Simplified Industrial Structure

Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	32,671	210	17,475	6,014	16,297	1,650	1,618
1861	35,991	398	18,356	6,984	15,616	1,502	2,461
1881	23,877	916	15,752	7,911	19,386	1,327	3,697
1911	25,232	871	19,504	13,241	26,936	2,292	8,988
1931	18,283	437	17,629	12,993	29,505	1,632	16,736
1951	17,710	225	25,729	18,248	27,088	2,133	55,426
1971	8,963	102	36,841	18,433	21,688	6,675	32,666
1991	7,693	80	30,669	20,552	39,291	19,125	51,832
2011	4,073	174	20,409	26,359	56,348	41,705	73,380

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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