1931 Census of England and Wales, General Report, Table 53 : " Fishermen: Distribution in Certain County Areas, 1891-1931".

  1891 1901 1911 1921 1931
ENGLAND AND WALES 24,895 23,725 25,139 28,808 26,945
Lincolnshire, entire 3,208 2,544 2,846 4,803 5,091
Yorkshire, East Riding 1,685 1,841 1,964 2,163 3,955
Lancashire 1,263 1,183 1,283 1,884 2,597
Cornwall 3,136 3,734 3,491 2,775 2,392
Suffolk 1,187 2,083 2,419 3,658 2,238
Pembroke 416 718 598 1,005 1,581
Northumberland 1,338 1,202 1,175 1,647 1,506
Norfolk 2,501 1,912 2,573 2,365 1,432
Devon 2,610 2,028 1,725 1,705 1,356
Kent 1,189 1,235 1,355 1,294 672
Yorkshire, North Riding 1,050 694 599 696 489
Essex 960 876 1,041 843 626
Durham 379 241 426 510 484
Glamorgan 113 107 229 374 458
TOTAL, in above County areas 21,035 20,398 21,724 25,722 24,877
Per cent. of National Total 84 86 86 89 92