Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	17,405	9,039	12,271	6,513	12,747	1,253	1,138
1861	22,563	7,741	11,701	7,827	10,996	1,193	1,318
1881	15,950	14,658	9,437	6,170	14,789	985	2,010
1911	14,654	32,405	15,902	11,321	20,544	2,705	3,789
1931	12,993	34,596	7,247	10,401	24,354	1,769	6,390
1951	13,217	37,032	11,718	14,275	21,248	1,715	10,570
1971	4,773	10,068	23,357	15,766	14,740	3,486	15,115
1991	5,258	2,871	19,906	13,859	25,115	7,590	28,139
2011	3,629	479	12,782	16,215	33,686	15,428	41,467

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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