Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	442	4	30,007	12,617	46,119	6,450	5,224
1861	1,792	92	40,453	18,584	40,011	9,218	5,814
1881	2,321	96	45,836	25,574	50,946	12,845	8,882
1911	763	92	44,339	29,835	71,260	17,226	13,021
1931	438	113	40,550	21,790	72,076	10,825	16,627
1951	135	53	68,155	49,077	64,312	26,879	34,408
1971	50	30	38,430	41,000	43,340	58,910	48,350
1991	120	330	13,252	24,658	35,541	73,988	47,071
2011	104	214	4,819	20,286	60,197	111,454	75,293

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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