Simplified Industrial Structure

Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	97,270	25,235	460,581	78,137	168,561	23,367	16,830
1861	155,471	44,834	555,749	147,936	219,035	37,537	25,061
1881	102,516	81,516	841,260	240,931	380,321	70,703	53,190
1911	116,590	137,333	1,375,628	441,462	589,926	150,429	112,133
1931	97,711	102,307	1,202,729	372,901	705,695	76,584	196,573
1951	85,865	70,919	1,451,643	488,092	702,143	82,030	320,129
1971	43,484	22,615	1,158,712	452,591	606,074	171,977	434,751
1991	38,289	5,740	667,457	388,337	678,489	340,727	613,072
2011	21,600	2,491	329,548	446,029	876,957	592,502	955,574

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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