Vision of Britain | 1951 Census: County Report

1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report (Sample Report Title: Census 1951: England and Wales: County Report: Yorkshire West Riding), Table 3 : " Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings for AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT".

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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Acreage (Land and Inland Water) [1]	POPULATION					PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS AND DWELLINGS, 1951
		1931	1951				Private Households [7]	Population in Private Households [8]	Structurally Separate Dwellings Occupied [9]	Rooms Occupied [10]	Density of Occupation
		Persons [2]	Persons [3]	Males [4]	Females [5]	Persons per Acre [6]	Private Households [7]	Population in Private Households [8]	Structurally Separate Dwellings Occupied [9]	Rooms Occupied [10]	Persons per Room [11]	Percentage of persons at more than 2 per Room [12]
England Dep Total	32,212,155	29,986,308	41,164,356	19,748,090	21,415,854	-	12,369,364	-	11,400,080	53,464,219	-	-
Bedfordshire AdmC	302,941	205,211	311,937	155,436	156,501	-	91,672	-	87,235	418,486	-	-
Berkshire AdmC	465,680	307,615	408,284	198,028	210,256	-	116,724	-	110,006	536,781	-	-
Buckinghamshire AdmC	479,411	250,334	386,291	188,457	197,834	-	112,967	-	109,186	525,401	-	-
Cambridgeshire AdmC	315,168	139,238	166,887	81,316	85,571	-	50,938	-	48,999	239,607	-	-
the Isle of Ely AdmC	239,950	62,809	89,049	44,334	44,715	-	26,637	-	26,287	125,574	-	-
Huntingdonshire AdmC	233,985	55,198	69,302	35,965	33,337	-	19,293	-	18,910	92,895	-	-
Cheshire AdmC	649,404	939,907	1,258,507	599,741	658,766	-	381,395	-	365,502	1,747,099	-	-
Cornwall AdmC	868,167	317,968	345,442	164,777	180,665	-	103,283	-	101,095	510,467	-	-
Cumberland AdmC	973,146	197,113	285,338	140,389	144,949	-	79,180	-	77,388	356,436	-	-
Westmorland AdmC	504,917	63,491	67,392	31,706	35,686	-	19,714	-	19,166	94,780	-	-
Derbyshire AdmC	643,572	733,082	826,437	405,938	419,999	-	243,677	-	235,636	1,099,817	-	-
Devon AdmC	1,671,388	429,452	797,738	378,276	419,462	-	237,650	-	212,037	1,078,117	-	-
Dorset AdmC	622,844	235,588	291,323	141,266	150,057	-	84,818	-	81,044	400,234	-	-
County Durham AdmC	649,433	896,205	1,463,868	718,056	745,812	-	422,153	-	403,414	1,597,878	-	-
Essex AdmC	977,758	1,487,246	2,044,964	980,313	1,064,651	-	619,453	-	557,528	2,650,334	-	-
Gloucestershire AdmC	804,712	734,730	939,433	451,713	487,720	-	278,799	-	253,021	1,235,758	-	-
Hampshire AdmC	962,199	1,003,273	1,197,170	585,290	611,880	-	340,178	-	314,920	1,543,347	-	-
the Isle of Wight AdmC	94,146	71,825	95,625	44,546	51,079	-	28,385	-	27,435	142,485	-	-
Herefordshire AdmC	538,924	87,604	127,159	62,747	64,412	-	35,323	-	34,218	167,739	-	-
Shropshire AdmC	861,800	240,991	289,802	149,519	140,283	-	77,823	-	75,522	357,368	-	-
Hertfordshire AdmC	404,524	326,217	609,775	289,892	319,883	-	179,037	-	170,783	822,707	-	-
Kent AdmC	975,777	1,097,283	1,564,324	743,668	820,656	-	469,295	-	451,851	2,186,571	-	-
Lancashire AdmC	1,201,923	3,584,153	5,117,853	2,422,666	2,695,187	-	1,541,793	-	1,466,807	6,644,386	-	-
Leicestershire AdmC	532,383	525,880	631,077	303,403	327,674	-	191,732	-	182,864	892,895	-	-
Parts of Holland AdmC	267,849	92,126	101,555	50,374	51,181	-	29,981	-	29,571	141,181	-	-
Parts of Kesteven AdmC	463,490	110,148	130,717	67,648	63,069	-	35,662	-	35,080	166,114	-	-
Parts of Lindsey AdmC	973,030	384,436	473,550	235,352	238,198	-	138,022	-	133,544	649,123	-	-
Rutland AdmC	97,273	17,401	20,537	10,720	9,817	-	5,651	-	5,556	27,707	-	-
London AdmC	74,850	3,591,071	3,347,982	1,565,888	1,782,094	-	1,120,710	-	798,838	3,802,866	-	-
Middlesex AdmC	148,688	957,649	2,269,315	1,067,582	1,201,733	-	703,525	-	595,075	2,980,724	-	-
Norfolk AdmC	1,314,331	453,747	548,062	272,060	276,030	-	161,848	-	158,788	781,097	-	-
Northamptonshire AdmC	585,166	307,221	359,690	174,017	185,673	-	111,354	-	106,923	516,695	-	-
the Soke of Peterborough AdmC	53,464	51,839	63,791	31,455	32,336	-	19,200	-	18,323	90,870	-	-
Northumberland AdmC	1,291,978	458,611	798,424	385,780	412,644	-	235,403	-	225,208	901,982	-	-
Nottinghamshire AdmC	540,015	711,710	841,211	411,257	429,954	-	250,072	-	238,672	1,128,213	-	-
Oxfordshire AdmC	479,173	203,772	275,808	137,717	138,091	-	76,494	-	71,990	352,123	-	-
Somerset AdmC	1,032,325	355,112	551,453	259,317	292,196	-	165,561	-	154,832	771,888	-	-
Staffordshire AdmC	738,513	1,302,732	1,621,034	795,373	825,661	-	461,006	-	438,725	2,009,393	-	-
East Suffolk AdmC	557,356	294,977	321,909	155,891	166,018	-	97,680	-	94,835	471,282	-	-
West Suffolk AdmC	390,916	106,137	120,652	62,020	58,632	-	34,809	-	34,371	164,896	-	-
Surrey AdmC	461,833	957,894	1,602,483	742,568	859,915	-	480,298	-	442,159	2,207,439	-	-
East Sussex AdmC	530,573	505,225	618,516	271,293	347,223	-	195,213	-	179,415	876,390	-	-
West Sussex AdmC	401,940	202,002	318,823	142,648	176,175	-	97,666	-	93,797	471,336	-	-
Warwickshire AdmC	628,994	289,144	1,861,670	904,369	957,301	-	540,958	-	504,855	2,411,941	-	-
Wiltshire AdmC	860,611	303,193	386,692	203,237	183,455	-	102,950	-	99,407	472,818	-	-
Worcestershire AdmC	447,679	328,678	522,846	253,661	269,185	-	152,692	-	145,890	677,581	-	-
East Riding AdmC	750,386	462,742	510,904	245,727	265,177	-	151,619	-	147,282	678,014	-	-
North Riding AdmC	1,361,788	338,640	525,481	263,914	261,567	-	142,833	-	140,511	656,001	-	-
West Riding AdmC	1,785,782	3,207,688	3,586,274	1,720,780	1,865,494	-	1,106,238	-	1,075,579	4,589,383	-	-

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Rate	Date
Population Density (Persons per Acre)	1951

Notes:

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

1	For definitions of dwellings, households, rooms, etc., see pp. vii and xvi.
2	Acreage figures have been supplied by the Ordnance Survey Department; see p. vii.
3	All figures relate to the areas as constituted in 1951. 1931 figures are not available for those areas marked f (see p. vii).
4	Areas marked * have been created or altered during the 1931-1951 intercensal period; particulars are given either in the 1931 Census County Report, Part II, or in Table 5.

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