Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	3,498	2,796	2,875	1,049	3,599	272	222
1861	4,821	3,311	4,337	1,771	3,635	399	377
1881	2,380	3,165	3,902	1,428	3,201	249	345
1911	4,693	3,822	7,052	3,543	7,018	720	1,299
1931	3,117	3,023	9,504	3,146	6,207	494	2,472
1951	3,372	1,291	20,210	5,205	6,637	523	4,015
1971	1,775	657	18,173	6,133	5,876	1,040	5,856
1991	1,270	950	20,500	7,987	12,756	4,003	11,378
2011	691	193	18,958	10,305	17,372	10,119	14,382

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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