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1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations (Sample Report Title: Abstract of the Answers and Returns made pursuant to Acts 3 & 4 Vict. c. 99, and 4 Vict. c. 7, intituled respectively " An Act "for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain," and "An Act to amend the "Acts of the last Session for taking an Account of the Population." Occupation Abstract, 1841: Part I. England and Wales, and Islands in the British Seas), Table [1] : " Comparative Table showing to a given number of Inhabitants the number of Acres - the average annual number of Marriages, Births, and Deaths - the number of Persons alive at certain Ages - the number of Inhabited Houses, and the Number of Persons born out of the County in which they were enumerated; also the actual and assumed increase of Population, the proportions of Persons of each Sex married Annually under 21 Years of Age, with the degrees of Education, the rate of Infant Mortality, and proportions of persons engaged in Agriculture and Trade respectively, for each County in England, and for North and South Wales, with explanatory Remarks thereon".
COUNTIES. | Number of Inhabitants to 100 Statue Acres, 1841. | To every 10,000 Inhabitants, in the Year 1841. | Increase of Population. | Number of Persons of each Sex Married annually under 21 Years of Ages, out of 100 Marriages celebrated.* | Number of Persons of each Sex signing the Marriage Register with Marks, out of 100 Marriages celebrated.* | Annual Mortality per Cent. of Children under One Year of Age.* | Average Annual Proportions of Marriage and Births in 3 Years, 1839-41, and Deaths in 4 Years, 1838-41, to the Total of Persons of both Sexes.* | Agriculture. | Trade and Manufacture. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Average Annual Number of Marriage and Births in the Years 1839-41, and of Deaths, in the Years 1838-41.* | Both Sexes alive under 5 Years of Age. | Males Alive. | Females Alive. | Both Sexes alive above 50 Years of Age. | Inhabited Houses, 1841. | Born out of the Country Natives of England and Wales. | Born in Scotland. | Born in Ireland. | Actual Increase per Cent. of Population in Ten Years, by Census Returns, of 1831 & 1841. | Assumed Natural Increase per Cent. in the same period by excess of Births over Deaths.+ * | Number per Cent of Persons engaged in Agricultural Pursuits to the Total Population. | Number per Cent of Persons engaged in Trade and Manufacture to the Total Population. | |||||||||||||||||
Marriage. | Births. | Deaths. | Between 20 & 30 Years of Age. | Between 30 & 40 Years of Age. | Between 20 & 30 Years of Age. | Between 30 & 40 Years of Age. | Males. | Females. | Mean. | Males. | Females. | Mean. | To Total Number of Births in 1841. | To Total Number of Deaths in 1841. | One Death in | One Birth in | One Marriage in | ||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | |
Bedford | 36.4 | 81.5 | 357.7 | 212.2 | 1,393 | 1,591 | 1,203 | 1,808 | 1,221 | 1,330 | 1,967 | 1533.8 | 15.9 | 21.7 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 12.66 | 24.27 | 18.46 | 49 | 62 | 56 | 15.7 | 26.4 | 47 | 28 | 123 | 13.8 | 13.3 |
Berks | 33.5 | 66.4 | 297.5 | 205.3 | 1,294 | 1,642 | 1,248 | 1,749 | 1,236 | 1,501 | 1,964 | 2102.2 | 31.7 | 55.8 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 5.07 | 14.75 | 9.91 | 41 | 44 | 42 | 2.0 | 17.6 | 49 | 34 | 151 | 13.2 | 10.2 |
Bucks | 33.0 | 68.9 | 327.3 | 216.3 | 1,343 | 1,558 | 1,169 | 1,713 | 1,214 | 1,495 | 1,993 | 1722.5 | 17.2 | 23.5 | 6.4 | 11.1 | 7.94 | 17.8 | 2.87 | 14 | 50 | 45 | 13.4 | 9.8 | 46 | 31 | 145 | 14.0 | 12.6 |
Cambridge | 28.1 | 80.5 | 342.1 | 22.1 | 1,404 | 1,722 | 1,210 | 1,812 | 1,188 | 1,304 | 2,012 | 1574.6 | 14.1 | 53.6 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 8.58 | 22.73 | 15.66 | 47 | 56 | 51 | 17.5 | 25.2 | 45 | 29 | 124 | 13.9 | 8.9 |
Chester | 58.8 | 66.5 | 19.6 | 243.4 | 1,354 | 1,754 | 1,285 | 1,894 | 1,273 | 1,197 | 1,856 | 1996.9 | 45.7 | 29.2 | 18.3 | 7.6 | 6.52 | 14.71 | 10.61 | 38 | 62 | 50 | 15.4 | 21.5 | 1 | 31 | 150 | 6.7 | 23.5 |
Cornwall | 39.8 | 69.2 | 330.8 | 180.7 | 1,417 | 1,517 | 1,126 | 1,681 | 1,174 | 1,415 | 1,921 | 408.8 | 10.5 | 28.7 | 13.4 | 15.0 | 3.36 | 2.25 | 7.8 | 35 | 55 | 45 | 10.1 | 18.5 | 55 | 30 | 145 | 7.9 | 9.3 |
Cumberland | 18.3 | 57.7 | 300.4 | 200.0 | 1,295 | 1,634 | 1,187 | 1,750 | 1,207 | 1,521 | 1,942 | 633.5 | 356.9 | 274.1 | 4.9 | 10.0 | 2.46 | 10.26 | 6.36 | 16 | 36 | 26 | 11.9 | 18.4 | 50 | 33 | 173 | 8.8 | 14.6 |
Derby | 41.4 | 73.5 | 323.7 | 216.7 | 1,362 | 1,665 | 1,264 | 1,735 | 1,247 | 1,364 | 1,947 | 1476.7 | 17.8 | 67.9 | 14.7 | 10.7 | 4.94 | 13.58 | 9.26 | 30 | 48 | 39 | 13.8 | 22.3 | 46 | 31 | 136 | 7.1 | 18.9 |
Devon | 32.2 | 75.3 | 277.3 | 179.4 | 1,263 | 1,543 | 1,170 | 1,785 | 1,224 | 1,613 | 1,775 | 784.8 | 19.4 | 76.5 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 2.08 | 7.43 | 4.75 | 28 | 40 | 34 | 10.1 | 15.7 | 56 | 36 | 133 | 10.2 | 13.0 |
Dorset | 27.2 | 68.8 | 304.1 | 182.6 | 1,323 | 1,485 | 1,168 | 1,719 | 1,221 | 1,556 | 1,975 | 988.3 | 12.7 | 36.8 | 9.9 | 12.1 | 6.28 | 13.25 | 9.76 | 30 | 8 | 34 | 10.6 | 18 | 55 | 33 | 145 | 10.9 | 11.1 |
Durham | 46.2 | 85.1 | 366.6 | 234.6 | 1,425 | 1,821 | 1,274 | 1,812 | 1,284 | 1,266 | 1,773 | 2011.0 | 224.2 | 166.7 | 27.7 | 13.2 | 4.01 | 13.54 | 8.77 | 26 | 49 | 38 | 15.5 | 23.9 | 43 | 27 | 118 | 4.4 | 13.9 |
Essex | 35.2 | 65.3 | 298.9 | 205.6 | 1,336 | 1,639 | 1,209 | 1,718 | 1,190 | 1,416 | 1,960 | 1216.5 | 18.4 | 64.2 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 4.95 | 21.44 | 13.19 | 47 | 53 | 50 | 12.6 | 19.7 | 49 | 33 | 153 | 14.8 | 9.3 |
Gloucester | 53.6 | 87.0 | 296.5 | 219.9 | 1,256 | 1,653 | 1,268 | 1,863 | 1,287 | 1,453 | 1,878 | 1800.0 | 28.6 | 13.4 | 11.4 | 7.7 | 3.84 | 11.12 | 7.48 | 28 | 41 | 35 | 14.3 | 19.9 | 45 | 34 | 115 | 7.2 | 15.1 |
Hereford | 20.6 | 28.9 | 259.2 | 196.6 | 1,199 | 1,574 | 1,253 | 1,645 | 1,217 | 1,756 | 2,053 | 1491.3 | 11.0 | 28.2 | 2.4 | 6.3 | 2.52 | 8.49 | 5.50 | 38 | 44 | 41 | 12.0 | 16.2 | 51 | 39 | 170 | 14.6 | 9.9 |
Hertford | 39.0 | 60.7 | 319.0 | 200.5 | 1,323 | 1,619 | 1,218 | 1,771 | 1,252 | 1,391 | 1,918 | 2019.0 | 24.8 | 33.4 | 9.6 | 11.8 | 8.81 | 23.02 | 15.91 | 50 | 56 | 53 | 14.8 | 22.9 | 50 | 31 | 165 | 12.8 | 2.8 |
Huntingdon | 24.6 | 80.7 | 362.7 | 211.0 | 1,416 | 1,678 | 1,158 | 1,745 | 1,157 | 1,549 | 2,025 | 1945.3 | 12.6 | 31.6 | 10.0 | 15.2 | 7.61 | 19.66 | 13.64 | 44 | 52 | 48 | 16.0 | 26.8 | 47 | 28 | 124 | 14.5 | 9.2 |
Kent | 55.0 | 66.2 | 286.1 | 202.7 | 1,290 | 1,686 | 1,242 | 1,832 | 1,282 | 1,463 | 1,741 | 1778.7 | 82.3 | 189.6 | 14.4 | 8.3 | 2.62 | 13.28 | 7.95 | 29 | 39 | 34 | 12.6 | 18.5 | 49 | 35 | 151 | 8.7 | 10.2 |
Lancaster | 147.5 | 89.3 | 370.5 | 279.2 | 1,382 | 1,851 | 1,400 | 1,989 | 1,381 | 1,068 | 1,734 | 1220.7 | 130.4 | 635.3 | 24.7 | 9.1 | 5.21 | 14.26 | 9.73 | 38 | 67 | 52 | 17.7 | 25.4 | 36 | 7 | 112 | 3.0 | 28.1 |
Leicester | 41.9 | 76.1 | 334.7 | 224.0 | 1,322 | 1,580 | 1,215 | 1,759 | 1,244 | 1,448 | 2,074 | 1360.2 | 17.4 | 44.9 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 7.48 | 18.01 | 12.74 | 32 | 45 | 38 | 15.0 | 22.8 | 45 | 30 | 131 | 7.9 | 19.2 |
Lincoln | 21.7 | 76.0 | 325.6 | 197.6 | 1,353 | 1,693 | 1,216 | 1,749 | 1,193 | 1,441 | 2,012 | 871.7 | 16.2 | 34.3 | 14.2 | 12.8 | 4.80 | 17.03 | 10.91 | 32 | 17 | 40 | 15.3 | 23.6 | 51 | 1 | 132 | 15.9 | 9.6 |
Middlesex | 873.6 | 93.7 | 289.3 | 247.2 | 1,174 | 1,982 | 1,549 | 2,182 | 1,580 | 1,250 | 1,317 | 3111.1 | 132.6 | 368.3 | 16.0 | 4.2 | 1.65 | 6.85 | 4.25 | 12 | 23 | 17 | 15.8 | 20.2 | 40 | 35 | 107 | 1.1 | 20.0 |
Monmouth | 42.3 | 87.8 | 339.6 | 236.7 | 1,359 | 2,072 | 1,420 | 1,924 | 1,307 | 1,226 | 1,856 | 3395.3 | 24.4 | 217.7 | 36.9 | 10.3 | 2.77 | 12.87 | 7.82 | 51 | 64 | 57 | 15.8 | 21.4 | 42 | 29 | 114 | 6.5 | 13.1 |
Norfolk | 31.9 | 69.2 | 298.0 | 203.5 | 1,285 | 1,517 | 1,176 | 1,732 | 1,188 | 1,565 | 2,081 | 582.0 | 13.4 | 22.3 | 5.7 | 9.4 | 5.03 | 14.2 | 9.61 | 42 | 48 | 45 | 14.8 | 22.3 | 49 | 34 | 145 | 12.2 | 11.8 |
Northampton | 30.6 | 81.2 | 345.5 | 213.6 | 1,338 | 1,643 | 1,228 | 1,703 | 1,217 | 1,485 | 2,049 | 1394.9 | 18.8 | 48.4 | 11.0 | 13.2 | 7.95 | 20.03 | 13.99 | 38 | 51 | 44 | 14.7 | 24.2 | 47 | 29 | 123 | 12.9 | 13.5 |
Northumberland | 20.9 | 78.6 | 326.0 | 212.6 | 1,321 | 1,772 | 1,279 | 1,875 | 1,286 | 1,413 | 1,946 | 1227.2 | 475.8 | 200.8 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 3.54 | 12.14 | 7.84 | 18 | 38 | 28 | 14.0 | 21.1 | 47 | 31 | 127 | 6.9 | 14.9 |
Nottingham | 46.7 | 72.9 | 333.5 | 218.1 | 1,321 | 1,566 | 1,281 | 1,741 | 1,298 | 1,403 | 2,022 | 1591.0 | 25.3 | 60.9 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 5.61 | 15.73 | 10.67 | 33 | 50 | 41 | 15.7 | 26.8 | 46 | 30 | 137 | 8.2 | 20.6 |
Oxford | 33.4 | 72.1 | 313.6 | 209.0 | 1,296 | 1,640 | 1,198 | 1,677 | 1,212 | 1,496 | 1,989 | 1642.2 | 13.9 | 26.6 | 6.2 | 10.5 | 3.88 | 13.84 | 8.86 | 35 | 46 | 40 | 13.3 | 9.4 | 48 | 32 | 139 | 12.9 | 10.7 |
Rutland | 22.3 | 67.5 | 309.6 | 198.8 | 1,317 | 1,504 | 1,204 | 1,587 | 1,196 | 1,608 | 2,015 | 2070.7 | 11.7 | 16.9 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 6.06 | 14.55 | 10.3 | 40 | 36 | 38 | 13.2 | 17.4 | 50 | 32 | 148 | 15.6 | 9.2 |
Salop | 27.8 | 66.9 | 267.9 | 203.3 | 1,312 | 1,645 | 1,247 | 1,703 | 1,212 | 1,522 | 1,974 | 1357.4 | 16.3 | 50.3 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 2.18 | 8.46 | 5.32 | 41 | 52 | 47 | 13.3 | 7.0 | 49 | 37 | 149 | 11.7 | 11.9 |
Somerset | 41.4 | 68.3 | 297.8 | 204.5 | 1,267 | 1,603 | 1,195 | 1,774 | 1,229 | 1,545 | 1,895 | 1202.4 | 16.4 | 48.6 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 4.70 | 9.75 | 7.23 | 37 | 49 | 43 | 12.5 | 18.8 | 49 | 34 | 146 | 10.2 | 13.0 |
Southampton | 34.1 | 74.4 | 278.0 | 189.6 | 1,258 | 1,688 | 1,197 | 1,823 | 1,245 | 1,509 | 1,876 | 1490.5 | 57.0 | 95.8 | 12.9 | 8.8 | 3.04 | 11.44 | 7.24 | 32 | 41 | 37 | 10.6 | 16.1 | 53 | 36 | 134 | 10.0 | 10.6 |
Stafford | 67.4 | 84.4 | 364.6 | 229.9 | 1,498 | 1,795 | 1,291 | 1,782 | 1,231 | 1,184 | 1,915 | 1584.4 | 20.8 | 94.0 | 24.3 | 13.5 | 5.55 | 16.60 | 11.07 | 42 | 59 | 51 | 15.9 | 5.2 | 43 | 27 | 118 | 5.7 | 18.7 |
Suffolk | 32.5 | 74.5 | 315.3 | 200.8 | 1,317 | 1,531 | 1,168 | 1,714 | 1,170 | 1,540 | 2,032 | 799.3 | 11.3 | 24.5 | 6.3 | 11.5 | 4.79 | 17.62 | 11.20 | 47 | 52 | 49 | 13.6 | 21.8 | 50 | 32 | 134 | 13.9 | 10.0 |
Surrey | 120.0 | 83.0 | 300.3 | 231.3 | 1,268 | 1,758 | 1,420 | 1,974 | 1,461 | 1,320 | 1,636 | 3854.4 | 79.6 | 237.9 | 19.8 | 6.9 | 1.44 | 8.47 | 4.95 | 17 | 28 | 22 | 14.5 | 19.8 | 43 | 33 | 120 | 4.4 | 16.2 |
Sussex | 31.9 | 68.1 | 293.4 | 183.1 | 1,338 | 1,559 | 1,222 | 1,763 | 1,245 | 1,386 | 1,803 | 1281.2 | 35.1 | 46.6 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 4.46 | 16.89 | 10.67 | 28 | 39 | 44 | 12.1 | 19.4 | 55 | 34 | 147 | 11.9 | 9.7 |
Warwick | 70.0 | 74.5 | 334.8 | 228.5 | 1,362 | 1,771 | 1,321 | 1,901 | 1,306 | 1,286 | 2,024 | 2051.6 | 33.8 | 157.8 | 19.3 | 10.6 | .06 | 12.50 | 8.78 | 32 | 47 | 39 | 16.2 | 23.4 | 44 | 30 | 134 | 6.0 | 21.9 |
Westermorland | 11.6 | 60.3 | 285.6 | 206.9 | 1,255 | 1,602 | 1,164 | 1,610 | 1,161 | 1,629 | 1,921 | 18122 | 76.3 | 42.8 | 2.5 | 7.9 | 2.72 | .07 | 5.89 | 20 | 34 | 27 | 9.2 | 15.0 | 48 | 35 | 166 | 11.6 | 13.8 |
Wilts | 29.6 | 65.0 | 294.5 | 204.5 | 1,290 | 1,591 | 1,159 | 1,640 | 1,167 | 1,540 | 1,966 | 1065.5 | 10.9 | 23.3 | 7.7 | 9.0 | 8.16 | 17.44 | 12.8 | 43 | 55 | 49 | 11.0 | 15.9 | 49 | 34 | 154 | 14.1 | 10.8 |
Worcester | 50.4 | 85.4 | 353.5 | 211.4 | 1,354 | 1,637 | 1,276 | 1,740 | 1,257 | 1,416 | 2,010 | 1978.9 | 16.4 | 60.0 | 10.4 | 14.2 | 6.01 | 15.63 | 10.82 | 46 | 60 | 53 | 6.1 | 26.1 | 47 | 28 | 117 | 10.1 | 16.7 |
York, East Riding | 27.2 | 93.8 | 290.6 | 226.5 | 1,289 | 1,820 | 1,264 | 1,864 | 1,288 | 1,472 | 1,982 | 780.7 | 57.9 | 99.5 | 15.4 | 6.4 | 3.01 | 12.03 | 7.52 | 21 | 38 | 29 | 18.4 | 24.0 | 44 | 34 | 107 | 12.1 | 13.0 |
York, City and Ainsty | 69.6 | 1,204 | 1,822 | 1,413 | 1,959 | 1,341 | 1,539 | 2,011 | 639.6 | 71.7 | 139 | 8.3 | 5.7 | 18.3 | |||||||||||||||
York, North Riding | 15.5 | 72.3 | 298.9 | 192.9 | 1,280 | 1,625 | 1,157 | 1,713 | 1,187 | 1,699 | 2,076 | 623.0 | 42.5 | 44.0 | 7.0 | 10.6 | 2.80 | 11.07 | 6.94 | 22 | 38 | 30 | 10.2 | 7.2 | 52 | 33 | 138 | 13.8 | 11.6 |
York, West Riding | 70.0 | 80.4 | 368.6 | 229.3 | 1,434 | 1,731 | 1,253 | 1,785 | 1,240 | 1,184 | 1,103 | 552.5 | 31.9 | 131 | 18.2 | 13.9 | 6.96 | 21.21 | 14.08 | 37 | 63 | 50 | 15.0 | 25.1 | 44 | 27 | 124 | 4.3 | 24.6 |
NORTH WALES | 19.4 | 66.6 | 261.4 | 189.2 | 1,324 | 1,586 | 1,183 | 1,608 | 1,163 | 1,606 | 2,076 | 1217.5 | 10.4 | 31 | 10.0 | 7.2 | 3.29 | 8.25 | 5.77 | 48 | 71 | 59 | 11.3 | 16.6 | 53 | 38 | 150 | 12.7 | 9.0 |
SOUTH WALES | 19.0 | 73.4 | 317.1 | 199.9 | 1,340 | 1,698 | 1,247 | 1,739 | 1,207 | 1,473 | 2,056 | 1515.1 | 14.6 | 77 | 15.5 | 11.7 | 3.02 | 8.09 | 5.56 | 46 | 70 | 58 | 11.4 | 18.8 | 50 | 32 | 136 | 10.3 | 105 |
ENGLAND AND WALES | 43.0 | 78.1 | 319.7 | 221.9 | 1,323 | 1,715 | 1,285 | 1,842 | 1,292 | 1,365 | 1,850 | 1569.2 | 65.3 | 183 | 14.4 | 9.8 | 4.38 | 13.29 | 8.83 | 33 | 49 | 41 | 14.4 | 21.5 | 45 | 31 | 128 | 7.9 | 16.5 |
+ The figures in this column result from the excess of the Average of Births registered in the Years 1831-41 over that of Deaths registered in the Years 1838-41, by assuming that the Excess of Births over Deaths was the same during the first six years as that of the last four years of the decennial period. * As per Annual Report of the Registrar-General for 1843. |