Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	48,162	7,554	65,967	12,323	34,263	2,901	2,799
1861	59,679	4,313	35,863	13,421	27,710	3,640	3,874
1881	38,840	2,879	25,034	13,390	34,045	2,270	4,473
1911	35,156	18,964	38,642	18,902	36,926	3,588	7,175
1931	32,948	4,635	26,036	21,270	55,803	3,694	21,638
1951	34,154	2,908	26,857	25,394	48,314	4,928	49,670
1971	12,487	6,933	33,930	21,901	30,820	7,404	30,763
1991	18,014	6,515	33,212	32,437	60,322	21,287	54,473
2011	10,995	1,099	27,836	37,560	84,898	45,509	85,535

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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