Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	4,109	4	1,391	605	1,858	190	184
1861	5,307	30	3,213	1,530	2,825	335	476
1881	4,398	11	4,327	3,041	4,774	368	797
1911	5,730	8	7,187	4,548	10,271	853	2,562
1931	5,538	21	5,337	4,003	9,860	588	2,384
1951	4,565	23	7,770	5,068	8,295	541	2,636
1971	2,613	184	12,229	5,365	8,330	1,822	4,250
1991	1,640	490	10,982	5,687	11,729	3,521	6,966
2011	766	132	5,966	6,415	14,023	5,839	11,812

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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