Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	907	407	9,560	894	2,059	231	259
1861	2,639	2,951	20,912	2,877	4,615	533	386
1881	1,588	7,270	47,183	6,858	11,905	1,918	1,476
1911	1,991	6,807	83,797	14,087	19,931	4,742	3,979
1931	1,334	7,143	72,212	11,014	19,927	2,349	6,164
1951	985	1,633	70,128	13,330	21,918	2,047	8,783
1971	961	540	51,052	13,968	25,202	4,825	14,271
1991	381	60	28,149	14,446	28,324	9,938	18,708
2011	185	54	12,742	16,923	33,218	18,904	32,920

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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