Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	2,021	1,491	4,835	910	2,067	254	140
1861	2,678	5,495	10,212	2,422	3,114	399	330
1881	2,169	8,360	12,905	4,446	5,980	1,230	947
1911	4,271	25,102	38,099	12,385	14,026	4,907	2,685
1931	4,504	23,386	40,773	14,333	23,922	2,611	7,742
1951	4,131	10,144	49,709	17,916	18,888	1,429	11,098
1971	2,067	1,822	57,833	20,638	21,769	3,345	19,423
1991	430	456	26,008	19,995	23,480	7,508	24,127
2011	385	356	14,494	28,289	28,134	18,398	39,015

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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