United Kingdom Census Index, 1851 - sample

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Aberdeen (4,000)

Anglesey (1,900)

Angus (5,700)

Antrim (33,000)

Argyll (2,500)

Ayrshire (5,300)

Banff (2,300)

Bedford (3,900)

Berkshire (6,500)

Berwick (1,000)

Brecknock (2,500)

Buckingham (4,300)

Caernavon (2,500)

Caithness (780)

Cambridge (7,000)

Cardigan (4,500)

Carmathen (1,700)

Cheshire (13,800)

Clackmannan (1,200)

Cornwall (10,300)

Cumberland (7,000)

Denbigh (4,500)

Derby (19,600)

Dorset E (4,500)

Dumfries (3,600)

Dunbarton (2,400)

Durham (12,100)

Edinburgh (7,500)

Elgin (600)

Essex (14,200)

Fife (4,900)

Flint (1,200)

Glamorgan (8,100)

Gloucester (15,500)

Haddington (1,100)

Hampshire (12,000)

Hereford (2,500)

Hertford (3,000)

Huntingdon (1,500)

Inverness (2,000)

Kent (13,100)

Kincardine (600)

Kirkcudbright (760)

Lanark (15,100)

Lancashire (56,000)

Leicester (6,500)

Linlithgow (1,800)

Merioneth (1,454)

Middlesex (36,000)

Monmouth (6,100)

Montgomery (1,030)

Nairn (550)

Norfolk (453,000)

Northampton (9,200)

Northumberland (8,900)

Nottingham (10,200)

Orkney (1,720)

Oxford (5,600)

Peebles (150)

Pembroke (2,000)

Perthshire (4,200)

Renfrew (6,400)

Ross & Crom (2,900)

Roxburgh (2,200)

Rutland (1,560)

Shetland (780)

Shropshire (25,400)

Somerset (16,200)

Stafford (19,400)

Stirling (4,000)

Suffolk (11,600)

Surrey (23,400)

Sussex (9,900)

Sutherland (400)

Westmoreland (1,500)

Wigtown (2,550)

Wiltshire (4,800)

Worcester (9,800)

Yorkshire (64,000)

I thought this was the 2% sample but Ancsetry say

This database is an index to approximately 10% of the individuals enumerated in the 1851 census of the United Kingdom. A list of the counties that are included in this index and the approximate number of individuals in each county referenced in this index is provided above.

The National Archives (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO) HO 107 Census Returns.

GENUKI: England Topics - Census: "1851 Census - 2% Sample. An ESRC-sponsored research project led by Professor Michael Anderson at Edinburgh University transcribed a 2% sample of English and Welsh census records some years ago.

Through a misunderstanding, they were placed on GENUKI for a short while in 1995, but immediately withdrawn when we were informed that Professor Anderson and the ESRC had not given, and would not give, permission for the results of his project to be made freely available.

The fact that the original census records can now be freely copied, thanks to the changed PRO rules does not alter the fact that Professor Anderson and the ESRC have a right to refuse to allow their transcriptions to be copied.
ESRC : Economic and Social Research Council Home Page

Unfortunately there are still web-site owners who disregard the owner's wishes and continue to make copies of the original 2% sample files available on-line. "