Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	127,018	3,746
B: Mining & quarrying	8,960	51
C: Manufacturing	111,410	39,158
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	50	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	129	32
F: Construction	20,315	71
G: Wholesale & retail trade	15,887	1,996
H: Transport & storage	7,155	135
I: Accommodation & catering	4,444	1,075
J: Information & communication	19	1
K: Financial & insurance	190	7
L: Real estate activities.	287	1
M: Professional, scientific & technical	1,273	3
N: Administrative & support	6,878	83
O: Public administration & defence	2,674	42
P: Education	1,549	2,346
Q: Human health & social work	1,223	1,022
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	2,416	1,514
T: Activities of households	18,983	57,288
U: Extraterritorial bodies	1	0

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	135,363	29,026
B: Mining & quarrying	20,656	9
C: Manufacturing	122,332	85,437
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	442	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	306	49
F: Construction	29,811	47
G: Wholesale & retail trade	21,821	6,684
H: Transport & storage	12,774	597
I: Accommodation & catering	6,095	6,392
J: Information & communication	361	83
K: Financial & insurance	354	14
L: Real estate activities.	2,527	2,685
M: Professional, scientific & technical	2,304	2
N: Administrative & support	2,542	143
O: Public administration & defence	3,569	149
P: Education	1,671	4,812
Q: Human health & social work	1,190	2,092
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	3,778	7,872
T: Activities of households	4,862	38,983
U: Extraterritorial bodies	22	0

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	106,765	3,157
B: Mining & quarrying	44,015	118
C: Manufacturing	149,280	98,732
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	952	3
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	310	13
F: Construction	44,130	178
G: Wholesale & retail trade	25,673	5,667
H: Transport & storage	22,904	538
I: Accommodation & catering	5,854	2,900
J: Information & communication	735	164
K: Financial & insurance	1,430	32
L: Real estate activities.	685	6
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3,446	77
N: Administrative & support	8,023	274
O: Public administration & defence	6,313	424
P: Education	2,895	7,824
Q: Human health & social work	1,382	2,647
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	4,304	11,725
T: Activities of households	10,899	70,658
U: Extraterritorial bodies	8	1

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	118,869	7,041
B: Mining & quarrying	118,762	22
C: Manufacturing	262,467	163,057
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	4,469	0
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1,258	1
F: Construction	56,015	52
G: Wholesale & retail trade	60,466	20,373
H: Transport & storage	74,538	2,130
I: Accommodation & catering	9,925	10,117
J: Information & communication	1,914	1,103
K: Financial & insurance	6,836	125
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	3,915	255
N: Administrative & support	18,097	5,661
O: Public administration & defence	12,383	2,423
P: Education	4,378	11,944
Q: Human health & social work	3,100	7,100
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	12,756	19,491
T: Activities of households	17,979	70,468
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	97,605	5,347
B: Mining & quarrying	129,982	406
C: Manufacturing	273,305	177,311
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	9,246	211
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1,778	211
F: Construction	47,331	549
G: Wholesale & retail trade	93,964	37,669
H: Transport & storage	68,743	4,275
I: Accommodation & catering	10,779	12,673
J: Information & communication	287	91
K: Financial & insurance	9,118	1,582
L: Real estate activities.	1,968	327
M: Professional, scientific & technical	5,876	1,691
N: Administrative & support	8	72
O: Public administration & defence	38,287	2,449
P: Education	7,121	14,889
Q: Human health & social work	5,276	9,913
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	15,727	9,718
T: Activities of households	16,172	61,328
U: Extraterritorial bodies	2	5

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	94,271	10,424
B: Mining & quarrying	116,937	1,503
C: Manufacturing	363,704	208,246
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	15,389	1,372
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	1,814	54
F: Construction	78,370	2,027
G: Wholesale & retail trade	101,683	61,797
H: Transport & storage	74,046	10,898
I: Accommodation & catering	12,494	30,129
J: Information & communication	0	0
K: Financial & insurance	10,909	4,337
L: Real estate activities.	0	0
M: Professional, scientific & technical	6,799	3,730
N: Administrative & support	0	0
O: Public administration & defence	83,118	13,976
P: Education	12,265	18,309
Q: Human health & social work	9,790	20,486
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	19,088	14,803
T: Activities of households	5,545	20,348
U: Extraterritorial bodies	0	0

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Industrial Classification	Male	Female
A: Agriculture, forestry & fishing	46,240	5,436
B: Mining & quarrying	75,384	1,425
C: Manufacturing	402,493	157,965
D: Electricity, gas, steam etc	18,928	3,280
E: Water, sewerage & waste mgt	2,595	225
F: Construction	96,960	4,051
G: Wholesale & retail trade	122,622	75,582
H: Transport & storage	65,148	11,223
I: Accommodation & catering	13,124	17,907
J: Information & communication	13,302	5,589
K: Financial & insurance	12,966	11,011
L: Real estate activities.	1,662	1,013
M: Professional, scientific & technical	13,263	6,828
N: Administrative & support	3,001	3,119
O: Public administration & defence	61,048	24,036
P: Education	28,141	40,590
Q: Human health & social work	14,192	29,811
R,S: Arts & recreation; other services	14,053	13,585
T: Activities of households	1,945	7,379
U: Extraterritorial bodies	715	34

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'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	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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