Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	20,388	476	20,453	4,528	12,992	1,741	1,315
1861	22,704	652	26,229	7,126	16,206	2,077	2,016
1881	16,425	553	31,964	8,349	21,362	2,331	3,176
1911	12,910	1,319	48,185	14,985	30,906	6,345	6,334
1931	16,551	1,129	40,562	13,592	32,491	2,344	9,326
1951	16,751	656	53,817	18,481	32,254	2,671	20,328
1971	8,527	197	56,767	22,029	32,014	7,657	26,049
1991	7,286	108	52,445	25,679	53,124	24,817	43,009
2011	3,331	112	34,774	33,237	69,726	43,901	68,885

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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