Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	99,548	5,085
B: Mining & quarrying	19,585	485
C: Manufacturing	206,106	67,587
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	98	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	308	118
F: Construction	29,861	132
G: Wholesale & retail trade	21,648	3,391
H: Transport & storage	12,665	375
I: Accommodation & catering	4,990	1,716
J: Information & communication	33	1
K: Financial & insurance	296	26
L: Real estate activities.	423	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,558	5
N: Administrative & support	9,937	120
O: Public administration & defence	3,847	50
P: Education	2,144	2,218
Q: Human health & social work	1,595	765
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,750	2,102
T: Activities of households	11,729	62,493
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	111,945	33,060
B: Mining & quarrying	31,138	10
C: Manufacturing	221,548	99,290
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	928	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	905	192
F: Construction	43,071	71
G: Wholesale & retail trade	32,023	9,599
H: Transport & storage	27,333	932
I: Accommodation & catering	7,003	7,820
J: Information & communication	654	135
K: Financial & insurance	722	51
L: Real estate activities.	3,116	3,766
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3,156	1
N: Administrative & support	5,691	364
O: Public administration & defence	5,408	159
P: Education	2,509	4,997
Q: Human health & social work	1,592	1,796
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4,341	8,680
T: Activities of households	4,330	47,033
U: Extraterritorial bodies	25	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	100,372	4,081
B: Mining & quarrying	65,239	240
C: Manufacturing	309,213	177,133
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	2,116	16
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1,129	114
F: Construction	72,135	393
G: Wholesale & retail trade	47,669	9,633
H: Transport & storage	50,778	934
I: Accommodation & catering	8,930	5,083
J: Information & communication	1,236	173
K: Financial & insurance	3,413	107
L: Real estate activities.	1,185	6
M: Professional, scientific & technical	5,912	110
N: Administrative & support	18,358	464
O: Public administration & defence	12,605	561
P: Education	4,963	10,356
Q: Human health & social work	2,259	2,583
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	6,295	15,248
T: Activities of households	11,090	102,520
U: Extraterritorial bodies	4	0

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	108,048	9,250
B: Mining & quarrying	151,789	75
C: Manufacturing	491,359	272,702
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	8,875	1
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4,296	2,268
F: Construction	92,581	110
G: Wholesale & retail trade	107,168	33,740
H: Transport & storage	144,883	3,052
I: Accommodation & catering	15,747	18,470
J: Information & communication	3,758	2,127
K: Financial & insurance	11,987	346
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	6,994	493
N: Administrative & support	39,427	8,303
O: Public administration & defence	24,798	3,507
P: Education	7,173	17,735
Q: Human health & social work	4,894	10,825
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	20,325	32,962
T: Activities of households	15,650	102,383
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	95,834	4,327
B: Mining & quarrying	181,790	411
C: Manufacturing	442,304	259,609
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	15,925	520
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	4,812	1,819
F: Construction	65,056	869
G: Wholesale & retail trade	164,076	68,332
H: Transport & storage	124,655	6,955
I: Accommodation & catering	18,198	25,538
J: Information & communication	873	276
K: Financial & insurance	16,227	3,406
L: Real estate activities.	2,914	558
M: Professional, scientific & technical	10,779	3,565
N: Administrative & support	16	63
O: Public administration & defence	68,674	5,559
P: Education	11,171	23,099
Q: Human health & social work	8,745	16,866
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	26,608	19,246
T: Activities of households	14,710	95,365
U: Extraterritorial bodies	16	12

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	85,158	7,011
B: Mining & quarrying	149,017	1,453
C: Manufacturing	567,453	291,243
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	25,730	2,132
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2,987	78
F: Construction	105,743	2,852
G: Wholesale & retail trade	160,461	105,244
H: Transport & storage	129,517	17,801
I: Accommodation & catering	19,775	54,163
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	19,251	8,897
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	11,933	6,382
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	106,818	17,743
P: Education	16,078	27,672
Q: Human health & social work	16,612	34,129
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	30,615	25,957
T: Activities of households	5,854	28,794
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	47,093	4,458
B: Mining & quarrying	81,662	1,921
C: Manufacturing	542,098	193,104
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	24,901	3,503
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	3,652	298
F: Construction	128,333	6,061
G: Wholesale & retail trade	162,475	127,228
H: Transport & storage	103,460	15,608
I: Accommodation & catering	19,140	31,326
J: Information & communication	16,457	9,298
K: Financial & insurance	20,729	17,916
L: Real estate activities.	1,985	1,633
M: Professional, scientific & technical	16,094	10,902
N: Administrative & support	3,560	4,866
O: Public administration & defence	82,443	37,329
P: Education	37,325	68,874
Q: Human health & social work	23,102	54,429
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	21,893	24,981
T: Activities of households	2,006	10,563
U: Extraterritorial bodies	482	49

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'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	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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