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 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]
Lancashire RegC Total	1,283,085	294,650	23,816	3,682	356,158	17,488	3,539	683,252	836,052	1,067,287	1,359,692	1,698,609	2,067,301	327,587	396,079	519,812	660,738	830,218	1,008,824	355,665	439,981	547,475	698,954	868,391	1,058,477
Liverpool RegD/PLPar	2,220	32,079	971	469	35,293	3,275	85	77,653	94,376	118,972	165,175	223,003	258,236	34,367	41,296	54,340	76,626	108,644	127,112	43,286	53,080	64,632	88,549	114,359	131,124
West Derby RegD/PLU	50,567	14,994	602	723	25,031	1,906	397	11,994	19,064	32,359	53,058	88,680	153,279	5,721	8,745	14,672	24,389	40,760	71,337	6,273	10,327	17,687	28,669	47,920	81,942
Prescot RegD/PLU	56,859	7,798	356	146	9,323	191	57	20,703	24,053	28,177	34,160	43,739	56,074	10,180	11,901	14,130	17,459	22,376	28,493	10,523	12,152	14,047	16,701	21,363	27,581
Ormskirk RegD/PLU	111,968	6,004	212	24	6,737	177	35	18,479	21,585	25,567	30,568	34,975	38,307	9,062	10,730	12,987	15,570	17,587	19,223	9,417	10,855	12,580	14,998	17,388	19,084
Wigan RegD/PLU	47,018	11,862	844	64	13,965	399	78	34,565	42,565	51,272	58,402	66,022	77,539	16,608	20,514	25,319	28,576	32,735	39,008	17,957	22,051	25,953	29,826	33,287	38,531
Warrington RegD/PLU	29,984	6,147	377	41	6,647	524	49	19,602	21,553	24,724	28,815	33,038	36,164	9,189	10,054	11,963	14,345	16,399	18,090	10,413	11,499	12,761	14,470	16,639	18,074
Leigh RegD/PLU	23,610	5,158	409	22	6,015	166	24	17,557	20,855	24,229	26,841	28,552	32,734	8,525	9,899	11,836	13,221	14,070	16,020	9,032	10,956	12,393	13,620	14,482	16,714
Bolton RegD/PLU	43,896	18,044	2,274	52	20,240	704	149	40,763	53,625	66,510	83,369	97,529	114,712	19,870	25,836	32,785	41,441	48,364	56,268	20,893	27,789	33,725	41,928	49,165	58,444
Bury RegD/PLU	32,990	13,800	1,439	69	16,727	932	127	31,852	39,406	47,699	62,599	77,497	88,815	15,541	19,054	23,607	30,999	38,055	43,439	16,311	20,352	24,092	31,600	39,442	45,376
Barton upon Irwell RegD/PLU	23,279	4,690	149	21	5,737	235	77	15,173	17,705	20,758	22,654	26,316	31,585	7,507	8,432	10,203	11,306	12,956	15,365	7,666	9,273	10,555	11,348	13,360	16,220
Chorlton RegD/PLU	11,549	14,571	1,574	602	23,159	1,256	399	9,342	14,415	22,904	44,840	77,107	123,841	4,536	6,652	10,638	20,942	35,985	58,553	4,806	7,763	12,266	23,898	41,122	65,288
Salford RegD/PLU	4,830	13,102	1,381	143	15,769	663	255	18,525	25,438	33,647	52,366	70,224	87,523	8,982	11,593	16,202	25,012	33,849	41,816	9,543	13,845	17,445	27,354	36,375	45,707
Manchester RegD	12,628	32,314	2,745	172	36,701	1,199	160	81,299	92,246	124,397	164,378	192,403	228,433	37,858	41,612	59,562	78,772	92,940	109,722	43,441	50,634	64,835	85,606	99,463	118,711
Ashton under Lyne RegD/PLU	38,657	17,804	1,839	117	21,569	787	257	27,371	35,091	48,100	72,516	101,605	119,199	13,620	17,133	23,971	35,240	48,643	57,390	13,751	17,958	24,129	37,276	52,962	61,809
Oldham RegD/PLU	16,872	13,441	1,740	44	16,485	680	131	26,646	36,474	47,139	61,038	72,408	86,788	13,139	17,500	23,369	30,331	35,495	42,596	13,507	18,974	23,770	30,707	36,913	44,192
Rochdale RegD/PLU	4,034	11,250	1,549	91	14,200	803	159	26,577	33,577	42,124	52,387	60,578	72,515	13,079	16,636	21,098	26,007	30,016	35,814	13,498	16,941	21,026	26,380	30,562	36,701
Haslingden RegD/PLU	26,681	7,581	795	160	9,489	564	180	17,265	22,195	29,133	35,304	41,290	50,424	8,499	10,915	14,573	17,760	20,460	24,866	8,766	11,280	14,560	17,544	20,830	25,558
Burnley RegD/PLU	54,126	9,965	620	136	12,039	466	288	24,419	31,416	41,930	48,017	54,202	63,868	11,943	15,287	20,751	23,573	26,779	31,680	12,476	16,129	21,179	24,444	27,423	32,188
Clitheroe RegD/PLU	114,697	4,167	301	31	4,238	248	25	15,143	17,457	21,485	23,227	23,017	22,368	7,647	8,858	10,913	11,663	11,699	11,466	7,496	8,599	10,572	11,564	11,318	10,902
Blackburn RegD/PLU	43,569	12,935	962	171	15,916	524	242	33,173	40,014	54,499	62,214	75,088	90,738	15,984	19,070	26,854	30,438	37,122	44,553	17,189	20,944	27,645	31,776	37,966	46,185
Chorley RegD/PLU	52,213	6,559	323	43	6,723	372	39	21,449	25,874	31,704	34,483	38,836	37,701	10,606	12,660	15,841	17,206	19,827	18,992	10,843	13,214	15,863	17,277	19,009	18,709
Preston RegD/PLU	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
Fylde RegD/PLU	76,397	3,454	174	93	3,930	212	35	11,327	13,572	15,759	15,930	20,940	22,002	5,545	6,718	7,837	7,788	10,769	10,845	5,782	6,854	7,922	8,142	10,171	11,157
Garstang RegD/PLU	62,617	2,343	120	10	2,364	115	7	9,647	10,468	12,345	11,918	13,007	12,695	4,764	5,233	6,309	6,070	6,787	6,598	4,883	5,235	6,036	5,848	6,220	6,097
Lancaster RegD/PLU	138,746	5,942	359	37	6,272	424	50	24,942	25,966	29,589	32,284	34,605	34,660	11,877	12,535	14,514	15,364	17,254	17,154	13,065	13,431	15,075	16,920	17,351	17,506
Ulverston RegD/PLU	135,043	5,094	379	24	5,676	247	71	17,887	19,065	22,890	24,311	26,747	30,556	8,648	9,239	11,392	12,126	13,444	15,622	9,239	9,826	11,498	12,185	13,303	14,934

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