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Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Consumer Services Business Services Public Services
1841 118,380 Show data context 30,065 Show data context 198,200 Show data context 36,143 Show data context 120,731 Show data context 13,050 Show data context 9,705 Show data context
1861 142,759 Show data context 41,434 Show data context 276,649 Show data context 65,242 Show data context 127,521 Show data context 16,462 Show data context 15,589 Show data context
1881 97,443 Show data context 49,620 Show data context 381,364 Show data context 95,071 Show data context 195,490 Show data context 28,248 Show data context 28,763 Show data context
1911 112,629 Show data context 89,655 Show data context 636,039 Show data context 179,516 Show data context 311,226 Show data context 68,598 Show data context 60,882 Show data context
1931 86,832 Show data context 83,351 Show data context 737,394 Show data context 182,041 Show data context 357,579 Show data context 33,445 Show data context 104,332 Show data context
1951 88,539 Show data context 66,147 Show data context 1,073,897 Show data context 246,052 Show data context 388,993 Show data context 43,594 Show data context 217,304 Show data context
1971 47,500 Show data context 28,647 Show data context 1,071,259 Show data context 272,014 Show data context 398,702 Show data context 110,983 Show data context 308,555 Show data context
1991 37,990 Show data context 10,841 Show data context 637,622 Show data context 278,215 Show data context 510,045 Show data context 270,624 Show data context 440,622 Show data context
2011 23,762 Show data context 2,207 Show data context 307,330 Show data context 358,039 Show data context 676,633 Show data context 428,417 Show data context 719,360 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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