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1931 Census of England and Wales, General Report, Table 35 : " Distribution of Metropolitan Boroughs, Municipal Boroughs and Urban Districts as Constituted at the Census of 1931, and after the Completion of Changes under the Local Government Act, 1929, According to the Size of their Respective Populations as Enumerated at the Census of 1931 in each case".
County | Number of Metropolitan and Municipal Boroughs and Urban Districts with 1931 Census Populations (in Thousands), as Under | ||||||||||||||||
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Over 50 | 20-50 | 10-20 | 5-10 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | Under 1 | ||||||||||
1931 Census | After Changes | 1931 Census | After Changes | 1931 Census | After Changes | 1931 Census | After Changes | 1931 Census | After Changes | 1931 Census | After Changes | 1931 Census | After Changes | 1931 Census | After Changes | ||
ENGLAND AND WALES | 59 | 68 | 181 | 220 | 234 | 213 | 232 | 188 | 181 | 126 | 93 | 56 | 67 | 34 | 18 | 4 | |
England | 58 | 67 | 162 | 200 | 217 | 196 | 210 | 167 | 167 | 112 | 80 | 47 | 48 | 15 | 13 | 0 | |
Bedfordshire | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Berkshire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Buckinghamshire | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cambridgeshire | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cheshire | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Cornwall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Cumberland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Derbyshire | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Devonshire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Dorsetshire | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Durham | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ely, Isle of | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Essex | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gloucestershire | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Herefordshire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Hertfordshire | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Huntingdonshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Kent | 1 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Lancashire | 2 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Leicestershire | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lincolnshire: | |||||||||||||||||
Holland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kesteven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Lindsey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
London | 27 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Middlesex | 13 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Norfolk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Northamptonshire | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Northumberland | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Nottinghamshire | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Oxfordshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Peterborough, Soke of | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Rutlandshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Shropshire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Somersetshire | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Southampton | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Staffordshire | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Suffolk, East | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Suffolk, West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Surrey | 2 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sussex, East | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sussex, West | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Warwickshire | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Westmorland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Wight, Isle of | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wiltshire | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Worcestershire | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Yorkshire: | |||||||||||||||||
East Riding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
North Riding | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
West Riding | 0 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Wales | 1 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 4 | |
Anglesey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Brecknockshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Caernarvonshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Cardiganshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Carmarthenshire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Denbighshire | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Flintshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Glamorganshire | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Merionethshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Monmouthshire | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mongomeryshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Pembrokeshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Radnorshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |