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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Click on the unit name for its home page If appears click for more detailed statistics	Area in Statute Acres [1]	Houses						Population
		1841			1851			Persons						Males						Females
		Inhabited [2]	Uninhabited [3]	Building [4]	Inhabited [5]	Uninhabited [6]	Building [7]	1801 [8]	1811 [9]	1821 [10]	1831 [11]	1841 [12]	1851 [13]	1801 [14]	1811 [15]	1821 [16]	1831 [17]	1841 [18]	1851 [19]	1801 [20]	1811 [21]	1821 [22]	1831 [23]	1841 [24]	1851 [25]
Preston RegD/PLU Total	68,035	13,552	1,322	177	15,913	419	163	29,899	37,997	49,375	58,838	77,201	96,545	14,290	17,977	24,146	28,514	37,203	46,802	15,609	20,020	25,229	30,324	39,998	49,743
Longton SubD	14,240	1,062	55	20	1,114	38	4	3,505	4,454	5,414	5,613	6,487	6,699	1,721	2,220	2,709	2,796	3,236	3,335	1,784	2,234	2,705	2,817	3,251	3,364
Preston SubD	2,753	9,101	1,031	149	11,348	195	154	12,174	17,360	24,859	33,871	50,887	69,542	5,593	7,896	11,993	16,026	24,052	32,918	6,581	9,464	12,866	17,845	26,835	36,624
Walton le Dale SubD	9,400	1,420	105	6	1,474	116	2	5,666	6,524	7,885	7,833	8,493	8,370	2,732	3,092	3,830	3,841	4,140	4,149	2,934	3,432	4,055	3,992	4,353	4,221
Alston SubD	11,773	805	65	1	815	29	1	3,220	4,037	4,768	4,827	4,676	4,491	1,584	1,923	2,372	2,458	2,383	2,327	1,636	2,114	2,396	2,369	2,293	2,164
Broughton SubD	29,869	1,164	66	1	1,162	41	2	5,334	5,622	6,449	6,694	6,658	7,443	2,660	2,846	3,242	3,393	3,392	4,073	2,674	2,776	3,207	3,301	3,266	3,370

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