Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	104,633	20,070	273,693	43,557	110,823	12,399	10,619
1861	145,005	31,148	320,838	73,432	120,854	17,656	16,461
1881	104,453	65,479	486,346	127,615	206,472	30,964	33,327
1911	117,298	151,864	764,061	256,066	346,445	73,435	68,932
1931	100,161	182,201	701,913	220,611	432,101	38,677	134,114
1951	92,169	150,470	858,696	286,840	430,863	46,463	219,052
1971	51,551	83,583	735,202	285,816	400,143	103,440	303,502
1991	38,452	28,215	466,368	284,081	505,920	226,507	441,113
2011	22,374	4,327	271,532	342,744	656,532	410,050	710,215

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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