Simplified Industrial Structure

Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	601	1,249	22,676	1,957	3,601	491	358
1861	2,330	1,848	37,734	4,446	7,373	873	565
1881	1,360	2,285	64,204	7,014	12,202	2,048	1,453
1911	2,062	6,042	87,074	12,967	18,555	4,669	3,743
1931	951	1,385	77,866	8,611	18,032	2,018	5,828
1951	662	558	81,979	10,174	17,775	1,734	7,245
1971	1,057	1,275	42,841	11,322	18,985	3,354	13,193
1991	314	20	28,308	11,195	20,328	5,048	15,406
2011	123	16	10,909	13,936	26,139	11,968	25,956

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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