Simplified Industrial Structure

Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	4,195	417	2,922	1,075	3,118	284	278
1861	6,363	114	9,368	2,525	5,107	581	674
1881	3,736	71	9,911	2,835	5,716	473	905
1911	5,781	1,904	6,592	3,572	8,500	691	1,585
1931	2,875	154	10,498	3,222	7,670	470	2,080
1951	2,377	92	18,371	3,867	6,533	554	4,219
1971	1,988	173	14,600	4,081	4,565	1,332	4,290
1991	1,350	0	10,981	6,605	9,054	4,098	7,111
2011	777	278	8,209	7,904	12,042	8,625	12,257

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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