1861 Census of Ireland, The Census of Ireland for the Year 1861. Part I. Area, Population and Number of Houses, by Townlands and Electoral Divisions., Table [1] : " Area, population and number of houses".

List for top level	Leinster	List for Ireland Dep

click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics		Area (Acres) [1]	Population					Houses
			In 1841	In 1851	In 1861			In 1841	In 1851	In 1861
			Persons [2]	Persons [3]	Males [4]	Females [5]	Persons [6]	Number [7]	Number [8]	Inhabited [9]	Uninhabited [10]	Building [11]	Total [12]
Leinster IProv Total		4,834,865	1,972,881	1,672,543	715,005	742,630	1,457,635	320,050	276,121	236,614	10,520	863	247,997
Carlow IrlC		221,293	86,228	68,075	28,139	28,998	57,137	14,562	11,889	10,231	391	27	10,649
Dublin IrlC		222,710	140,047	146,631	73,152	82,292	155,444	23,689	26,010	25,074	1,661	284	27,019
County of the City of Dublin IrlC		3,593	232,726	258,361	118,283	136,525	254,808	21,771	24,317	23,001	1,550	100	24,651
Kildare IrlC		418,415	114,488	95,724	48,960	41,986	90,946	19,388	16,823	14,596	544	54	15,194
Kilkenny IrlC		506,333	183,349	138,773	53,775	56,566	110,341	29,981	24,892	19,884	715	26	20,625
County of the City of Kilkenny IrlC		921	19,071	19,973	6,542	7,632	14,174	3,357	2,991	2,337	149	5	2,491
Offaly IrlC		493,019	146,857	112,080	45,513	44,530	90,043	25,584	20,042	16,365	640	41	17,046
Longford IrlC		257,222	115,491	82,350	36,044	35,650	71,694	19,859	14,711	13,030	382	47	13,459
Louth IrlC		200,955	110,940	90,812	37,390	38,583	75,973	20,585	17,932	14,655	693	46	15,394
County of the Town of Drogheda IrlC		441	17,300	16,845	6,851	7,889	14,740	3,654	3,329	2,999	258	20	3,277
Meath IrlC		578,247	183,116	140,750	55,800	54,573	110,373	31,760	25,320	20,722	912	40	21,674
Laoighis IrlC		424,854	153,792	111,623	45,112	45,538	90,650	26,408	20,432	16,768	533	40	17,341
Westmeath IrlC		433,769	141,300	111,409	46,218	44,661	90,879	24,802	19,597	16,589	435	39	17,063
Wexford IrlC		573,200	202,033	180,159	68,966	74,849	143,815	34,717	31,305	26,011	990	50	27,051
Wicklow IrlC		499,894	126,143	98,978	44,122	42,357	86,479	19,933	16,531	14,418	667	44	15,129

Comments:

1	Parishes were often divided between different Baronies, and Baronies were sometimes divided between different Counties, but this reconstruction always lists the totals for whole Parishes or Baronies. The original table also sometimes lists separate counts for 'Towns' and the remainders of Parishes, but here again we list only Parish totals.
2	The original table lists areas in Acres, Rods and Perches, but they have been converted here into decimal acres.
3	The original table also includes Poor Law and General Valuations for each area.

Click on the triangles for all about a particular number.

This website does not try to provide an exact replica of the original printed census tables, which often had thousands of rows and far more columns than will fit on our web pages. Instead, we let you drill down from national totals to the most detailed data available. The column headings are those that appeared in the original printed report. The numbers presented here, which are the same ones we use to create statistical maps and graphs, come from the census table and have usually been carefully checked.

The system can only hold statistics for units listed in our administrative gazetteer, so some rows from the original table may be missing. Sometimes big low-level units, like urban parishes, were divided between more than one higher-level units, like Registration sub-Districts. This is why some pages will give a higher figure for a lower-level unit: it covers the whole of the lower-level unit, not just the part within the current higher-level unit.

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