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Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Consumer Services Business Services Public Services
1841 111,558 Show data context 42,051 Show data context 64,712 Show data context 30,058 Show data context 87,322 Show data context 5,174 Show data context 5,496 Show data context
1861 150,247 Show data context 54,518 Show data context 97,045 Show data context 48,294 Show data context 77,538 Show data context 7,620 Show data context 9,660 Show data context
1881 88,558 Show data context 85,965 Show data context 114,294 Show data context 62,503 Show data context 122,985 Show data context 10,615 Show data context 16,243 Show data context
1911 118,498 Show data context 252,501 Show data context 194,956 Show data context 149,674 Show data context 214,290 Show data context 31,039 Show data context 43,083 Show data context
1931 94,309 Show data context 204,320 Show data context 144,989 Show data context 124,022 Show data context 234,294 Show data context 20,159 Show data context 75,283 Show data context
1951 86,338 Show data context 132,242 Show data context 275,909 Show data context 177,045 Show data context 212,169 Show data context 21,882 Show data context 132,863 Show data context
1971 44,111 Show data context 50,980 Show data context 302,304 Show data context 172,963 Show data context 175,501 Show data context 42,369 Show data context 161,703 Show data context
1991 36,930 Show data context 7,630 Show data context 225,637 Show data context 153,559 Show data context 250,416 Show data context 104,748 Show data context 271,733 Show data context
2011 23,317 Show data context 2,697 Show data context 144,785 Show data context 181,295 Show data context 351,839 Show data context 192,394 Show data context 430,037 Show data context
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'
1881 - 2011 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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