Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	4,664	2,065	43,364	5,974	13,117	1,901	1,461
1861	8,229	5,172	57,839	10,950	18,197	2,997	2,305
1881	5,987	11,290	86,891	19,618	30,028	6,144	4,974
1911	7,022	17,503	145,178	38,030	54,032	15,232	10,501
1931	5,664	10,958	146,482	33,996	69,193	8,118	18,792
1951	4,566	8,309	163,601	44,890	75,846	10,572	32,467
1971	3,024	11,251	116,569	47,799	71,758	26,830	50,581
1991	1,609	1,655	67,051	45,178	80,124	58,717	68,896
2011	752	251	32,668	55,255	104,630	103,796	112,463

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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