Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	42,790	42	18,764	8,121	23,644	2,526	2,644
1861	48,912	167	24,871	9,487	21,439	2,315	3,816
1881	36,731	120	26,685	12,353	29,029	2,146	5,297
1911	44,630	128	36,747	22,902	47,838	4,274	11,138
1931	32,921	212	31,245	19,339	52,157	3,196	15,366
1951	32,045	180	42,822	29,100	48,533	4,026	27,063
1971	16,312	307	55,920	35,687	50,156	12,258	30,612
1991	11,439	620	55,680	46,844	69,797	35,785	54,151
2011	6,476	265	34,477	54,542	96,579	55,609	91,648

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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