Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	19,039	877	16,415	4,099	16,068	1,436	1,197
1861	22,181	1,440	22,021	6,022	15,223	1,826	2,041
1881	14,678	2,895	17,864	8,325	20,095	1,567	2,931
1911	14,105	11,933	27,609	13,842	30,587	4,470	5,657
1931	10,782	14,149	39,523	14,908	30,482	2,454	8,928
1951	11,463	12,563	54,700	17,343	28,808	2,595	20,788
1971	5,285	5,701	62,040	19,496	29,008	6,953	23,793
1991	5,057	3,499	53,467	25,784	52,687	26,382	39,024
2011	2,951	853	35,169	44,885	77,036	50,548	61,992

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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