Simplified Industrial Structure

Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	12,092	1,291	31,577	4,297	13,349	1,383	967
1861	17,436	1,651	26,849	4,799	10,576	1,239	1,105
1881	10,748	1,650	30,796	6,817	14,573	1,397	1,934
1911	11,212	1,196	38,406	13,538	24,204	4,495	3,968
1931	9,962	2,168	35,425	13,802	23,678	2,190	5,984
1951	10,462	1,600	46,655	16,893	20,458	1,705	13,263
1971	3,386	462	45,252	18,768	18,654	5,271	12,348
1991	5,212	580	40,834	19,173	35,737	19,156	25,098
2011	2,724	399	24,747	20,626	49,795	41,282	42,453

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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