Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	7,971	80	215,900	84,672	246,789	39,203	32,743
1861	19,211	879	368,065	171,138	331,169	66,409	55,860
1881	22,952	1,609	494,144	279,989	501,971	121,087	88,514
1911	9,415	1,892	712,056	443,302	760,050	223,007	158,266
1931	4,168	842	744,624	387,911	830,940	126,265	194,773
1951	1,617	1,845	799,767	520,458	752,611	267,232	319,903
1971	910	3,100	443,730	415,970	518,010	506,890	412,660
1991	1,450	6,774	153,372	209,483	371,586	659,334	380,716
2011	1,154	4,252	52,599	216,264	595,490	1,170,967	617,518

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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