Year	Agriculture	Mining	Manufacturing	Util+Const+Transp	Consumer Services	Business Services	Public Services
1841	18,147	6,506	32,260	4,826	17,492	1,316	1,132
1861	26,030	13,532	48,227	10,926	17,832	1,877	2,067
1881	15,795	25,880	41,276	11,682	23,423	2,466	3,319
1911	18,646	59,306	69,306	26,576	40,149	6,131	7,476
1931	14,548	59,499	76,621	25,311	44,859	3,809	13,664
1951	13,452	46,226	87,588	31,881	41,970	3,224	20,293
1971	7,872	21,445	88,569	36,235	37,585	7,365	25,689
1991	5,779	8,988	81,325	37,990	60,289	18,078	51,496
2011	3,611	1,532	52,607	49,596	86,864	42,856	79,440

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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