Progress in Urban and Rural Districts contrasted during Period 1857-91.
|
Census 1857. |
Census 1861. |
Census 1870. |
Census 1881. |
Census 1891. |
|
Towns over 3000 inhabitants.
|
| Population— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
26,132 |
29,808 |
29,760 |
33,870 |
42,113 |
| Rural |
55,360 |
60,169 |
69,568 |
81,835 |
104,554 |
| The Colony |
81,492 |
89,977 |
99,328 |
115,705 |
146,667 |
| Percentage Proportion to Total Population— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
32.07 |
33.13 |
29.96 |
29.27 |
28.70 |
| Rural |
67.93 |
66.87 |
70.14 |
70.73 |
71.30 |
| Percentage Increase since last Census— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
|
14.07 |
- 0.16 |
13.81 |
24.34 |
| Rural |
|
8.68 |
15.62 |
17.63 |
27.76 |
| The Colony |
|
10.41 |
10.39 |
16.49 |
26.76 |
| Percentage Increase since 1857— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
|
|
|
|
61.15 |
| Rural |
|
|
|
|
88.78 |
| The Colony |
|
|
|
|
78.99 |
| Increase per cent. per year since 1857— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
|
|
|
|
1.41 |
| Rural |
|
|
|
|
1.89 |
| The Colony |
|
|
|
|
1.74 |
|
Cities, Towns, Villages, &c. over 100 Inhabitants.
|
| Population— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cities, Towns, Villages |
|
|
|
54,950 |
81,849 |
| Residue |
|
|
|
60,755 |
64,818 |
| The Colony |
|
|
|
115,705 |
146,667 |
| Percentage Proportion to Total Population— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cities, Towns, Villages |
|
|
|
47.48 |
55.79 |
| Residue |
|
|
|
52.52 |
44.21 |
| Percentage Increase since last Census— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cities, Towns, Villages |
|
|
|
|
48.95 |
| Residue |
|
|
|
|
6.69 |
| The Colony |
|
|
|
|
26.76 |
| Increase per cent. per year— |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cities, Towns, Villages |
|
|
|
|
4.06 |
| Residue |
|
|
|
|
0.42 |
| The Colony |
|
|
|
|
2.56 |