Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	4,252	2,415	72,536	12,979	22,529	5,251	2,997
1861	4,173	4,778	121,493	29,524	39,830	9,303	4,562
1881	1,999	3,119	146,700	44,608	48,550	15,683	7,698
1911	3,912	11,125	207,577	85,829	84,041	39,350	16,427
1931	2,493	7,646	219,374	82,988	145,898	16,426	40,154
1951	1,014	1,513	211,286	92,678	124,118	20,430	53,012
1971	399	319	124,533	78,788	95,376	42,115	76,016
1991	250	1,468	43,867	48,049	61,801	56,785	89,771
2011	304	322	20,045	43,721	79,523	92,794	120,250

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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