Nottinghamshire Poor Law/Registration County : Total Population

Total Population

Data cube chart.

Year Population 10 years earlier Current Total Population
1801 152,573 Show data context
1811 152,573 Show data context 175,966 Show data context
1821 175,966 Show data context 203,939 Show data context
1831 203,939 Show data context 243,605 Show data context
1841 243,605 Show data context 270,731 Show data context
1851 270,731 Show data context 294,380 Show data context
1861 323,784 Show data context
1871 355,404 Show data context
1881 355,457 Show data context 438,642 Show data context
1891 438,642 Show data context 505,311 Show data context
1901 505,311 Show data context 596,705 Show data context
1911 596,705 Show data context 716,519 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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Nottinghamshire 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/10134742/cube/TOT_POP

Date accessed: 03rd June 2026