Renfrewshire County : Numbers of Paupers & Dependents

Numbers of Paupers & Dependents

Data cube chart.

Year Paupers Dependents
14 May 1855 5,351 Show data context 2,198 Show data context
14 May 1856 5,009 Show data context 2,375 Show data context
14 May 1857 4,874 Show data context 2,608 Show data context
14 May 1858 5,051 Show data context 2,703 Show data context
14 May 1859 5,192 Show data context 2,879 Show data context
14 May 1860 5,017 Show data context 2,937 Show data context
14 May 1861 5,154 Show data context 2,874 Show data context
14 May 1862 5,396 Show data context 2,996 Show data context
14 May 1863 5,677 Show data context 3,535 Show data context
14 May 1864 5,853 Show data context 4,041 Show data context
14 May 1865 5,917 Show data context 4,393 Show data context
14 May 1866 5,941 Show data context 4,635 Show data context
14 May 1867 6,089 Show data context 4,525 Show data context
14 May 1868 5,781 Show data context 4,304 Show data context
14 May 1869 6,121 Show data context 4,622 Show data context
14 May 1870 6,203 Show data context 4,645 Show data context
14 May 1871 6,169 Show data context 4,380 Show data context
14 May 1872 5,971 Show data context 4,464 Show data context
14 May 1873 5,884 Show data context 4,216 Show data context
14 May 1874 5,321 Show data context 3,995 Show data context
14 May 1875 5,311 Show data context 4,002 Show data context
14 May 1876 5,307 Show data context 3,995 Show data context
14 May 1877 4,848 Show data context 3,755 Show data context
14 May 1878 5,068 Show data context 3,578 Show data context
14 May 1879 5,249 Show data context 4,016 Show data context
14 May 1880 5,338 Show data context 4,064 Show data context
14 May 1881 5,229 Show data context 3,984 Show data context
14 May 1882 4,740 Show data context 3,418 Show data context
14 May 1883 4,559 Show data context 3,151 Show data context
14 May 1884 4,243 Show data context 2,844 Show data context
14 May 1885 4,447 Show data context 2,931 Show data context
14 May 1886 4,488 Show data context 3,323 Show data context
14 May 1887 4,555 Show data context 3,344 Show data context
14 May 1888 4,732 Show data context 3,488 Show data context
14 May 1889 4,560 Show data context 3,249 Show data context
14 Sep 1889 2,895 Show data context 1,713 Show data context
14 Jan 1890 2,956 Show data context 1,689 Show data context
14 May 1890 2,825 Show data context 1,655 Show data context
14 Sep 1890 2,836 Show data context 1,610 Show data context
14 Jan 1891 2,868 Show data context 1,614 Show data context
14 May 1891 2,798 Show data context 1,606 Show data context
14 Sep 1891 2,958 Show data context 1,652 Show data context
14 Jan 1892 3,175 Show data context 1,777 Show data context
14 May 1892 3,021 Show data context 1,730 Show data context
14 Sep 1892 3,050 Show data context 1,742 Show data context
14 Jan 1893 3,286 Show data context 1,864 Show data context
14 May 1893 3,166 Show data context 1,885 Show data context
14 Sep 1893 3,158 Show data context 1,793 Show data context
14 Jan 1894 3,324 Show data context 1,831 Show data context
14 May 1894 3,189 Show data context 1,837 Show data context
14 Sep 1894 3,229 Show data context 1,835 Show data context
14 Jan 1895 3,445 Show data context 1,882 Show data context
14 May 1895 3,461 Show data context 2,034 Show data context
14 Sep 1895 3,281 Show data context 1,853 Show data context
14 Jan 1896 3,561 Show data context 1,949 Show data context
15 May 1896 3,520 Show data context 1,934 Show data context
14 Sep 1896 3,497 Show data context 1,908 Show data context
14 Jan 1897 3,759 Show data context 2,042 Show data context
15 May 1897 3,664 Show data context 2,007 Show data context
15 Jan 1898 3,756 Show data context 2,012 Show data context
15 May 1898 3,593 Show data context 1,884 Show data context
15 Sep 1898 3,555 Show data context 1,879 Show data context
15 Jan 1899 3,745 Show data context 2,054 Show data context
15 May 1899 3,572 Show data context 1,878 Show data context
15 Sep 1899 3,573 Show data context 1,813 Show data context
15 Jan 1900 3,668 Show data context 1,868 Show data context
15 May 1900 3,487 Show data context 1,866 Show data context
15 Sep 1900 3,425 Show data context 1,882 Show data context
15 Jan 1901 3,605 Show data context 1,944 Show data context
15 May 1901 3,544 Show data context 1,889 Show data context
15 Sep 1901 3,488 Show data context 1,904 Show data context
15 Jan 1902 3,694 Show data context 1,983 Show data context
15 May 1902 3,507 Show data context 2,014 Show data context
15 Sep 1902 3,442 Show data context 1,957 Show data context
15 Jan 1903 3,722 Show data context 2,114 Show data context
15 May 1903 3,542 Show data context 1,975 Show data context
15 Sep 1903 3,507 Show data context 2,074 Show data context
15 Jan 1904 3,835 Show data context 2,164 Show data context
15 May 1904 3,715 Show data context 2,137 Show data context
15 Sep 1904 3,690 Show data context 2,131 Show data context
15 Jan 1905 3,903 Show data context 2,198 Show data context
15 May 1905 3,771 Show data context 2,122 Show data context
15 Sep 1905 3,781 Show data context 2,050 Show data context
15 Jan 1906 3,947 Show data context 2,129 Show data context
15 May 1906 3,855 Show data context 2,062 Show data context
15 Sep 1906 3,826 Show data context 1,943 Show data context
15 Jan 1907 4,065 Show data context 2,050 Show data context
15 May 1907 3,920 Show data context 1,956 Show data context
15 Sep 1907 3,866 Show data context 1,920 Show data context
15 Jan 1908 4,250 Show data context 2,107 Show data context
15 May 1908 4,181 Show data context 2,162 Show data context
15 Sep 1908 4,305 Show data context 2,181 Show data context
15 Jan 1909 4,517 Show data context 2,431 Show data context
15 May 1909 4,333 Show data context 2,319 Show data context
15 Sep 1909 4,372 Show data context 2,407 Show data context
15 Jan 1910 4,608 Show data context 2,462 Show data context
15 May 1910 4,367 Show data context 2,443 Show data context
15 Sep 1910 4,307 Show data context 2,370 Show data context
15 Jan 1911 4,039 Show data context 2,495 Show data context
15 May 1911 3,805 Show data context 2,428 Show data context
15 Sep 1911 3,864 Show data context 2,461 Show data context
15 Jan 1912 4,086 Show data context 2,646 Show data context
15 May 1912 4,001 Show data context 2,605 Show data context
15 Sep 1912 4,010 Show data context 2,572 Show data context
15 Jan 1913 4,183 Show data context 2,636 Show data context
15 May 1913 3,956 Show data context 2,458 Show data context
15 Sep 1913 3,925 Show data context 2,542 Show data context
15 Jan 1914 4,109 Show data context 2,675 Show data context
15 May 1914 3,961 Show data context 2,611 Show data context
15 Sep 1914 4,051 Show data context 2,672 Show data context
Date Source
1855 - 1894 Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor, Annual Report of the Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor and of Public Health in Scotland. (H.M.S.O.) ,
1895 - 1914 Local Government Board for Scotland, Local Government Board for Scotland Annual Report (H.M.S.O.) ,

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nCube definition


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, Renfrewshire County through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Numbers of Paupers & Dependents, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 02nd June 2026