Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	619	6	33,368	11,365	21,096	4,239	3,298
1861	1,262	48	32,323	11,341	20,569	6,567	3,018
1881	1,210	109	50,342	18,231	32,926	12,440	5,858
1911	380	87	76,711	26,839	44,355	17,978	9,598
1931	130	50	78,667	21,397	48,516	7,513	10,068
1951	26	33	70,728	19,280	30,718	2,480	10,345
1971	40	10	39,370	17,120	23,150	11,830	14,650
1991	90	20	12,518	8,311	13,084	19,963	14,984
2011	40	24	3,144	10,110	23,151	37,663	29,472

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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