Simplified Industrial Structure

Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	4,526	109	1,924	1,017	2,479	220	308
1861	6,588	26	3,541	1,311	2,858	264	408
1881	4,331	18	3,527	1,309	3,465	180	540
1911	5,074	167	2,061	1,809	4,122	231	1,187
1931	3,695	11	1,783	1,454	4,284	230	951
1951	3,816	18	1,913	2,243	3,511	321	5,363
1971	1,398	92	2,089	2,152	3,175	1,208	3,285
1991	1,780	0	3,200	3,028	5,400	1,801	4,451
2011	1,195	21	3,203	4,284	7,474	4,156	9,932

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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