Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	27,950	25,487	21,118	9,695	26,575	2,043	3,439
1861	34,328	21,888	23,869	12,072	20,339	2,517	3,968
1881	26,501	14,617	19,816	13,173	27,781	1,715	4,982
1911	31,968	13,914	22,116	18,370	40,243	3,113	9,282
1931	26,178	7,168	14,021	17,092	39,329	2,524	11,184
1951	26,427	5,504	16,659	21,863	36,099	3,048	22,205
1971	13,773	6,482	17,457	22,794	29,114	5,191	18,865
1991	10,220	3,460	18,102	25,456	51,916	16,544	41,243
2011	7,265	1,486	18,402	32,579	76,155	31,891	68,081

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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