Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	844	195	42,638	8,202	14,303	3,191	1,667
1861	3,705	393	69,092	17,006	30,329	6,700	3,157
1881	2,881	791	104,198	34,219	53,632	14,759	6,926
1911	2,183	2,549	149,505	59,413	83,281	27,252	13,289
1931	1,389	1,518	153,171	44,674	99,218	11,209	23,220
1951	660	1,574	179,927	58,430	113,970	23,881	35,812
1971	181	85	101,493	51,130	78,190	40,134	54,015
1991	318	0	36,586	41,099	53,816	58,029	61,190
2011	155	92	14,789	36,865	76,855	92,921	98,068

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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