Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: County Report

1951 Census of Scotland, County Report (Sample Report Title: Census 1951: Scotland: City and County Parts: City of Edinburgh), Table 1 : " Comparison of population, density per 100 acres, and houses with 1931 for Burghs, Districts of Counties and CPs".

List for top level	Scotland

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	Population			Census Schedules Completed [4]	All Residential Establishments
	Both Sexes [1]	Males [2]	Females [3]	Census Schedules Completed [4]	Occupied [5]
Scotland Dep Total	5,096,415	2,434,358	2,662,057	1,451,155	1,389,460
Aberdeen ScoCofC	182,729	83,636	99,093	54,303	50,280
Dundee ScoCofC	177,340	81,138	96,202	55,025	53,743
Edinburgh ScoCofC	466,761	213,849	252,912	142,699	135,313
Glasgow ScoCofC	1,089,767	518,871	570,896	307,833	295,472
Aberdeenshire ScoCnty	144,800	70,055	74,745	39,203	37,663
Angus ScoCnty	97,536	45,644	51,892	29,609	28,978
Argyll ScoCnty	63,361	30,705	32,656	18,381	17,968
Ayrshire ScoCnty	321,237	153,114	168,123	90,463	84,911
Banffshire ScoCnty	50,148	23,808	26,340	13,805	13,154
Berwickshire ScoCnty	25,068	12,183	12,885	7,675	7,526
Buteshire ScoCnty	19,283	9,032	10,251	5,835	5,689
Caithness ScoCnty	22,710	10,929	11,781	6,522	6,385
Clackmannanshire ScoCnty	37,532	17,987	19,545	10,936	10,583
Dumfries Shire ScoCnty	85,660	41,261	44,399	23,793	23,089
Dunbartonshire ScoCnty	164,269	79,441	84,828	45,585	44,268
East Lothian ScoCnty	52,258	25,634	26,624	14,428	13,864
Fife ScoCnty	306,778	150,123	156,655	89,570	85,751
Inverness Shire ScoCnty	84,930	42,536	42,394	22,328	21,366
Kincardineshire ScoCnty	27,882	13,561	14,321	7,907	7,712
Kinross Shire ScoCnty	7,418	3,532	3,886	2,130	2,075
Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty	30,725	14,986	15,739	8,444	8,259
Lanarkshire ScoCnty	524,596	254,632	269,964	142,616	135,154
Midlothian ScoCnty	98,974	49,344	49,630	27,167	26,080
Moray ScoCnty	48,218	24,695	23,523	12,453	11,681
Nairnshire ScoCnty	8,719	4,057	4,662	2,439	2,341
Orkney ScoCnty	21,255	10,351	10,904	6,179	5,882
Peebles Shire ScoCnty	15,232	7,044	8,188	4,528	4,466
Perthshire ScoCnty	128,029	60,402	67,627	37,304	36,264
Renfrewshire ScoCnty	324,660	153,760	170,900	91,921	88,674
Ross and Cromarty ScoCnty	60,508	29,066	31,442	16,892	16,337
Roxburghshire ScoCnty	45,557	21,398	24,159	13,913	13,587
Selkirkshire ScoCnty	21,729	9,946	11,783	6,932	6,770
Stirlingshire ScoCnty	187,527	92,070	95,457	50,683	48,193
Sutherland ScoCnty	13,670	6,650	7,020	4,068	3,984
West Lothian ScoCnty	88,577	44,029	44,548	23,759	22,617
Wigtownshire ScoCnty	31,620	15,888	15,732	8,178	7,944
Shetland ScoCnty	19,352	9,001	10,351	5,649	5,437

Notes:

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

1	These figures [for rooms] exclude hospitals, nursing homes, institutions and service barracks.
2	[Unoccupied rooms] Includes sub-let rooms in occupied houses.

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