Louth County through time | Historical Statistics on Population

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Males & Females

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Year	Male	Female
1821	49,363	51,648
1831	52,439	55,042
1841	54,651	57,328
1851	44,310	46,505
1861	37,390	38,583
1891	29,623	29,542
1901	32,666	33,154
1911	32,191	31,474

Date	Source
1821	1821 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act of Ireland:- 1821'
1831	1831 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Acts, Ireland:- Enumeration 1831.'
1841	1841 Census of Ireland, Report, Table 1 , 'General table'
1851	1851 Census of Ireland, General, Table 1 , 'General Table.'
1861	1861 Census of Ireland, General, Table 1 , 'Showing by baronies, parishes, and towns, the area, population, number of houses and families, occupations, religious profusions, and education'
1891	1891 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 7 , 'Area, houses, out-offices and farm steadings, and population, together with the valuation of each parish, townland, and township in 1891'
1901	1901 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 29 , 'Religious professions and sexes of the inhabitants, in each parish, in the county of [--]'
1911	1911 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table 29 , 'Religious professions and sexes of the inhabitants, in each parish, in the county'

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Numbers of the two sexes tend to be balanced. Military bases led to higher proportions of men, while large numbers of domestic servants created concentrations of women.

Louth County : Males & Females

Males & Females