Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	1,309	820	8,531	932	2,060	216	259
1861	3,848	6,609	13,826	2,401	3,636	348	359
1881	1,999	21,610	26,629	5,496	9,978	1,405	1,187
1911	3,476	20,877	64,366	14,021	19,662	4,997	4,140
1931	1,697	34,646	41,511	9,000	17,828	1,786	6,173
1951	1,445	25,103	45,847	12,946	19,535	1,566	8,193
1971	1,747	1,580	46,237	15,438	21,654	4,234	14,604
1991	499	1,373	25,074	16,191	27,099	8,596	19,293
2011	248	99	13,719	20,700	33,972	16,326	32,661

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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