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WICKLOW'S INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
equal for the period since the census was taken on a ten-
year basis beginning in 1841.The latest estimated figures
are a total of 142,332 in the census of 2016 with 2,060
more females than males in the county.
Figure 6 Population changes in County Wicklow
The total population for Ireland has been estimated at
4,757,976 for 2016.
This shape is repeated in the national figures so it does
not appear to be influenced by the county’s rural nature
and the general move to the cities associated with the
industrial revolution. We could infer that County Wicklow
has not been unduly affected by the Industrialization of
Ireland. Unless of course when we look at the rapid rise
in population again from 1966 and consider that since that
date the county has become one of the dormitories of
Dublin City.
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