census statistics

COUNTY CENSUS FIGURES FROM EACH DECENNIAL REPORT

	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
Bedfordshire	63,393	70,213	84,052	95,483	107,936	124,478			149,473
Berkshire				145,389		170,065			218,363
Bucks				146,529		163,723			176,323
Cambridgeshire				143,955		185,405			185,594
Cheshire				334,391		455,725			644,037
Cornwall				300,938		355,558			330,686
Cumberland				169,681		195,492			250,647
Derbyshire				237,170		296,084			461,914
Devonshire				494,478		567,098			603,595
Dorsetshire				159,252		184,207			191,028
Durham				253,910		390,997			867,258
Essex				317,507		369,318			576,434
Gloucestershire				387,019		458,805			572,433
Hampshire				314,280		405,370			593,470
Herefordshire				111,211		115,489			121,062
Hertfordshire				143,341		167,298			203,069
Huntingdonshire				53,192		64,183			59,491
Kent				479,155		615,766			977,706
Lancashire				1,336,854		2,031,236			3,454,441
Leicestershire				197,003		230,308			321,258
Lincolnshire				317,465		407,222			469,919
London				-		-			-
Middlesex				152,888		1,886,576			2,920,485
Monmouthshire				98,130		157,418			211,267
Norfolk				390,054		442,714			444,749
Northamptonshire				179,336		212,380			272,555
Northumberland				222,912		303,568			434,086
Nottinghamshire				225,327		270,427			391,815
Oxfordshire				152,156		170,439			179,559
Rutland				19,385		22,983			21,434
Shropshire				222,938		229,341			248,014
Somerset				404,200		443,916			469,109
Staffordshire				410,512		608,716			981,013
Suffolk				296,317		337,215			356,893
Surrey				219,835		683,082			1,436,899
Sussex				272,340		336,844			490,505
Warwickshire				336,610		475,013			737,339
Westmorland				55,041		58,287			64,191
Wiltshire				240,156		254,221			258,965
Worcestershire				211,365		276,926			380,283
Yorks-E Riding				204,253		220,983			315,460
Yorks-City						36,303			-
Yorks-N Riding				190,756		215,214			346,260
Yorks-W Riding				976,350		1,325,495			2,224,844
sub-totals						16,921,888			24,613,926


Wales
Anglesey				48,325		57,327			51,416
Brecknockshire				47,763		61,474			57,746
Caernarvonshire				66,448		87,870			119,349
Cardiganshire				64,780		70,796			70,270
Carmarthenshire				100,740		110,632			124,864
Denbighshire				83,629		92,583			111,740
Flintshire				60,012		68,156			80,587
Glamorganshire				126,612		231,849			511,433
Merionethshire				35,315		38,843			52,038
Montgomeryshire				66,482		67,335			65,718
Pembrokeshire				81,425		94,140			91,824
Radnorshire				24,651		24,716			23,528
sub-totals						1,005,721			1,360,513
	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
Scotland
Aberdeenshire						212,032			267,990
Angusshire						-			266,360
Argyllshire						89,298			76,468
Ayrshire						189,858			217,519
Banffshire						54,171			62,736
Berwickshire						36,297			35,392
Buteshire						16,608			17,657
Caithness-shire						38,709			38,865
Clackmannanshire						22,951			25,680
Dumfriesshire						78,123			76,140
Dunbartonshire						45,103			75,333
East Lothianshire						-			38,502
Edinburgh						259,435			-
Elgin						38,959			-
Fifeshire						153,546			171,931
Forfar						191,264			-
Haddington						36,386			-
Inverness-shire						96,500			90,454
Kincardineshire						34,598			34,464
Kinross-shire						8,924			6,697
Kirkudbrightshire						43,121			42,127
Lanarkshire						530,169			904,412
Linlithgow						30,135			-
Midlothianshire						-			389,164
Morayshire						-			43,783
Nairnshire						9,956			10,455
Orkney						31,455			32,044
Peebleshire						10,738			13,822
Perthshire						138,660			129,007
Renfrewshire						161,091			263,374
Ross & Cromarty						82,707			78,547
Roxburghshire						51,642			53,442
Selkirkshire						9,809			25,564
Shetland						31,078			29,705
Stirlingshire						86,237			112,443
Sutherlandshire						25,793			23,370
West Lothianshire						-			43,510
Wigtownshire						43,389			38,611
sub-totals						2,888,742			3,735,568


	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
Ireland
Antrim	-	-				360,204
Armagh	-	-				196,084
Carlow	-	-				68,078
Cavan	-	-				174,064
Clare	-	-				212,440
Cork	-	-				649,308
Donegal	-	-				255,158
Down	-	-				320,817
Dublin	-	-				405,147
Fermanagh	-	-				116,047
Galway	-	-				321,684
Kerry	-	-				238,254
Kildare	-	-				95,723
Kilkenny	-	-				158,748
Laoighis (Queens)	-	-				111,664
Leitrim	-	-				111,897
Limerick	-	-				262,132
Londonderry	-	-				192,022
Longford	-	-				82,348
Louth	-	-				107,662
Mayo	-	-				274,499
Meath	-	-				140,748
Monaghan	-	-				141,823
Offaly (Kings)	-	-				112,076
Roscommon	-	-				173,436
Sligo	-	-				128,515
Tipperary	-	-				331,567
Tyrone	-	-				255,661
Waterford	-	-				164,035
Westmeath	-	-				111,407
Wexford	-	-				180,158
Wicklow	-	-				98,979
sub-total			0	0		6,552,385


Armed Forces abroad									1881
Royal Navy									21,493
Royal Marines									3,612
Merchant Navy									120,649
Army Overseas									94,251
sub-total									240,005


Islands in the British Seas									1881
Isle of Man			40,081	41,000	47,975	52,387			53,558
Jersey			28,600	36,582	47,544	57,020			52,445
Guernsey			20,302	24,349	26,649	29,757			32,607
Adjacent Islands			525	1,779	1,872	3,962			2,650

sub-total			89,508	103,710	124,040	143,126	0	0	141,260	0