Simplified Industrial Structure

Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	2,578	450	25,393	7,340	26,146	5,270	3,804
1861	3,745	948	32,192	14,668	31,215	7,286	5,636
1881	3,165	1,223	41,382	23,514	37,726	10,016	7,637
1911	3,689	5,121	61,449	38,513	52,548	20,532	12,353
1931	4,043	3,888	59,571	35,618	72,617	11,672	24,736
1951	2,579	3,469	63,541	41,312	58,836	13,391	35,510
1971	893	1,995	45,272	41,024	56,782	27,946	58,614
1991	1,278	300	28,049	30,962	51,615	57,808	72,810
2011	661	484	10,129	29,836	57,532	96,998	92,276

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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