Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	11,079	717
Textiles & clothing	58,092	43,372
Wood & paper	8,476	747
Chemicals	623	38
Low tech	20,555	1,797
High tech.	11,255	105
Other	6,654	1,051

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	13,866	1,466
Textiles & clothing	45,896	87,707
Wood & paper	9,152	740
Chemicals	2,437	175
Low tech	21,955	3,127
High tech.	13,135	155
Other	7,756	1,578

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	12,867	1,802
Textiles & clothing	37,217	79,887
Wood & paper	7,626	2,159
Chemicals	2,764	468
Low tech	22,772	887
High tech.	19,137	214
Other	20,015	4,435

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	24,599	13,912
Textiles & clothing	39,318	87,296
Wood & paper	9,661	5,523
Chemicals	6,475	2,036
Low tech	30,209	1,388
High tech.	44,939	251
Other	28,704	4,129

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	36,254	17,920
Textiles & clothing	28,249	36,434
Wood & paper	14,097	4,014
Chemicals	7,727	2,564
Low tech	21,071	1,728
High tech.	63,962	3,088
Other	24,278	6,700

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	39,006	18,871
Textiles & clothing	19,443	27,420
Wood & paper	19,097	7,096
Chemicals	13,205	4,427
Low tech	25,329	4,915
High tech.	121,325	17,749
Other	25,311	9,856

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	40,336	18,083
Textiles & clothing	20,809	15,507
Wood & paper	22,127	4,365
Chemicals	23,571	5,770
Low tech	29,383	4,973
High tech.	169,427	27,160
Other	14,409	3,533

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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