Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	52,516	2,044	31,795	15,026	45,389	3,125	4,108
1861	60,045	3,752	41,291	17,341	36,417	4,579	6,172
1881	38,181	2,026	32,715	18,154	41,958	2,865	8,001
1911	44,829	2,280	34,364	26,775	66,230	5,005	17,965
1931	35,871	2,040	25,833	29,070	65,024	4,662	17,759
1951	36,920	2,345	26,837	34,187	57,387	5,764	29,746
1971	21,446	2,212	29,438	33,979	48,259	10,990	36,516
1991	17,420	1,450	37,808	39,102	73,703	29,470	60,271
2011	12,431	700	29,756	51,515	103,021	55,257	102,174

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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