Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	1,970	937	16,282	1,696	3,744	411	353
1861	5,748	3,669	48,425	6,381	9,980	1,226	1,040
1881	4,014	4,865	97,383	17,216	23,502	4,207	3,444
1911	4,158	13,300	124,226	26,486	40,081	10,100	7,012
1931	3,205	1,218	115,359	20,771	48,993	4,518	13,925
1951	2,611	301	124,965	24,528	49,980	6,149	15,581
1971	1,625	5,206	83,209	23,878	44,119	13,047	27,135
1991	960	70	48,088	21,143	51,077	23,699	41,839
2011	576	79	25,168	26,560	58,384	35,666	67,082

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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