Vision of Ireland | 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".

List for top level	Scotland

click on 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]
Scotland Dep Total	502,852	24,025	2,646	370,308	12,146	2,420	1,608,420	1,805,864	2,091,521	2,364,386	2,620,184	2,888,742	739,091	826,296	982,623	1,114,456	1,241,862	1,375,479	869,329	979,568	1,108,898	1,249,930	1,378,322	1,513,263	-
Dumfries Shire ScoCnty	14,356	733	51	13,300	412	92	54,597	62,960	70,878	73,770	72,830	78,123	25,407	29,347	33,572	34,829	34,137	37,186	29,190	33,613	37,306	38,941	38,693	40,937	-
Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty	8,162	323	25	7,009	225	36	29,211	33,684	38,903	40,590	41,119	43,121	13,619	15,788	18,506	18,969	18,856	20,223	15,592	17,896	20,397	21,621	22,263	22,898	-
Wigtownshire ScoCnty	7,440	271	45	6,902	164	27	22,918	26,891	33,240	36,258	39,195	43,389	10,570	12,205	15,837	17,078	18,290	20,335	12,348	14,686	17,403	19,180	20,905	23,054	-
Ayrshire ScoCnty	30,125	1,303	69	23,554	824	129	84,207	103,839	127,299	145,055	164,356	189,858	39,615	48,448	61,077	69,717	78,983	92,930	44,592	55,391	66,222	75,338	85,373	96,928	-
Buteshire ScoCnty	3,067	97	15	2,335	77	30	11,791	12,033	13,797	14,151	15,740	16,608	5,552	5,545	6,474	6,495	7,155	7,518	6,239	6,488	7,323	7,656	8,585	9,090	-
Renfrewshire ScoCnty	24,664	1,122	114	10,760	300	78	78,501	93,172	112,175	133,443	155,072	161,091	36,283	42,234	51,178	61,154	72,859	75,690	42,218	50,938	60,997	72,289	82,213	85,401	-
Dunbartonshire ScoCnty	7,985	384	101	4,792	238	67	20,710	24,189	27,317	33,211	44,296	45,103	9,796	11,369	13,046	16,321	22,542	22,400	10,914	12,820	14,271	16,890	21,754	22,703	-
Lanarkshire ScoCnty	81,458	3,868	844	37,504	1,279	328	147,692	191,291	244,387	316,819	426,972	530,169	68,506	88,472	115,385	150,229	208,312	257,060	79,186	102,819	129,002	166,590	218,660	273,109	-
Stirlingshire ScoCnty	15,813	801	36	11,312	510	89	50,825	57,371	65,376	72,621	82,057	86,237	23,875	26,942	31,718	35,283	41,004	42,234	26,950	30,429	33,658	37,338	41,053	44,003	-
West Lothian ScoCnty	5,333	342	19	4,059	116	10	17,844	19,451	22,685	23,291	26,872	30,135	8,129	8,874	10,703	10,995	13,797	15,194	9,715	10,577	11,982	12,296	13,075	14,941	-
Midlothian ScoCnty	38,927	2,852	122	20,946	851	195	122,597	148,607	191,514	219,345	225,454	259,435	54,042	65,004	87,759	99,803	102,666	119,384	68,555	83,603	103,755	119,542	122,788	140,051	-
Peebles Shire ScoCnty	2,118	157	13	1,796	98	11	8,735	9,935	10,046	10,578	10,499	10,738	4,160	4,846	4,973	5,342	5,118	5,364	4,575	5,089	5,073	5,236	5,381	5,374	-
Selkirkshire ScoCnty	1,446	76	4	1,331	25	9	5,388	5,889	6,637	6,833	7,990	9,809	2,518	2,750	3,205	3,394	3,972	4,850	2,870	3,139	3,432	3,439	4,018	4,959	-
Roxburghshire ScoCnty	8,661	358	34	7,255	224	50	33,721	37,230	40,892	43,663	46,025	51,642	15,833	17,113	19,408	20,761	21,941	25,212	17,888	20,117	21,484	22,902	24,084	26,430	-
Berwickshire ScoCnty	7,408	381	28	6,363	251	44	30,206	30,893	33,385	34,048	34,438	36,297	14,112	14,527	15,976	16,239	16,558	17,433	16,094	16,366	17,409	17,809	17,880	18,864	-
East Lothian ScoCnty	8,010	742	29	6,444	424	41	29,986	31,050	35,127	36,145	35,886	36,386	13,890	14,171	16,828	17,397	17,279	17,610	16,096	16,879	18,299	18,748	18,607	18,776	-
Fife ScoCnty	29,036	1,511	133	24,610	1,062	147	93,743	101,272	114,556	128,839	140,140	153,546	42,952	45,968	53,540	60,781	65,715	73,175	50,791	55,304	61,016	68,058	74,425	80,371	-
Kinross Shire ScoCnty	1,812	116	16	1,662	67	12	6,725	7,245	7,762	9,072	8,763	8,924	3,116	3,466	3,660	4,519	4,195	4,305	3,609	3,779	4,102	4,553	4,568	4,619	-
Clackmannanshire ScoCnty	3,406	111	6	2,950	96	53	10,858	12,010	13,263	14,729	19,155	22,951	5,064	5,715	6,356	7,095	9,386	11,342	5,794	6,295	6,907	7,634	9,769	11,609	-
Perthshire ScoCnty	28,993	1,803	81	22,528	852	87	125,583	134,390	138,247	142,166	137,457	138,660	58,453	63,678	65,642	68,205	65,010	66,337	67,130	70,712	72,605	73,961	72,447	72,323	-
Angus ScoCnty	36,184	2,071	128	22,446	725	138	99,053	107,187	113,355	139,606	170,453	191,264	45,427	48,115	52,036	65,093	79,343	88,324	53,626	59,072	61,319	74,513	91,110	102,940	-
Kincardineshire ScoCnty	7,304	316	39	6,636	260	40	26,349	27,439	29,118	31,431	33,075	34,598	12,104	12,580	13,540	15,016	15,829	17,008	14,245	14,859	15,578	16,415	17,246	17,590	-
Aberdeenshire ScoCnty	32,063	1,091	158	31,743	768	173	121,065	133,871	155,049	177,657	192,387	212,032	54,690	59,597	72,214	82,588	89,707	100,255	66,375	74,274	82,835	95,069	102,680	111,777	-
Banffshire ScoCnty	11,149	474	82	10,662	377	62	37,216	38,433	43,663	48,337	49,679	54,171	16,750	17,292	20,257	22,624	23,249	25,575	20,466	21,141	23,406	25,713	26,430	28,596	-
Moray ScoCnty	8,154	372	39	7,642	223	88	27,760	27,967	31,398	34,498	35,012	38,959	12,216	12,326	14,397	15,898	16,090	18,191	15,544	15,641	17,001	18,600	18,922	20,768	-
Nairnshire ScoCnty	2,235	103	18	2,022	27	19	8,322	8,496	9,268	9,354	9,217	9,956	3,666	3,651	4,214	4,307	4,231	4,695	4,656	4,845	5,054	5,047	4,986	5,261	-
Inverness Shire ScoCnty	19,194	585	74	17,536	390	79	72,672	77,671	89,961	94,797	97,799	96,500	33,071	35,411	42,204	44,510	45,538	44,961	39,601	42,260	47,757	50,287	52,261	51,539	-
Argyll ScoCnty	18,552	582	73	15,039	484	61	81,277	86,541	97,316	100,973	97,371	89,298	38,361	41,172	47,775	49,844	47,795	43,935	42,916	45,369	49,541	51,129	49,576	45,363	-
Ross and Cromarty ScoCnty	16,286	408	117	15,941	321	121	56,318	60,853	68,762	74,820	78,685	82,707	25,913	27,640	32,292	34,927	36,779	39,012	30,405	33,213	36,470	39,893	41,906	43,695	-
Sutherland ScoCnty	4,977	180	42	4,943	52	27	23,117	23,629	23,840	25,518	24,782	25,793	10,425	10,488	11,088	12,090	11,384	11,917	12,692	13,141	12,752	13,428	13,398	13,876	-
Caithness ScoCnty	6,965	216	56	6,952	103	54	22,609	23,419	29,181	34,529	36,343	38,709	10,183	10,608	13,693	16,359	17,135	18,329	12,426	12,811	15,488	18,170	19,208	20,380	-
Orkney ScoCnty	6,181	134	29	6,085	168	17	24,445	23,238	26,979	28,847	30,507	31,455	10,848	10,127	12,269	13,105	13,831	14,350	13,597	13,111	14,710	15,742	16,676	17,105	-
Shetland ScoCnty	5,388	142	6	5,249	153	6	22,379	22,915	26,145	29,392	30,558	31,078	9,945	10,024	11,801	13,489	13,176	13,145	12,434	12,891	14,344	15,903	17,382	17,933	-

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