Simplified Industrial Structure

Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	12,861	24	5,301	2,922	7,414	832	690
1861	15,339	21	5,875	2,714	6,513	688	912
1881	11,570	33	4,820	2,886	7,035	521	1,059
1911	13,844	85	5,533	5,072	11,333	795	1,976
1931	13,214	210	4,050	4,779	10,874	549	3,428
1951	13,843	199	4,744	6,604	10,307	585	6,895
1971	6,306	130	7,313	5,831	6,822	1,059	4,794
1991	4,510	170	10,267	7,081	14,150	3,765	11,097
2011	2,230	120	7,420	8,961	17,204	7,640	19,938

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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