Simplified Industrial Structure

Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	1,645	285	7,393	1,101	2,579	308	217
1861	3,985	992	8,299	2,001	2,970	386	388
1881	2,713	242	12,164	3,020	4,673	791	1,412
1911	3,619	1,004	25,036	6,402	8,563	1,849	2,081
1931	2,003	1,369	27,501	5,953	9,679	918	3,460
1951	2,156	926	36,816	10,199	19,694	1,075	16,691
1971	1,037	444	35,778	10,516	12,971	3,025	9,347
1991	694	105	19,454	14,260	23,395	12,619	15,046
2011	254	53	8,236	22,788	30,845	25,087	27,720

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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