AREA AND POPULATION
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VI 1 1. Soutliern.
30. Roxburgh
31. Dumfries
32. Kirkcudbright
33. Wigtown
Total Scotland
Area in Statute Acres
426,028 686,302 575,832 311,984
17,069,966
Population
1901
48,801 72,571 39,383 32,685
4,472,103
1911
47,192 72,825 38,367 31,998
4,760,004
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Inhabited houses 1901, 926,914 ; uninhabited, 59,420 ; building, 9,062.
.nn^^o'^n.^i"^ / *'"'" ^^ ^"^'^ ^'^^^ inhabitants, in villages Avith from 300 to 2,000 inhabitants, and in rural disticts :—
Groups of Districts
Towns Villages Rural districts
Total .
1891
1901
Population
Per cent.
65-37 11-57 23-06
Population
Per cent.
2,631,298 465,836 928,517
3,120,241 466,053 885,009
69-77 10-42 19-81
4,025,647
100-00
4,472,103
100-00
In the towns the population increased in the ten years, 1891-1901 18-58 percent. ; in the villages, O'OS per cent. ; in the rural districts it decreased |4 bO per cent., the increase in the whole country being 11-09 per cent.
Population of the principal burghs :-—
Burghs
Glasgow 1 . Edinburgh i Dundee i Aberdeen Go van i Paisley Leith Greenock ^ Partick .
Pop. in 1901.
775,. 594
317,459
162,982
153,503
82,174
79,363
77,439
68,911
54,298
Pop. in 1911
784,496 320,318 165,004 163,891 89,725 84,477 80.489 75,140 66,848
Burghs
Pop. in
Pop. in
1901
1911
Coatbridge
! .86,991
43,287
1 Afotlierwell i .
31,144
40,378
1 Kirkcaldy
34,079
.-^9.600
Hamiltfin
.82,775
38,644
Clydebanki .
20,^98
37,547
Perth 1 .
33,995
.35,>-51
j Kilmarnock .
34,165
34,729
' Falkirk .
29,280
33.509
Ayr.
28,697 :
32,9t-5
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