Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	210,198	35,781	164,560	70,289	191,943	17,492	22,301
1861	250,515	34,907	209,145	88,463	184,282	22,713	41,898
1881	169,728	30,996	212,252	113,194	247,145	21,462	53,216
1911	196,599	37,963	298,441	184,185	384,742	44,719	113,301
1931	149,296	26,539	268,086	188,144	416,880	30,536	140,658
1951	148,211	19,437	353,050	245,122	381,811	39,112	280,736
1971	80,796	12,633	399,453	250,504	358,058	104,023	302,269
1991	66,552	7,960	353,304	276,936	507,179	285,854	465,787
2011	41,731	4,798	228,632	338,898	694,029	467,394	758,109

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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