Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	35,489	28,061	50,381	28,247	43,647	5,167	4,677
1861	45,686	42,585	81,504	48,139	48,226	6,496	6,210
1881	33,307	88,301	147,288	67,527	97,247	14,978	14,388
1911	39,781	209,571	254,834	133,660	178,466	34,045	34,043
1931	31,562	185,436	188,439	106,812	218,640	18,769	63,412
1951	30,489	168,782	360,770	155,513	211,083	21,776	111,208
1971	17,577	59,117	369,759	161,480	199,298	46,613	167,190
1991	10,780	14,308	211,105	140,460	226,410	103,603	247,343
2011	7,307	3,336	114,756	158,655	290,139	178,856	370,968

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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