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1911 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 9 : " Population, 1891, 1901 and 1911, in the 97 Towns with Populations exceeding 50,000 Persons arranged in the order of their Populations in 1911".
Population | Increase ( + ) or Decrease ( - ) per cent. in Intercensal Periods. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1891 | 1901 | 1911 | Between 1891-1901. | Between 1901-1911. | ||
Total of 97* Urban Districts | 13,779,848 | 15,886,874 | 17,251,009 | 15.3 | 8.3 | |
London (Administrative County) | 4,227,954 | 4,536,267 | 4,521,685 | 7.3 | -0.3 | |
Liverpool | C.B. | 644,243 | 704,134 | 746,421 | 9.3 | 6.0 |
Manchester | C.B. | 575,741 | 644,878 | 714,333 | 12.0 | 10.8 |
Birmingham | C.B. | 478,922 | 523,179 | 525,833 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
Sheffield | C.B. | 339,170 | 409,070 | 454,632 | 20.6 | 11.1 |
Leeds | C.B. | 367,505 | 428,968 | 445,550 | 16.7 | 3.9 |
Bristol | C.B. | 296,356 | 339,042 | 357,048 | 14.4 | 5.3 |
West Ham | C.B. | 204,903 | 267,358 | 289,030 | 30.5 | 8.1 |
Bradford | C.B. | 265,728 | 279,767 | 288,458 | 5.3 | 3.1 |
Kingston upon Hull | C.B. | 200,472 | 240,259 | 277,991 | 19.8 | 15.7 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | C.B. | 208,194 | 247,025 | 266,603 | 18.7 | 7.9 |
Nottingham | C.B. | 213,877 | 239,743 | 259,904 | 12.1 | 8.4 |
Stoke on Trent | C.B. | 183,977 | 214,712 | 234,534 | 16.7 | 9.2 |
Salford | C.B. | 198,139 | 220,957 | 231,357 | 11.5 | 4.7 |
Portsmouth | C.B. | 159,981 | 188,928 | 231,141 | 18.1 | 22.3 |
Leicester | C.B. | 174,624 | 211,579 | 227,222 | 21.2 | 7.4 |
Cardiff | C.B. | 128,915 | 164,333 | 182,259 | 27.5 | 10.9 |
Bolton | C.B. | 146,487 | 168,215 | 180,851 | 14.8 | 7.5 |
Croydon | C.B. | 102,695 | 133,895 | 169,551 | 30.4 | 26.6 |
Willesden | U.D. | 61,265 | 114,811 | 154,214 | 87.4 | 34.3 |
Rhondda | U.D. | 88,351 | 113,735 | 152,781 | 28.7 | 34.3 |
Sunderland | C.B. | 131,686 | 146,077 | 151,159 | 10.9 | 3.5 |
Oldham | C.B. | 131,463 | 137,246 | 147,483 | 4.4 | 7.5 |
Tottenham | U.D. | 71,672 | 102,703 | 137,418 | 43.3 | 33.8 |
East Ham | M.B. | 32,703 | 96,008 | 133,457 | 193.6 | 39.0 |
Blackburn | C.B. | 121,318 | 129,216 | 133,052 | 6.5 | 3.0 |
Brighton | C.B. | 115,873 | 123,478 | 131,237 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
Birkenhead | C.B. | 99,857 | 110,915 | 130,794 | 11.1 | 17.9 |
Leyton | U.D. | 63,106 | 98,912 | 124,735 | 56.7 | 26.1 |
Walthamstow | U.D. | 46,346 | 95,131 | 124,580 | 105.3 | 31.0 |
Derby | C.B. | 98,602 | 114,848 | 123,410 | 16.5 | 7.5 |
Norwich | C.B. | 102,890 | 113,922 | 121,478 | 10.7 | 6.6 |
Southampton | C.B. | 82,126 | 104,824 | 119,012 | 27.6 | 13.5 |
Preston | C.B. | 107,573 | 112,989 | 117,088 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
Gateshead | C.B. | 85,692 | 109,888 | 116,917 | 28.2 | 6.4 |
Swansea | C.B. | 91,034 | 94,537 | 114,663 | 3.8 | 21.3 |
Plymouth | C.B. | 88,931 | 107,636 | 112,030 | 21.0 | 4.1 |
Stockport | C.B. | 80,778 | 92,832 | 108,682 | 14.9 | 17.1 |
South Shields | C.B. | 81,809 | 100,858 | 108,647 | 23.3 | 7.7 |
Huddersfield | C.B. | 95,420 | 95,047 | 107,821 | -0.4 | 13.4 |
Coventry | C.B. | 58,503 | 69,978 | 106,349 | 19.6 | 52.0 |
Burnley | C.B. | 87,016 | 97,043 | 106,322 | 11.5 | 9.6 |
Middlesbrough | C.B. | 75,532 | 91,302 | 104,767 | 20.9 | 14.7 |
Halifax | C.B. | 97,715 | 104,944 | 101,558 | 7.4 | -3.2 |
St. Helens | C.B. | 72,413 | 84,410 | 96,551 | 16.6 | 14.4 |
Wolverhampton | C.B. | 82,662 | 94,187 | 95,328 | 13.9 | 1.2 |
Walsall | C.B. | 71,789 | 86,430 | 92,115 | 20.4 | 6.6 |
Rochdale | C.B. | 76,161 | 83,114 | 91,428 | 9.1 | 10.0 |
Northampton | C.B. | 75,075 | 87,021 | 90,064 | 15.9 | 3.5 |
Wigan | C.B. | 73,413 | 82,428 | 89,152 | 12.3 | 8.2 |
Hornsey | M.B. | 44,523 | 72,056 | 84,592 | 61.8 | 17.4 |
Newport (Monmouth) | C.B. | 54,707 | 67,270 | 83,691 | 23.0 | 24.4 |
York | C.B. | 67,841 | 77,914 | 82,282 | 14.8 | 5.6 |
Devonport | C.B. | 55,986 | 70,437 | 81,678 | 25.8 | 16.0 |
King's Norton and Northfield | U.D. | 28,300 | 57,122 | 81,153 | 101.8 | 42.1 |
Merthyr Tydfil | C.B. | 59,004 | 69,228 | 80,990 | 17.3 | 17.0 |
Bournemouth | C.B. | 45,268 | 59,762 | 78,674 | 32.0 | 31.6 |
Wallasey | M.B. | 33,229 | 53,579 | 78,504 | 61.2 | 46.5 |
Ilford | U.D. | 10,922 | 41,244 | 78,188 | 277.6 | 89.6 |
Reading | C.B. | 60,054 | 72,217 | 75,198 | 20.3 | 4.1 |
Aston Manor | M.B. | 68,639 | 77,326 | 75,029 | 12.7 | -3.0 |
Grimsby | C.B. | 51,934 | 63,138 | 74,659 | 21.6 | 18.2 |
Ipswich | C.B. | 57,433 | 66,630 | 73,932 | 16.0 | 11.0 |
Warrington | C.B. | 55,288 | 64,242 | 72,166 | 16.2 | 12.1 |
Smethwick | C.B. | 36,106 | 54,539 | 70,694 | 51.1 | 29.6 |
Bootle | C.B. | 49,888 | 60,235 | 69,876 | 20.7 | 16.0 |
Handsworth (Staffs) | U.D. | 32,756 | 52,921 | 68,610 | 61.6 | 29.1 |
West Bromwich | C.B. | 59,538 | 65,175 | 68,332 | 9.5 | 4.8 |
Edmonton | U.D. | 25,381 | 46,899 | 64,797 | 84.8 | 38.2 |
West Hartlepool | C.B. | 42,815 | 62,627 | 63,923 | 46.3 | 2.1 |
Barrow in Furness | C.B. | 51,712 | 57,586 | 63,770 | 11.4 | 10.7 |
Southend on Sea | M.B. | 13,242 | 28,857 | 62,713 | 117.9 | 117.3 |
Rotherham | C.B. | 42,061 | 54,349 | 62,483 | 29.2 | 15.0 |
Ealing | M.B. | 23,979 | 33,031 | 61,222 | 37.7 | 85.3 |
Hastings | C.B. | 63,072 | 65,528 | 61,145 | 3.9 | -6.7 |
Tynemouth | C.B. | 46,588 | 51,366 | 58,816 | 10.3 | 14.5 |
Bury | C.B. | 57,212 | 58,029 | 58,648 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
Blackpool | C.B. | 23,846 | 47,348 | 58,371 | 98.6 | 23.3 |
Acton | U.D. | 24,206 | 37,744 | 57,497 | 55.9 | 52.3 |
Lincoln | C.B. | 41,491 | 48,784 | 57,285 | 17.6 | 17.4 |
Enfield | U.D. | 31,536 | 42,738 | 56,338 | 35.5 | 31.8 |
Great Yarmouth | C.B. | 49,334 | 51,316 | 55,905 | 4.0 | 8.9 |
Darlington | M.B. | 38,060 | 44,511 | 55,631 | 16.9 | 25.0 |
Wimbledon | M.B. | 25,777 | 41,652 | 54,966 | 61.6 | 32.0 |
Dewsbury | M.B. | 51,852 | 51,246 | 53,351 | -1.2 | 4.1 |
Oxford | C.B. | 45,742 | 49,336 | 53,048 | 7.9 | 7.5 |
Eastbourne | C.B. | 35,062 | 43,574 | 52,542 | 24.3 | 20.6 |
Gillingham | M.B. | 28,040 | 42,745 | 52,252 | 52.4 | 22.2 |
Stockton on Tees | M.B. | 49,708 | 51,478 | 52,154 | 3.6 | 1.3 |
Southport | C.B. | 41,415 | 48,083 | 51,643 | 16.1 | 7.4 |
Wakefield | M.B. | 43,914 | 48,256 | 51,511 | 9.9 | 6.7 |
Dudley | C.B. | 45,724 | 48,733 | 51,079 | 6.6 | 4.8 |
Aberdare | U.D. | 38,431 | 43,365 | 50,830 | 12.8 | 17.2 |
Swindon | M.B. | 33,001 | 45,006 | 50,751 | 36.4 | 12.8 |
Bath | C.B. | 51,844 | 49,839 | 50,721 | -3.9 | 1.8 |
Barnsley | M.B. | 35,427 | 41,086 | 50,614 | 16.0 | 23.2 |
Gloucester | C.B. | 41,303 | 47,955 | 50,035 | 16.1 | 4.3 |
*The list of 97 towns includes all the County Boroughs except the following: | ||||||
Exeter | 45,766 | 47,185 | 48,664 | 3.1 | 3.1 | |
Burton on Trent | 46,047 | 50,356 | 48,266 | 9.4 | -4.2 | |
Worcester | 42,905 | 46,624 | 47,982 | 8.7 | 2.9 | |
Chester | 37,105 | 38,309 | 39,028 | 3.2 | 1.9 | |
Canterbury | 23,062 | 24,899 | 24,620 | 8.0 | -1.1 |