Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	565	35	21,807	8,344	14,821	2,558	2,169
1861	1,906	91	50,487	24,125	33,615	7,824	5,505
1881	2,079	251	72,156	38,666	49,219	16,693	8,919
1911	585	375	93,438	58,168	69,337	24,030	14,143
1931	260	73	91,855	46,736	78,817	12,468	18,932
1951	97	46	68,453	48,620	48,123	6,957	18,141
1971	40	10	32,680	32,890	30,090	16,440	31,870
1991	90	10	14,356	19,184	22,918	33,819	30,084
2011	67	86	3,991	19,652	35,288	75,359	49,053

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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