Simplified Industrial Structure

Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	908	41	9,493	729	2,736	261	398
1861	1,351	396	16,487	1,354	3,639	402	609
1881	907	388	15,911	1,791	4,120	498	657
1911	1,398	955	32,128	5,815	8,993	3,262	1,760
1931	649	1,437	49,409	6,974	13,831	1,226	3,776
1951	583	1,300	94,768	12,934	21,120	2,299	8,665
1971	184	98	103,733	12,951	25,939	6,773	23,024
1991	165	10	45,056	12,839	27,472	16,465	29,236
2011	175	46	16,379	18,025	38,458	26,253	48,910

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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