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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	This table contains 25 data columns in total, which cannot all be displayed at once	Columns 6-10 >>

click on unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in Statute Acres [1]	Houses: 1841: Inhabited [2]	Houses: 1841: Uninhabited [3]	Houses: 1841: Building [4]	Houses: 1851: Inhabited [5]
England Total	32,058,604	2,725,879	161,408	25,428	3,045,423
London RegC	78,045	262,745	11,325	4,032	305,933
Surrey RegC	476,191	33,548	1,619	405	36,839
Kent RegC	1,013,838	79,879	4,370	553	88,048
Sussex RegC	949,581	54,586	3,668	252	59,173
Hampshire RegC	1,060,778	66,003	3,283	498	74,591
Berkshire RegC	564,717	37,621	1,824	215	39,402
Middlesex RegC	176,555	24,924	1,661	224	28,026
Hertfordshire RegC	428,143	31,310	1,181	196	33,919
Buckinghamshire RegC	402,616	27,579	1,094	187	29,181
Oxfordshire RegC	479,267	32,499	1,441	211	34,459
Northamptonshire RegC	632,259	40,510	1,562	286	43,928
Huntingdonshire RegC	205,366	11,258	361	57	12,464
Bedfordshire RegC	305,366	22,108	557	212	25,709
Cambridgeshire RegC	571,758	34,298	1,270	231	38,736
Essex RegC	983,443	62,767	2,321	482	68,375
Suffolk RegC	930,345	64,110	2,366	574	69,324
Norfolk RegC	1,300,311	84,278	3,673	427	91,144
Wiltshire RegC	778,283	47,631	2,042	245	49,007
Dorset RegC	615,783	33,206	1,913	283	34,721
Devon RegC	1,709,373	95,352	6,157	915	99,288
Cornwall RegC	881,496	65,973	5,013	927	68,205
Somerset RegC	1,009,555	85,316	4,846	786	87,768
Gloucestershire RegC	716,045	73,725	5,492	736	78,319
Herefordshire RegC	425,580	19,769	1,258	92	20,433
Shropshire RegC	904,220	47,830	2,051	250	48,792
Staffordshire RegC	752,107	101,316	5,665	919	123,485
Worcestershire RegC	434,076	46,132	2,857	383	51,943
Warwickshire RegC	613,728	83,043	7,050	675	98,233
Leicestershire RegC	531,286	45,747	3,278	445	49,963
Rutland RegC	107,728	4,721	144	34	4,955
Lincolnshire RegC	1,739,312	71,494	2,190	454	79,735
Nottinghamshire RegC	599,791	54,526	2,836	249	59,522
Derbyshire RegC	558,620	46,800	2,267	421	52,459
Cheshire RegC	692,999	68,864	5,726	515	79,829
Lancashire RegC	1,283,085	294,650	23,816	3,682	356,158
West Riding RegC	1,687,639	231,912	19,142	2,348	267,427
East Riding RegC	730,915	43,958	1,882	474	50,799
North Riding RegC	1,236,082	38,829	2,358	244	40,437
County Durham RegC	754,183	57,976	3,375	589	68,959
Northumberland RegC	1,249,299	51,644	3,213	480	47,737
Cumberland RegC	1,001,273	34,574	2,386	200	36,763
Westmorland RegC	487,567	10,868	875	40	11,235

Notes:

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