Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	469	6	32,337	11,171	20,002	3,865	3,168
1861	1,126	95	80,818	35,370	34,067	5,314	6,215
1881	1,611	201	100,971	45,921	45,832	9,611	8,460
1911	265	210	130,095	52,353	52,887	10,962	9,464
1931	85	39	111,126	35,959	55,756	5,358	13,078
1951	65	39	88,821	43,030	43,802	11,729	16,191
1971	10	80	43,650	22,470	22,060	8,510	20,600
1991	50	14	16,871	13,769	17,387	31,876	20,337
2011	91	400	4,597	16,935	34,062	140,241	38,400

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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