Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	31,868	252	11,159	4,021	16,305	1,252	1,148
1861	38,790	476	13,287	5,680	15,375	1,270	1,538
1881	37,458	1,050	12,628	5,860	15,948	1,032	1,941
1911	32,807	881	14,482	8,200	16,327	1,900	2,495
1931	28,136	413	12,764	6,972	18,035	2,570	5,805
1951	24,343	372	12,418	8,069	13,674	929	6,484
1971	14,483	187	16,718	7,807	12,294	1,843	8,440
1991	8,971	1,846	11,239	11,088	18,564	4,732	14,047
2011	5,723	3,569	11,288	16,388	20,526	13,440	23,189

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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