Census Location Summary by County | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1881 | 1891 | 1901 | 1911 | |||||||||||||||||
County | Num | Rank | % | Num | Rank | % | Num | Rank | % | Num | Rank | % | Num | Rank | % | Num | Rank | % | Num | Rank | % | Num | Rank | % |
Lancashire | 2,165 | 1 | 87.62% | 2,350 | 1 | 84.84% | 3,001 | 1 | 88.84% | 2,933 | 1 | 86.19% | 3,593 | 1 | 84.26% | 3,575 | 1 | 84.60% | 4,029 | 1 | 83.59% | 4,282 | 1 | 80.93% |
Yorkshire | 60 | 3 | 2.40% | 88 | 3 | 3.18% | 88 | 3 | 2.61% | 137 | 2 | 4.03% | 215 | 2 | 5.04% | 229 | 2 | 5.42% | 253 | 2 | 5.25% | 323 | 2 | 6.10% |
Cheshire | 149 | 2 | 6.05% | 155 | 2 | 5.60% | 100 | 2 | 2.96% | 102 | 3 | 3.00% | 142 | 3 | 3.33% | 125 | 3 | 2.96% | 122 | 3 | 2.53% | 151 | 3 | 2.85% |
London | 46 | 4 | 1.35% | 76 | 4 | 1.78% | 85 | 4 | 2.01% | 83 | 4 | 1.72% | 68 | 4 | 1.29% | |||||||||
Derbyshire | 4 | 12 | 0.16% | 8 | 12 | 0.29% | 16 | 6 | 0.47% | 32 | 6 | 0.94% | 34 | 5 | 0.80% | 20 | 8 | 0.47% | 14 | 13 | 0.29% | 54 | 5 | 1.02% |
Durham | 6 | 8 | 0.24% | 9 | 10 | 0.32% | 10 | 10 | 0.30% | 18 | 8 | 0.53% | 16 | 9 | 0.38% | 8 | 14 | 0.19% | 20 | 11 | 0.41% | 44 | 6 | 0.83% |
Warwickshire | 18 | 5 | 0.73% | 19 | 6 | 0.69% | 14 | 8 | 0.41% | 29 | 7 | 0.85% | 23 | 7 | 0.54% | 35 | 5 | 0.83% | 40 | 5 | 0.83% | 43 | 7 | 0.81% |
Surrey | 13 | 6 | 0.53% | 9 | 10 | 0.32% | 15 | 7 | 0.44% | 4 | 12 | 0.12% | 18 | 8 | 0.42% | 22 | 7 | 0.52% | 27 | 8 | 0.56% | 38 | 8 | 0.72% |
Cumberland | 5 | 10 | 0.20% | 14 | 8 | 0.51% | 14 | 8 | 0.41% | 13 | 10 | 0.38% | 28 | 6 | 0.66% | 24 | 6 | 0.57% | 35 | 6 | 0.73% | 34 | 9 | 0.64% |
Essex | 2 | 19 | 0.07% | 5 | 16 | 0.15% | 6 | 11 | 0.18% | 4 | 19 | 0.09% | 9 | 12 | 0.21% | 20 | 11 | 0.41% | 24 | 10 | 0.45% | |||
Staffordshire | 4 | 12 | 0.16% | 3 | 17 | 0.11% | 4 | 12 | 0.12% | 7 | 15 | 0.16% | 18 | 9 | 0.43% | 28 | 7 | 0.58% | 24 | 10 | 0.45% | |||
Kent | 5 | 10 | 0.16% | 28 | 5 | 1.01% | 17 | 5 | 0.50% | 36 | 5 | 1.06% | 16 | 9 | 0.38% | 15 | 11 | 0.35% | 27 | 8 | 0.56% | 23 | 12 | 0.43% |
Lincolnshire | 1 | 23 | 0.03% | 1 | 22 | 0.03% | 9 | 12 | 0.21% | 7 | 18 | 0.15% | 19 | 13 | 0.36% | |||||||||
Cambridgeshire | 1 | 32 | 0.02% | 17 | 14 | 0.32% | ||||||||||||||||||
Sussex | 2 | 14 | 0.08% | 4 | 15 | 0.14% | 6 | 14 | 0.18% | 3 | 15 | 0.09% | 8 | 14 | 0.19% | 18 | 9 | 0.43% | 25 | 10 | 0.52% | 17 | 14 | 0.32% |
Hampshire | 6 | 14 | 0.18% | 15 | 9 | 0.44% | 11 | 12 | 0.26% | 11 | 14 | 0.23% | 16 | 16 | 0.30% | |||||||||
Leicestershire | 2 | 14 | 0.08% | 1 | 23 | 0.03% | 2 | 19 | 0.06% | 1 | 28 | 0.02% | 5 | 15 | 0.12% | 10 | 15 | 0.21% | 16 | 16 | 0.30% | |||
Glamorgan | 1 | 22 | 0.03% | 4 | 19 | 0.09% | 1 | 25 | 0.02% | 4 | 22 | 0.08% | 14 | 18 | 0.26% | |||||||||
Middlesex | 22 | 4 | 0.89% | 35 | 4 | 1.26% | 31 | 4 | 0.92% | 2 | 25 | 0.05% | 3 | 25 | 0.06% | 12 | 19 | 0.23% | ||||||
Devon | 5 | 14 | 0.18% | 8 | 13 | 0.24% | 1 | 22 | 0.03% | 4 | 16 | 0.09% | 9 | 20 | 0.17% | |||||||||
Denbighshire | 2 | 21 | 0.05% | 5 | 21 | 0.10% | 8 | 21 | 0.15% | |||||||||||||||
Carnarvonshire | 3 | 25 | 0.06% | 6 | 22 | 0.11% | ||||||||||||||||||
Military | 6 | 22 | 0.11% | |||||||||||||||||||||
Shropshire | 1 | 16 | 0.04% | 2 | 20 | 0.06% | 1 | 28 | 0.02% | 2 | 21 | 0.05% | 3 | 25 | 0.06% | 6 | 22 | 0.11% | ||||||
Isle of Man | 4 | 19 | 0.09% | 8 | 17 | 0.17% | 5 | 25 | 0.09% | |||||||||||||||
Monmouthshire | 5 | 25 | 0.09% | |||||||||||||||||||||
Northamptonshire | 10 | 9 | 0.36% | 1 | 23 | 0.03% | 6 | 17 | 0.14% | 5 | 25 | 0.09% | ||||||||||||
Worcestershire | 1 | 28 | 0.02% | 3 | 18 | 0.07% | 4 | 22 | 0.08% | 5 | 25 | 0.09% | ||||||||||||
Westmorland | 7 | 13 | 0.25% | 10 | 10 | 0.30% | 4 | 12 | 0.12% | 11 | 12 | 0.26% | 2 | 21 | 0.05% | 6 | 20 | 0.12% | 4 | 29 | 0.08% | |||
Berkshire | 1 | 23 | 0.03% | 3 | 15 | 0.09% | 2 | 25 | 0.05% | 2 | 21 | 0.05% | 3 | 25 | 0.06% | 3 | 30 | 0.06% | ||||||
Herefordshire | 6 | 8 | 0.24% | 4 | 15 | 0.14% | 2 | 20 | 0.06% | 1 | 28 | 0.02% | 1 | 32 | 0.02% | 3 | 30 | 0.06% | ||||||
Bedfordshire | 3 | 15 | 0.09% | 1 | 32 | 0.02% | ||||||||||||||||||
Cornwall | 1 | 25 | 0.02% | 1 | 32 | 0.02% | ||||||||||||||||||
Norfolk | 3 | 18 | 0.09% | 4 | 19 | 0.09% | 1 | 32 | 0.02% | |||||||||||||||
Nottinghamshire | 8 | 7 | 0.32% | 3 | 17 | 0.11% | 3 | 18 | 0.09% | 3 | 15 | 0.09% | 7 | 15 | 0.16% | 4 | 16 | 0.09% | 2 | 31 | 0.04% | 1 | 32 | 0.02% |
Rutland | 1 | 32 | 0.02% | |||||||||||||||||||||
Somerset | 5 | 18 | 0.12% | 4 | 22 | 0.08% | 1 | 32 | 0.02% | |||||||||||||||
Suffolk | 1 | 16 | 0.04% | 15 | 7 | 0.54% | 9 | 12 | 0.27% | 15 | 11 | 0.35% | 3 | 18 | 0.07% | 9 | 16 | 0.19% | 1 | 32 | 0.02% | |||
Breconshire | 1 | 22 | 0.03% | 1 | 25 | 0.02% | ||||||||||||||||||
Buckinghamshire | 2 | 20 | 0.06% | |||||||||||||||||||||
Dorset | 1 | 20 | 0.04% | 2 | 19 | 0.06% | 1 | 28 | 0.02% | |||||||||||||||
Gloucestershire | 1 | 16 | 0.04% | 1 | 20 | 0.04% | 4 | 17 | 0.12% | 2 | 19 | 0.06% | ||||||||||||
Huntingdonshire | 1 | 25 | 0.02% | |||||||||||||||||||||
Jersey | 3 | 23 | 0.07% | |||||||||||||||||||||
Montgomeryshire | 3 | 25 | 0.06% | |||||||||||||||||||||
Northumberland | 5 | 16 | 0.15% | 1 | 22 | 0.03% | 2 | 25 | 0.05% | 3 | 18 | 0.07% | 7 | 18 | 0.15% | |||||||||
Oxfordshire | 1 | 22 | 0.03% | |||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Navy | 1 | 23 | 0.03% | 3 | 23 | 0.07% | 3 | 25 | 0.06% | |||||||||||||||
Ships At Sea | 1 | 23 | 0.03% | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wiltshire | 1 | 23 | 0.03% | |||||||||||||||||||||
Totals | 2,472 | 2,770 | 3,378 | 3,403 | 4,264 | 4,226 | 4,820 | 5,291 |