Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	641	568	8,524	3,572	6,294	1,096	997
1861	1,235	1,031	15,787	7,893	9,582	1,586	1,041
1881	1,178	2,578	21,413	9,828	16,887	4,035	2,431
1911	1,758	10,054	42,753	20,352	30,578	8,888	6,351
1931	1,100	7,447	34,442	18,522	40,056	4,398	10,611
1951	930	5,456	60,063	32,022	49,150	8,046	28,205
1971	1,506	3,203	47,418	30,350	40,847	14,411	37,212
1991	222	259	18,134	20,781	32,176	28,686	48,649
2011	142	204	8,267	18,445	42,357	38,959	61,278

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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