Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	16,228	43	5,472	3,330	10,235	891	1,310
1861	17,548	80	7,464	5,673	12,098	1,331	2,310
1881	15,250	190	9,745	10,753	24,370	1,703	3,899
1911	16,412	233	14,673	18,392	55,159	4,333	9,442
1931	12,929	367	11,932	20,710	58,175	3,844	14,138
1951	13,768	487	10,461	21,809	44,901	4,039	20,080
1971	6,167	96	21,791	23,269	38,853	9,704	29,107
1991	5,312	11	20,693	23,979	45,266	18,000	43,036
2011	2,365	75	13,403	30,276	59,843	34,900	67,593

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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