Bedford Rural District (RD) through time | Historical Statistics on Population

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Year	Population 20 years earlier	Population 10 years earlier	Current Total Population
1911		18,851	19,213
1921		19,213	20,238
1931		20,238	21,130
1939			29,284
1951	16,699		30,713
1961		30,713	33,725

Date	Source
1911	1911 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 5 , 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 3 , 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'
1939	1939 National Registration of United Kingdom and Isle of Man, Population summary, Table 3 A, 'Population by Sex and Year of Birth (and Age) in Great Britain and the Isle of Man. England and Wales - Counties, Boroughs, Urban and Rural Districts'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'AC, MB, UD, RD; Wards of CB, MB; CP, NT'
1961	1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 3 , 'Acreage, Population, Private Households and Dwellings', for 'LAA, Wards, CP in RD, Con, NT'

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Class of House. The early Irish censuses included this simple quality grading of inhabited houses, Class I being the best and class IV being one-room mud huts.

Bedford Rural District (RD) : Total Population

Total Population