Simplified Industrial Structure

Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	10,623	2,280	25,102	4,276	7,774	1,109	798
1861	14,052	4,660	28,057	6,836	8,489	1,481	1,139
1881	12,495	6,628	28,287	7,890	10,706	1,624	1,821
1911	10,169	28,514	32,038	15,983	17,054	4,281	3,348
1931	8,772	28,285	29,793	14,273	26,635	2,833	9,440
1951	7,735	24,509	37,927	17,614	23,923	2,088	15,467
1971	4,692	8,195	38,714	18,872	25,310	4,729	27,919
1991	2,540	1,329	32,264	17,416	29,499	10,408	37,059
2011	1,882	608	16,489	20,267	30,497	21,496	47,829

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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