1801. 1811. 1821. 1831. 1841. 1851.
County of Worcester 139,333 160,546 184,424 211,365 233,484 276,926_a_
City of Worcester 11,131 13,551 16,207 _b_18,442 27,023 27,528
Dudley 10,307 13,925 18,611 23,443 31,232 37,954
Stourbridge (including 8,297 9,755 11,227 13,571 17,483 19,246
the Lye and Upper
Swinford)
Kidderminster Bor. & 8,036 10,025 12,752 17,913 17,500 20,852
For.
Bromsgrove 5,898 6,932 7,511 8,612 9,676 10,310
Redditch 1,000 — — — 3,314 4,774
Stourport 1,603 2,352 2,544 2,952 2,952 2,993
Evesham 2,837 3,068 3,472 3,976 4,245 4,605
Pershore 1,910 2,179 2,328 2,536 — 2,717
Droitwich 1,840 1,977 2,176 2,487 2,779 3,125
Upton 1,858 2,167 2,319 2,343 2,599 2,698
Tenbury 1,541 1,562 1,668 1,768 1,776 1,784
Great Malvern — — — — 2,768 3,763
_a_ By the Act 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 61, part of Halesowen parish,
containing 18,827 persons in 1851, and parts of other parishes, locally
situated in Worcestershire, but belonging to other counties previously,
became parts of Worcestershire. Taking the same limits, the population
of Worcestershire in 1841 was 248,460.
_b_ The population of Worcester, even at this time, was estimated at
25,000; but the figures given above, up to this census, only indicate the
population included within the old city boundary.