19th Century County Populations 1801-1891 © Crown Copyright. Reproduced by kind permission of the ONS County Census figures from each Decennial Report ENGLAND 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 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 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 SCOTLAND 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 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 IRELAND 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 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 Armed Forces abroad 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 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 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 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