AREA AND POPULATION
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Population of the counties and county boroughs at the censuses of 1901 and 1911 (cont.) : —
Area in
Total Ponnlation
Increase (+) or
Counties
Statute Acres (exclusive
Decrease (-)
and County Boroughs
1901
1911
percent, between
of water)
1901 and 1911
Province of Munster.
Clare
788,336
112,334
104,282
-7-2
Cork County .
1,841,035
328,489
315,431
-4-0
Cork C.B.
2,081
76,122
76,673
+0-7
Kerry
1,161,752
165,726
159,691
-3-6
Limerick County .
661,574
107,947
104,551
-3-1
Limerick C.B.
2,. 385
38,151
38,518
+1-0
Tipperary
1,051,304
160,232
152.433
-4-9
Waterford County .
453,051
60,418
56,502
-6-5
WaterfordC.B.
1,438
26,769
27,464
+2-6
Total of Munster .
5,963,556
1,076,188
1,035,495
-3-8
Province of Ulster.
Antrim
702,654
196,090
193,864
-ri
Armagh .
312,772
125,392
120,291
-41
Belfast C.B. .
14,937
349,180
386,947
+ 10-8
Cavan
467,025
97,541
91,173
-6-5
Donegal .
1,193,641
173,722
168,537
-3-0
Down
608,862
205,8^9
204,303
-0-S
Fermanagh .
417,912
65,430
61,836
-5-5
Londonderry County
512,691
104,612
99.845
-4-5
Londonderry C.B.
2,579
39,892
40,780
+ 2-2
Monaghan
318,990
74,611
71.455
-4-2
Tyrone ....
779,563
150,567
142,665
-5-3
Total of Ulster
5,331, 62(i
1,582,826
1,581,696
-0-1
Province of Connauglit.
Galway
1,467,850
192,549
182,224
-5-4
Leitrim ....
376,510
69,343
63,582
-8-3
M;iyo
1,333,356
199,166
192,577
-3-5
Roscommon .
.
608,290
101,791
93,956
-7-7
Sligo
442,205
84,083
79,045
-6-0
Total of Connauglit
4,228,211
646,932
610,984
-5-6
Total of Ireland
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20,371,124
4,458,775 ;
4,390,219
-1-5
The population of Dublin and its suburbs was 375,135 in 1901, and 403,030 in 1911.
Inhabited houses, 1911, 861,057 against 858,158 in 1901, 870,578 in 1891, 914,108 in 1881, and 961,380 in 1871.
Uninhabited houses, 1911, 68,938 ; 1901, 74,321 ; 1891, 69,320.
The civic population in 1911 was distributed as follows :—
In Towns of
No. of Towns
Inhabitants
Per cent. of Total Population
Over 100,000 ....
Between 50,000 and 100,000
,, 20,000 and 50,000
10,000 and 20,000
,, 5,000 and 10,000
2,000 and 5,000
2
1
5
14 23 . 64
691,749 76,673 173,896 169,554 152,270 206,453
15-5 1-7 4-0 3-9 3-5 4-7
Total
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■ 1,470,595
33-5
