Horsham District through time | Historical Statistics on Population

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Year	Population 10 years earlier	Current Total Population
1801		20,538
1811	20,538	22,787
1821	22,787	26,787
1831	26,787	29,937
1841	29,937	33,804
1851	33,804	35,337
1861	35,337	40,222
1871	40,222
1881		35,271
1891	35,271	36,981
1901	36,981
1911		43,220
1921	43,220	44,121
1931	44,121	46,572
1941	46,572
1951		60,885
1961	60,885	67,981
1971	67,981	83,304
1981	83,304	97,353
1991	97,353	108,267
2001	108,267	122,088
2011		131,301
2021		146,876

Date	Source
1801 - 1851	1851 Census of Great Britain, Population tables 2, Table [1] , 'Population Abstract'
1811 - 2001	Census of Population
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Superintendent Registrars' Districts'
1881	1881 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts'
1891	1891 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 2 , 'Ages of Males and Females in Registration Districts'
1911	1911 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 8 , 'Administrative Counties, Urban Districts and Rural Districts - Persons, Males and Females at each year of age under 21 and in quinquennial age-groups in each Administrative County (inclusive and exclusive of associated County Boroughs) and in the aggregates of Urban Districts, of County Boroughs and of Rural districts. Also Males and Females at these ages in each County Borough, Municipal Borough, other Urban District and Rural District, 1911'
1921	1921 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 14 , 'Ages (quinquennial groups) and Marital Conditions in combination'
1931	1931 Census of England and Wales, County Report Part I, Table 15 , 'Ages and Marital Conditions - Abridged Analysis'
1951	1951 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 22 , 'Ages (quinary) by Marital Condition - Abridged Analysis', for 'Urban Areas with population of less than 50,000, RD'
1961	1961 Census of England and Wales, County Report, Table 6 , 'Age and Marital Condition', for 'LAA, Con, NT'
1971	UK Data Service, Census 1971 data (Tables SAS06 and SAS07)
1981	UK Data Service, Census 1981 data (Table SAS02: "Age and Marital Status: All Residents)
1991	Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S02 Age and marital status: Residents [100%])
2001	Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table CS001 - Age by sex and resident type)
2011	Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table LC1117EW - "Sex by age")
2021	Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" ("Age" (23 way) by "Sex")

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Horsham District : Total Population

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