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]
Caithness ScoCnty Total	6,965	216	56	6,952	103	54	22,609	23,419	29,181	34,529	36,343	38,709	10,183	10,608	13,693	16,359	17,135	18,329	12,426	12,811	15,488	18,170	19,208	20,380	-
Reay ScoP	555	34	3	517	11	0	2,406	2,317	2,758	2,881	2,811	2,506	1,038	1,007	1,276	1,326	1,317	1,131	1,368	1,310	1,482	1,555	1,494	1,375	-
Thurso ScoP	852	21	5	837	16	5	3,628	3,462	4,045	4,679	4,881	5,096	1,598	1,538	1,786	2,124	2,315	2,355	2,030	1,924	2,259	2,555	2,566	2,741	-
Olrig ScoP	335	4	1	352	1	8	1,127	1,042	1,093	1,146	1,584	1,873	532	513	541	576	787	917	595	529	552	570	797	956	-
Bower ScoP	357	11	2	341	10	4	1,572	1,478	1,486	1,615	1,689	1,658	705	664	714	810	821	791	867	814	772	805	868	867	-
Watten ScoP	246	4	0	247	6	0	1,246	1,109	1,158	1,234	1,266	1,351	602	504	551	599	624	679	644	605	607	635	642	672	-
Halkirk ScoP	641	14	5	567	10	0	2,545	2,532	2,646	2,847	2,963	2,918	1,159	1,132	1,224	1,322	1,370	1,394	1,386	1,400	1,422	1,525	1,593	1,524	-
Latheron ScoP	1,485	27	12	1,568	12	9	3,612	3,926	6,575	7,020	7,637	8,224	1,655	1,743	3,106	3,191	3,507	3,821	1,957	2,183	3,469	3,829	4,130	4,403	-
Wick ScoP	1,774	70	17	1,851	29	26	3,986	5,080	6,713	9,850	10,393	11,851	1,781	2,394	3,263	4,830	4,895	5,717	2,205	2,686	3,450	5,020	5,498	6,134	-
Dunnet ScoP	420	18	8	387	2	1	1,366	1,398	1,636	1,906	1,880	1,868	589	638	753	932	899	854	777	760	883	974	981	1,014	-
Canisbay ScoP	506	15	4	488	6	1	1,986	1,936	2,128	2,364	2,306	2,437	900	857	982	1,119	1,077	1,150	1,086	1,079	1,146	1,245	1,229	1,287	-

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This website does not try to provide an exact replica of the original printed census tables, which often had thousands of rows and far more columns than will fit on our web pages. Instead, we let you drill down from national totals to the most detailed data available. The column headings are those that appeared in the original printed report. The numbers presented here, which are the same ones we use to create statistical maps and graphs, come from the census table and have usually been carefully checked.

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