, are here distributed among those groups 
of occupations to which they properly belong, in order to render the 
comparison with the census of 1880 more accurate.) 
1880 1920 1880 1920 
Farming . . . . . . . . 53000 43 800 73.2 p.c. 46.2 p. c. 
Fisheries . . . . . . . . 8700 18 700 120 — 19.8 — 
Handicrafts and industries . . 1500 11 200 2.1 — ns — 
Commerce and Communications 2 600 12 700 3.6 — 13.4 — 
Total 65 800 86 400 90.9 p. ¢. 91.2 p. c.