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Year Agriculture Mining Manufacturing Util+Const+Transp Consumer Services Business Services Public Services
1841 207,189 Show data context 387 Show data context 102,993 Show data context 39,710 Show data context 121,516 Show data context 13,939 Show data context 12,631 Show data context
1861 242,882 Show data context 476 Show data context 150,854 Show data context 49,931 Show data context 119,984 Show data context 12,759 Show data context 21,064 Show data context
1881 182,570 Show data context 1,271 Show data context 151,368 Show data context 66,344 Show data context 151,424 Show data context 12,327 Show data context 30,022 Show data context
1911 217,952 Show data context 1,987 Show data context 208,815 Show data context 138,452 Show data context 273,220 Show data context 36,235 Show data context 61,810 Show data context
1931 169,056 Show data context 2,889 Show data context 240,293 Show data context 153,562 Show data context 318,464 Show data context 31,946 Show data context 99,745 Show data context
1951 169,739 Show data context 2,331 Show data context 376,960 Show data context 209,170 Show data context 305,799 Show data context 30,562 Show data context 194,522 Show data context
1971 84,042 Show data context 3,285 Show data context 565,455 Show data context 262,935 Show data context 348,142 Show data context 126,704 Show data context 276,139 Show data context
1991 56,350 Show data context 5,030 Show data context 435,864 Show data context 318,433 Show data context 525,722 Show data context 317,372 Show data context 427,379 Show data context
2011 30,133 Show data context 2,195 Show data context 242,366 Show data context 408,367 Show data context 728,372 Show data context 515,293 Show data context 724,109 Show data context
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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