Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	5,343	874
Textiles & clothing	132,055	59,667
Wood & paper	5,354	905
Chemicals	972	42
Low tech	35,908	1,346
High tech.	13,499	127
Other	12,975	4,626

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	8,534	1,573
Textiles & clothing	121,614	93,760
Wood & paper	5,642	311
Chemicals	4,422	163
Low tech	54,504	1,895
High tech.	17,541	406
Other	9,292	1,182

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	11,662	2,636
Textiles & clothing	129,807	157,731
Wood & paper	8,237	2,687
Chemicals	4,848	512
Low tech	84,558	5,006
High tech.	35,106	459
Other	34,995	8,100

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	19,337	16,141
Textiles & clothing	169,940	226,097
Wood & paper	13,863	4,213
Chemicals	15,051	3,641
Low tech	141,454	13,813
High tech.	88,290	1,111
Other	43,423	7,686

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	37,753	21,198
Textiles & clothing	141,588	189,816
Wood & paper	15,039	3,492
Chemicals	16,848	5,136
Low tech	120,532	18,282
High tech.	75,186	6,085
Other	35,358	15,601

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	43,243	28,820
Textiles & clothing	128,272	164,782
Wood & paper	17,731	5,926
Chemicals	31,775	9,301
Low tech	163,998	36,020
High tech.	147,923	27,681
Other	34,511	18,713

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	42,587	28,575
Textiles & clothing	94,366	76,401
Wood & paper	20,333	4,629
Chemicals	37,111	10,666
Low tech	173,745	36,765
High tech.	156,731	29,412
Other	17,225	6,657

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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