Elphin Parish through time | Historical Statistics on Population

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Year	Population 20 years earlier	Population 10 years earlier	Current Total Population
1821			5,909
1831		5,909	6,643
1841		6,643	6,781
1851		6,781	4,731
1861	6,781	4,727	4,260
1871		4,260	3,843
1881		3,487	3,487
1891		3,487	2,935
1901			2,489
1911			2,208

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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The exact meaning of 'able-bodied', as used in the Poor Law system, is controversial, but is generally understood to exclude the aged and infirm, and 'lunatics', but to include large numbers who were temporarily ill. The reports consistently divide the able-bodied into those receiving indoor relief, those on outdoor relief and, in earlier years, those receiving both.

Elphin Parish : Total Population

Total Population