Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	1,063	131	16,677	1,660	5,444	662	667
1861	1,577	686	29,238	3,736	8,129	1,262	896
1881	1,411	2,427	46,785	9,598	14,322	2,755	2,125
1911	2,063	7,713	67,404	18,285	26,477	6,865	4,526
1931	731	7,213	58,841	15,482	31,841	2,824	8,172
1951	360	2,617	79,705	23,530	38,856	5,800	18,341
1971	222	602	65,269	24,070	37,608	13,929	28,580
1991	280	160	39,978	17,300	39,287	23,283	38,421
2011	177	69	11,966	19,590	44,815	34,259	63,340

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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