North Riding Poor Law/Registration County : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 147,706 Show data context
1811 147,706 Show data context 156,555 Show data context
1821 156,555 Show data context 176,329 Show data context
1831 176,329 Show data context 180,153 Show data context
1841 180,153 Show data context 186,226 Show data context
1851 186,226 Show data context 194,644 Show data context
1861 211,109 Show data context
1871 234,817 Show data context
1881 284,010 Show data context 334,385 Show data context
1891 334,442 Show data context 354,382 Show data context
1901 357,558 Show data context 375,918 Show data context
1911 375,918 Show data context 417,018 Show data context
Date Source
1801 - 1851 1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1861 1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Sub-Districts'
1871 1871 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 3 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registrars' Sub-Districts'
1881 1881 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 4 , 'Area, Houses, and Population of Civil Parishes in the several Registration Sub-Districts in 1871 and 1881'
1891 1891 Census of England and Wales, Population tables 2, Table 2 , 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'
1901 1901 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 12 , 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'
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'

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Total population at this Census, and for previous censuses. Where the latter appear, they are for the same area, so if there had been boundary changes they will differ from the population given for the same reporting unit by the previous census.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, North Riding Poor Law/Registration County through time | Historical Statistics on Population | Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10041776/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 10th April 2026