Simplified Industrial Structure

Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	414	3	2,749	1,611	3,725	456	387
1861	736	9	5,004	4,463	5,171	620	1,260
1881	829	22	7,496	6,328	8,622	1,225	1,916
1911	1,572	41	11,675	17,188	17,884	3,037	6,323
1931	898	25	16,159	20,291	23,381	2,183	5,822
1951	879	16	22,644	22,278	21,970	3,035	10,673
1971	88	59	27,607	25,438	26,630	8,046	21,816
1991	160	150	14,188	16,565	24,048	19,653	25,982
2011	99	78	6,161	16,198	28,639	22,395	39,282

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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