1891 Census of England and Wales, Area, Houses and Population: Registration Areas and Sanitary Districts, Table 2 : " Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics		Area in Statute Acres [1]	Houses						Population
			Inhabited				Uninhabited				Building				Persons		Males		Females
			1881 [2]	1881 [3]	1881 [4]	1891 [5]	1891 [6]	1891 [7]	1881 [8]	1891 [9]	1881 [10]	1891 [11]	1881 [12]	1891 [13]
England Dep Total		32,203,827	4,515,525	363,516	44,560	5,116,612	351,366	35,003	24,396,906	27,226,120	11,850,840	13,158,392	12,546,066	14,067,728
London RegC		74,680	486,046	36,933	7,749	544,977	39,608	4,195	3,815,544	4,211,743	1,797,043	1,990,748	2,018,501	2,220,995
Surrey RegC		452,733	79,594	5,181	1,806	102,166	5,884	848	461,023	572,092	219,062	269,417	241,961	302,675
Kent RegC		969,879	132,389	7,419	1,505	153,637	10,274	1,011	709,293	806,297	350,971	394,321	358,322	411,976
Sussex RegC		947,534	88,568	6,093	1,808	101,447	6,527	772	494,238	554,542	234,269	255,443	259,969	299,099
Hampshire RegC		1,047,223	109,290	6,765	1,400	128,167	10,462	980	575,177	666,250	281,196	321,273	293,981	344,977
Berkshire RegC		574,298	49,853	2,755	412	54,854	3,854	380	247,630	268,357	123,173	131,926	124,457	136,431
Middlesex RegC		178,754	63,783	6,140	3,856	97,894	6,641	1,590	380,974	574,999	180,702	268,776	200,272	306,223
Hertfordshire RegC		443,787	41,670	2,187	363	44,907	3,933	343	202,446	215,179	98,996	104,525	103,450	110,654
Buckinghamshire RegC		409,242	33,157	2,282	179	35,494	2,237	226	155,773	164,442	76,752	80,880	79,021	83,562
Oxfordshire RegC		490,146	38,687	3,018	249	40,533	3,138	200	181,867	188,220	89,055	90,794	92,812	97,426
Northamptonshire RegC		641,925	58,156	3,834	379	64,938	3,797	527	276,899	308,072	138,019	152,918	138,880	155,154
Huntingdonshire RegC		207,569	11,923	1,108	31	11,656	1,171	21	53,223	50,289	26,067	24,750	27,156	25,539
Bedfordshire RegC		309,989	32,550	2,029	169	35,603	3,050	161	154,286	165,999	72,588	77,988	81,698	88,011
Cambridgeshire RegC		565,737	41,701	2,643	199	43,626	3,024	186	191,289	196,269	94,002	96,219	97,287	100,050
Essex RegC		904,642	103,688	8,828	2,211	158,999	9,333	1,341	552,297	761,191	276,192	378,425	276,105	382,766
Suffolk RegC		931,134	75,895	5,329	377	78,165	5,681	271	344,221	353,758	168,292	172,067	175,929	181,691
Norfolk RegC		1,291,170	100,537	5,988	461	103,902	8,121	508	446,841	460,362	216,134	221,688	230,707	238,674
Wiltshire RegC		811,367	53,297	3,780	216	55,190	3,837	266	248,466	255,119	122,716	125,696	125,750	129,423
Dorset RegC		616,403	38,435	2,410	203	39,634	2,967	211	184,972	188,995	90,835	92,118	94,137	96,877
Devon RegC		1,650,705	107,348	6,985	1,509	114,229	9,210	937	608,256	636,225	287,395	299,676	320,861	336,549
Cornwall RegC		886,372	68,903	5,645	313	68,296	5,134	382	326,511	318,583	153,077	147,460	173,434	171,123
Somerset RegC		1,061,614	99,558	7,324	655	104,994	7,909	774	491,225	510,076	231,658	238,638	259,567	271,438
Gloucestershire RegC		718,784	98,788	9,023	720	105,519	8,043	679	525,169	548,886	245,615	255,341	279,554	293,545
Herefordshire RegC		535,846	24,848	1,732	108	24,578	2,160	62	117,988	113,346	58,457	54,943	59,531	58,403
Shropshire RegC		952,842	54,564	3,665	226	53,595	4,336	122	265,877	254,765	132,986	126,008	132,891	128,757
Staffordshire RegC		767,102	192,805	15,446	906	213,808	10,723	1,054	1,006,767	1,103,452	504,886	551,087	501,881	552,365
Worcestershire RegC		441,510	76,512	5,273	569	86,038	5,234	704	383,033	422,530	184,022	200,205	199,011	222,325
Warwickshire RegC		621,833	148,871	12,972	940	166,005	9,351	1,030	730,515	801,738	355,544	388,534	374,971	413,204
Leicestershire RegC		551,845	69,341	5,016	560	80,033	5,339	570	326,746	379,286	158,815	183,003	167,931	196,283
Rutland RegC		110,190	4,908	351	31	4,828	356	8	23,007	22,123	11,519	10,984	11,488	11,139
Lincolnshire RegC		1,659,870	98,758	6,599	574	102,138	8,562	468	463,075	467,281	231,716	230,773	231,359	236,508
Nottinghamshire RegC		616,285	91,461	4,829	1,120	106,309	10,287	420	438,642	505,311	215,371	245,338	223,271	259,973
Derbyshire RegC		557,768	78,296	6,031	376	87,585	5,109	455	386,536	432,414	193,120	216,103	193,416	216,311
Cheshire RegC		643,791	121,326	10,738	1,219	140,608	9,263	816	622,323	707,978	301,742	342,935	320,581	365,043
Lancashire RegC		1,306,777	661,234	69,251	5,678	771,764	60,103	5,200	3,485,819	3,957,906	1,684,905	1,905,115	1,800,914	2,052,791
West Riding RegC		1,775,298	455,641	41,460	3,322	519,611	24,661	4,218	2,197,985	2,464,415	1,075,328	1,200,332	1,122,657	1,264,083
East Riding RegC		695,431	75,045	7,086	564	84,261	7,822	589	362,375	400,085	179,394	196,249	182,981	203,836
North Riding RegC		1,253,974	66,799	7,195	253	70,839	7,077	228	334,442	354,382	169,230	177,172	165,212	177,210
County Durham RegC		764,788	148,750	12,415	557	170,138	6,970	1,225	875,484	1,024,369	447,980	521,776	427,504	502,593
Northumberland RegC		1,289,756	70,608	5,624	338	79,985	4,639	620	433,711	506,030	215,685	252,283	218,026	253,747
Cumberland RegC		970,161	49,050	3,326	350	52,361	4,580	323	250,647	266,549	124,746	132,080	125,901	134,469
Westmorland RegC		503,073	12,892	808	99	13,301	959	82	64,314	66,215	31,585	32,385	32,729	33,830

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Using data from this table, Vision of Britain can map the following rates for within England Dep:

Rate	Date
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1891
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1891
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1891

Notes:

The following notes to the table appeared in the original report.

1	The Registration Districts of this Division are co-extensive with Poor Law Unions, except ...
2	Where the name of a Registration County in which a Parish is situated differs from that of the Administrative County to which it belongs, the name of the latter is added in italics. [further information on special cases in the specific division.]
3	(W) or (W.S.) denotes that a Workhouse or Workhouse School belonging to the District is situated within the limits of the Parish; (w) or (w.s.) that one of these institutions not belonging to the District is situated therein. A statement of the number of persons enumerated in Public Institutions in each District will be found in Table 8.
4	The places named in footnotes as being included in Civil Parishes are Hamlets, Villages, etc, or localities having no defined boundaries.
5	Under the Divided Parishes Acts of 1876, 1879 and 1882 numerous detached parts of Civil Parishes have been amalgamated with other Civil Parishes, and a statement of such transferences is given in Table 14.
6	Revised areas of Civil Parishes and parts of Parishes have been furnished by the Ordnance Survey Department.
7	The areas marked thus (w) either include water or relate to Parishes to which a portion of the tidal water or foreshore of contiguous rivers or creeks has been allotted. Such tidal water or foreshore is, however, not included in the areas. For details see Table 11.
8	Persons who, on the night of 5th April, 1891, were on board barges or boats employed in inland navigation, and those who were on board sea-going and coastal vessels in harbours, rivers and creeks, are included in the general population. For details see Table 9.

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