Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	4,711	5	3,303	1,379	3,845	641	470
1861	4,865	5	4,028	1,702	3,352	378	2,168
1881	3,598	15	4,832	2,075	4,307	397	2,488
1911	3,955	59	5,889	5,129	7,764	1,728	3,010
1931	3,331	109	6,249	3,886	8,757	770	6,435
1951	3,190	67	8,555	5,484	8,891	931	9,968
1971	1,088	72	12,244	8,214	10,529	4,296	14,399
1991	1,269	67	9,776	10,168	15,753	10,917	17,777
2011	544	100	5,022	10,490	22,449	15,445	29,638

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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