Analysis of Births by English County etc.

The number of persons born in each English county, or foreign country etc. is given for each census year in the following table:

County, country, etc.18411851186118711881189119011911Total
Bedfordshire861018192625112
Buckinghamshire2252292862933123073512003
Cambridgeshire4101579192387
Cheshire21361123
Cumberland532254425
Derbyshire316447833
Devon13243033244759230
Dorset8161819203428143
Durham144722525
Cornwall342366933
Essex11252618394556220
Gloucestershire29383531426259296
Hampshire526694137152147161809
Herefordshire9788481155
Hertfordshire26211931312841197
Huntingdonshire1412108531
Kent314449467375124442
Lancashire5131011192135114
Leicestershire4259691146
Lincolnshire6871316171178
Middlesex148179203232100841401086
Norfolk11131118303427144
Northamptonshire9159921131894
Northumberland3143213
Nottinghamshire2257712742
Oxfordshire318030403102301632063428365422626
Rutland12115
Shropshire6365681044
Somerset28293831326356277
Staffordshire663912172679
Suffolk12111914272735145
Surrey6172818311193126627
Sussex16222831645086297
Warwickshire2261521192730140
Westmorland135211
Wiltshire3254595178103102479
Worcestershire56141213251994
Yorkshire10202216233424149
Berkshire5275556206206917658914669
London485556562512893601115
Channel Islands132335623
Scotland4871014263336138
Ireland2324201520191826165
Foreign Parts318343028443871266
Not known7652203419213718277
Wales9131322182537137
Same county32123212
Not same county12411241
Isle of Wight5132410530
Isle of Man11
England22
 
Total4559469047125026503856306121685442630

In 1841 over 70% of persons were recorded as having been born in Oxfordshire, but by 1911 this had reduced to just 53.3% with a corresponding increase in the percentage from other counties. These figures are illustrated in the following table and graph for the eight counties with the highest percentages.

County, country, etc.18411851186118711881189119011911
Oxfordshire70.467.864.561.759.856.956.053.3
Berkshire11.211.712.312.312.212.412.9
Buckinghamshire4.74.85.65.85.55.05.1
Middlesex4.14.85.15.76.16.07.2
Hampshire1.21.41.82.72.62.52.3
Surrey1.31.51.61.61.91.51.8
Wiltshire0.61.11.11.01.31.61.4
Kent0.60.90.90.91.21.21.8
Other8.59.39.910.212.313.814.2