Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	601	28
Textiles & clothing	1,951	792
Wood & paper	279	4
Chemicals	10	0
Low tech	790	0
High tech.	602	6
Other	216	21

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	655	53
Textiles & clothing	1,296	2,098
Wood & paper	265	10
Chemicals	69	7
Low tech	702	10
High tech.	470	3
Other	223	15

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	662	37
Textiles & clothing	804	1,430
Wood & paper	170	4
Chemicals	53	0
Low tech	685	8
High tech.	462	1
Other	457	49

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	824	137
Textiles & clothing	645	1,195
Wood & paper	166	20
Chemicals	182	6
Low tech	787	7
High tech.	832	3
Other	580	149

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,147	105
Textiles & clothing	311	238
Wood & paper	303	79
Chemicals	319	22
Low tech	308	13
High tech.	779	35
Other	301	91

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,300	578
Textiles & clothing	219	189
Wood & paper	291	36
Chemicals	533	34
Low tech	183	8
High tech.	1,002	76
Other	205	89

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,342	377
Textiles & clothing	69	153
Wood & paper	411	45
Chemicals	506	150
Low tech	627	38
High tech.	2,681	374
Other	459	81

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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