Simplified Industrial Structure

Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	1,232,948	191,293	1,813,493	504,101	1,405,163	165,271	164,704
1861	1,555,745	272,511	2,450,761	838,694	1,554,178	224,410	297,490
1881	1,105,114	450,889	3,309,012	1,297,089	2,427,176	365,673	444,575
1911	1,277,681	1,006,768	5,361,345	2,476,566	4,149,597	856,698	970,989
1931	996,825	929,702	5,384,776	2,418,155	4,877,670	549,356	1,492,912
1951	963,746	741,517	7,237,905	3,115,071	4,594,304	673,215	2,597,267
1971	502,269	349,801	6,835,905	3,201,813	4,198,583	1,647,613	3,381,368
1991	390,447	121,289	4,390,461	3,053,242	5,181,878	3,299,154	4,664,250
2011	226,366	38,415	2,358,805	3,674,553	7,001,945	5,599,703	7,514,420

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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