Vision of Britain | 1851 Census: Population tables 2

1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2 (Sample Report Title: Population Tables I. Number of Inhabitants in the years 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851: Report: Objects of census and machinery employed; results and observations; appendix of tabular results, and summary tables: England and Wales, Divisions I to VII. Area, houses, 1841 and 1851; Population, 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831, 1841, and 1851), Table [1] : " Population Abstract".

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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
		1841			1851			Persons						Males						Females
		Inhabited [2]	Uninhabited [3]	Building [4]	Inhabited [5]	Uninhabited [6]	Building [7]	1801 [8]	1811 [9]	1821 [10]	1831 [11]	1841 [12]	1851 [13]	1801 [14]	1811 [15]	1821 [16]	1831 [17]	1841 [18]	1851 [19]	1801 [20]	1811 [21]	1821 [22]	1831 [23]	1841 [24]	1851 [25]
England Dep Total	32,058,604	2,725,879	161,408	25,428	3,045,423	142,913	25,008	8,287,907	9,405,342	11,178,050	12,976,329	14,847,888	16,738,495	3,968,122	4,473,349	5,440,352	6,314,744	7,245,666	8,186,031	4,320,755	4,932,307	5,738,024	6,660,661	7,601,909	8,551,852
London RegC	78,045	262,745	11,325	4,032	305,933	16,643	4,815	958,863	1,138,815	1,378,421	1,654,994	1,945,327	2,362,236	437,570	517,783	640,695	766,727	908,930	1,106,558	521,292	621,032	737,726	888,267	1,036,397	1,255,678
Surrey RegC	476,191	33,548	1,619	405	36,839	1,208	387	109,561	122,321	142,173	160,944	187,868	202,521	53,926	59,899	70,833	79,966	94,443	100,412	55,635	62,422	71,340	80,978	93,425	102,109
Kent RegC	1,013,838	79,879	4,370	553	88,048	4,033	679	258,450	301,610	352,856	397,886	447,115	485,021	127,562	147,090	175,108	196,341	222,755	242,282	131,251	154,916	177,748	201,545	224,360	242,739
Sussex RegC	949,581	54,586	3,668	252	59,173	2,256	608	161,306	189,863	235,606	275,110	302,460	339,604	79,904	92,885	118,042	136,764	149,003	167,189	81,402	96,978	117,564	138,346	153,457	172,415
Hampshire RegC	1,060,778	66,003	3,283	498	74,591	3,502	612	217,741	243,253	280,701	312,185	352,048	402,016	104,334	117,226	136,952	150,699	173,488	200,209	113,501	126,027	143,749	160,946	178,560	201,713
Berkshire RegC	564,717	37,621	1,824	215	39,402	1,574	206	131,125	141,082	158,321	174,008	190,372	199,224	63,339	68,268	78,725	86,992	94,883	99,486	67,786	72,814	79,596	87,034	95,489	99,738
Middlesex RegC	176,555	24,924	1,661	224	28,026	1,332	331	77,582	91,883	107,875	122,550	140,847	150,606	37,951	44,388	52,721	59,575	70,117	73,331	39,631	47,495	55,154	62,975	70,730	77,275
Hertfordshire RegC	428,143	31,310	1,181	196	33,919	1,192	213	101,892	111,991	133,578	147,575	162,394	173,962	50,223	54,001	66,294	73,765	80,198	86,465	51,669	57,990	67,284	73,810	82,196	87,497
Buckinghamshire RegC	402,616	27,579	1,094	187	29,181	1,110	88	95,827	105,075	119,719	130,982	138,248	143,655	46,223	50,049	57,788	64,101	67,669	70,928	49,604	55,026	61,931	66,881	70,579	72,727
Oxfordshire RegC	479,267	32,499	1,441	211	34,459	1,347	105	112,194	119,123	138,631	153,567	163,216	170,247	55,199	58,506	69,676	77,019	81,131	85,550	56,895	60,617	68,955	76,548	82,085	84,697
Northamptonshire RegC	632,259	40,510	1,562	286	43,928	1,493	235	128,245	137,665	160,319	177,944	199,208	213,844	61,897	65,353	78,495	87,327	99,174	106,747	66,348	72,312	81,824	90,623	100,034	107,097
Huntingdonshire RegC	205,366	11,258	361	57	12,464	648	62	34,704	38,864	45,808	50,463	55,565	60,319	17,075	18,848	22,494	24,993	27,539	30,024	17,629	20,016	23,314	25,470	28,026	30,295
Bedfordshire RegC	305,366	22,108	557	212	25,709	672	124	66,176	72,939	87,186	98,804	112,378	129,805	31,942	34,371	42,135	48,127	54,324	62,539	34,234	38,568	45,051	50,677	58,054	67,266
Cambridgeshire RegC	571,758	34,298	1,270	231	38,736	1,788	202	90,702	101,275	125,676	148,333	169,638	191,894	44,628	49,228	62,040	73,987	84,019	95,704	46,074	52,047	63,636	74,346	85,619	96,190
Essex RegC	983,443	62,767	2,321	482	68,375	3,383	372	210,408	230,618	268,101	294,435	320,811	344,130	103,693	112,395	134,190	147,512	160,350	172,717	106,715	118,223	133,911	146,923	160,461	171,013
Suffolk RegC	930,345	64,110	2,366	574	69,324	3,106	435	214,690	233,726	270,137	296,238	314,681	336,136	103,181	111,804	132,242	145,732	153,855	165,701	111,509	121,922	137,895	150,506	160,826	170,435
Norfolk RegC	1,300,311	84,278	3,673	427	91,144	3,360	447	271,125	287,497	339,884	384,142	405,124	433,716	128,640	135,380	164,637	186,332	195,262	210,759	142,485	152,117	175,247	197,810	209,862	222,957
Wiltshire RegC	778,283	47,631	2,042	245	49,007	2,210	172	173,906	179,534	207,593	224,254	242,772	240,966	81,971	83,619	100,880	109,555	120,217	118,959	91,935	95,915	106,713	114,699	122,555	122,007
Dorset RegC	615,783	33,206	1,913	283	34,721	1,476	210	109,646	119,034	137,938	152,204	167,876	177,095	50,969	55,131	65,897	73,157	80,180	85,828	58,677	63,903	72,041	79,047	87,696	91,267
Devon RegC	1,709,373	95,352	6,157	915	99,288	6,054	760	342,223	380,363	441,329	497,470	537,270	572,330	157,092	175,819	209,299	237,192	254,531	272,063	185,131	204,544	232,030	260,278	282,739	300,267
Cornwall RegC	881,496	65,973	5,013	927	68,205	4,557	348	193,039	219,591	262,156	302,494	343,321	356,641	92,015	103,586	127,124	146,909	165,729	172,193	101,024	116,005	135,032	155,585	177,592	184,448
Somerset RegC	1,009,555	85,316	4,846	786	87,768	5,126	396	281,500	310,754	365,986	415,137	448,793	456,259	130,747	143,963	175,305	199,001	215,639	217,050	150,753	166,791	190,681	216,139	233,154	239,209
Gloucestershire RegC	716,045	73,725	5,492	736	78,319	4,988	403	228,895	261,555	307,621	354,699	395,533	419,514	106,136	121,032	146,324	169,056	187,798	198,569	122,759	140,484	161,297	185,643	207,735	220,945
Herefordshire RegC	425,580	19,769	1,258	92	20,433	985	69	75,260	78,987	87,643	93,927	96,515	99,120	37,289	38,659	43,697	46,861	48,277	49,409	38,171	40,328	43,946	47,066	48,238	49,311
Shropshire RegC	904,220	47,830	2,051	250	48,792	2,194	118	182,695	197,302	214,931	230,990	241,685	244,898	89,934	96,259	106,573	115,175	120,611	122,297	92,761	101,043	108,485	115,815	121,074	122,601
Staffordshire RegC	752,107	101,316	5,665	919	123,485	4,618	942	251,084	304,184	360,725	433,289	539,260	630,345	126,040	150,562	181,209	217,794	272,786	320,903	125,344	153,622	179,516	215,466	266,474	309,642
Worcestershire RegC	434,076	46,132	2,857	383	51,943	2,765	362	132,422	150,389	174,708	203,476	230,387	258,733	64,363	72,230	85,371	99,476	112,877	127,038	67,994	78,159	89,337	104,000	117,510	131,695
Warwickshire RegC	613,728	83,043	7,050	675	98,233	4,665	975	216,135	237,437	284,097	346,297	409,138	480,120	103,887	113,229	138,720	170,689	199,875	235,859	112,248	124,208	145,377	175,608	209,263	244,261
Leicestershire RegC	531,286	45,747	3,278	445	49,963	1,628	201	133,975	153,423	178,384	200,610	220,304	234,957	65,859	74,442	88,453	99,499	107,941	115,451	68,116	78,981	89,931	100,499	111,912	119,496
Rutland RegC	107,728	4,721	144	34	4,955	163	15	18,311	18,177	20,435	21,363	23,151	24,272	8,885	8,739	10,112	10,616	11,605	12,286	9,426	9,438	10,323	10,747	11,546	11,986
Lincolnshire RegC	1,739,312	71,494	2,190	454	79,735	3,442	584	205,340	231,218	277,207	311,903	356,226	400,236	100,844	112,457	138,683	156,142	178,510	201,416	104,497	118,761	138,723	155,761	177,634	198,820
Nottinghamshire RegC	599,791	54,526	2,836	249	59,522	1,485	267	152,573	175,966	203,939	243,605	270,731	294,380	74,623	84,863	100,171	119,762	132,399	144,691	77,950	91,103	103,768	124,113	138,332	149,781
Derbyshire RegC	558,620	46,800	2,267	421	52,459	2,422	424	140,999	159,721	186,449	208,841	239,791	260,693	69,222	77,443	92,158	103,186	119,069	129,501	71,776	82,278	94,291	105,655	120,731	131,192
Cheshire RegC	692,999	68,864	5,726	515	79,829	4,258	766	189,431	219,605	263,480	316,672	368,400	423,526	91,676	105,352	129,498	155,669	180,742	207,008	97,735	114,253	133,982	160,903	187,658	216,518
Lancashire RegC	1,283,085	294,650	23,816	3,682	356,158	17,488	3,539	683,252	836,052	1,067,287	1,359,692	1,698,609	2,067,301	327,587	396,079	519,812	660,738	830,218	1,008,824	355,665	439,981	547,475	698,954	868,391	1,058,477
West Riding RegC	1,687,639	231,912	19,142	2,348	267,427	11,124	2,564	576,336	663,236	816,144	993,869	1,176,514	1,340,051	282,604	324,515	405,914	494,579	585,194	666,912	293,732	338,670	410,230	499,350	591,536	673,139
East Riding RegC	730,915	43,958	1,882	474	50,799	3,285	473	127,241	150,132	173,260	192,780	221,376	254,352	61,199	71,787	84,005	92,723	107,883	124,572	66,241	78,345	89,255	100,057	113,488	129,780
North Riding RegC	1,236,082	38,829	2,358	244	40,437	2,133	189	147,706	156,555	176,329	180,153	186,226	194,644	71,073	75,248	86,738	88,165	91,710	96,620	76,633	81,307	89,591	91,988	94,516	98,024
County Durham RegC	754,183	57,976	3,375	589	68,959	3,056	598	159,161	174,954	205,194	251,051	326,043	411,679	74,719	82,281	98,216	120,566	161,247	207,088	84,442	92,673	106,978	130,485	164,796	204,591
Northumberland RegC	1,249,299	51,644	3,213	480	47,737	2,064	386	168,078	183,269	212,589	236,959	266,020	303,568	78,409	85,635	101,921	112,854	128,899	149,515	89,669	97,634	110,668	124,105	137,121	154,053
Cumberland RegC	1,001,273	34,574	2,386	200	36,763	1,545	239	117,230	131,920	156,124	169,262	178,038	195,492	54,377	61,645	75,600	81,763	86,292	96,244	62,853	70,275	80,524	87,499	91,746	99,248
Westmorland RegC	487,567	10,868	875	40	11,235	535	87	40,878	44,384	51,510	55,172	56,609	58,387	19,315	21,300	25,605	27,658	28,297	29,134	21,563	23,084	25,905	27,514	28,312	29,253

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

Rate	Date
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1811
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1821
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1831
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1841
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1841
Houses under Construction as Percentage of All Houses	1851
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1851
Rate of Population Change (% over previous 10 years)	1851

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