Limerick County through time | Historical Statistics on Population

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Year	Population 20 years earlier	Population 10 years earlier	Current Total Population
1821			218,432
1831		218,432	248,801
1841		248,801	281,638
1851		281,532	208,684
1861	281,532	208,688	172,801
1871		172,775	152,583
1881		142,070	142,070
1891		142,070	121,757
1901			107,947
1911			104,551

Date	Source
1821 - 1831	1821 Census of Ireland, Abstract of answers, Table [1] , 'Abstract of Answers and Returns under the Population Act of Ireland:- 1821'
1831 - 1841	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 - 1861	1861 Census of Ireland, Population summary, Table [1] , 'Area, population and number of houses'
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'
1871 - 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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Limerick County : Total Population

Total Population