Series · Census returns

Census of 1847

Reference: NA/CEN/1847 · the 5th census of Schwartzistan · Grand Chancellor Magnus Orrel

187,347Persons enumerated

18,946Change since 1840

11.3%Change, per cent

100Cities, towns and villages

6,074Births registered, 1847

3,102Deaths registered, 1847

Census of 1847 · Abstract of the Return by Regions

Region	Persons, 1847	Persons, 1840	Places
The Ostrand	37,765	33,932	21
The Capital District	37,655	33,913	9
Kesselhöh	30,378	27,200	16
Westgau	25,902	23,270	14
The Sudmark	25,720	23,044	16
Norrfeld	15,568	14,072	13
The Osmoor	14,359	12,970	11
Schwartzistan	187,347	168,401	100

Abstract certified by the Ministry of the Interior and deposited in the National Archive.

First sheet of the national abstract, digitised. The full tables are transcribed below.

The regions

Region	1847	1840	Change	Per cent	Share	Places
The Ostrand	37,765	33,932	3,833	11.3%	20.2%	21
The Capital District	37,655	33,913	3,742	11.0%	20.1%	9
Kesselhöh	30,378	27,200	3,178	11.7%	16.2%	16
Westgau	25,902	23,270	2,632	11.3%	13.8%	14
The Sudmark	25,720	23,044	2,676	11.6%	13.7%	16
Norrfeld	15,568	14,072	1,496	10.6%	8.3%	13
The Osmoor	14,359	12,970	1,389	10.7%	7.7%	11
Schwartzistan	187,347	168,401	18,946	11.3%	100.0%	100

The principal towns

The forty largest places by the return, with the previous return for comparison.

#	Place	Region	1847	1840	Change
1	Vellmar city	The Capital District	26,518	23,890	2,628
2	Ostrabruck city	The Ostrand	12,900	11,503	1,397
3	Kessel city	Kesselhöh	10,157	8,938	1,219
4	Hollstadt city	Westgau	8,588	7,618	970
5	Tarnmund town	The Sudmark	4,169	3,660	509
6	Norrhafen town	The Sudmark	4,100	3,678	422
7	Weinau town	The Sudmark	3,937	3,581	356
8	Sudfurt town	Norrfeld	3,891	3,498	393
9	Dammberg town	The Ostrand	3,622	3,287	335
10	Eisenheim town	The Capital District	3,548	3,208	340
11	Hagenkirchen town	Westgau	3,546	3,177	369
12	Sudholt town	The Ostrand	3,508	3,109	399
13	Vellhausen town	Kesselhöh	3,440	3,119	321
14	Tarnmoor town	The Capital District	3,428	3,069	359
15	Norrwick town	Norrfeld	3,279	2,978	301
16	Sandfeld town	Kesselhöh	3,202	2,894	308
17	Marschau town	The Osmoor	3,105	2,820	285
18	Dammsee town	The Osmoor	3,071	2,745	326
19	Weinwick town	The Ostrand	2,840	2,526	314
20	Weinfeld town	The Sudmark	2,837	2,559	278
21	Grautal town	The Ostrand	2,650	2,387	263
22	Hochstadt town	Westgau	2,505	2,254	251
23	Reedtal town	Kesselhöh	2,498	2,266	232
24	Salzhafen town	The Sudmark	2,483	2,191	292
25	Grauburg town	Kesselhöh	2,436	2,170	266
26	Sanding town	Westgau	2,410	2,188	222
27	Berging town	The Osmoor	2,291	2,054	237
28	Lindenmar town	Westgau	2,076	1,916	160
29	Brennholt town	The Ostrand	1,989	1,798	191
30	Oberholt town	Norrfeld	1,949	1,763	186
31	Oberbach town	Kesselhöh	1,850	1,644	206
32	Grauholt town	The Sudmark	1,716	1,535	181
33	Hollhausen town	Norrfeld	1,539	1,379	160
34	Wasserdorf town	Westgau	1,484	1,331	153
35	Norrbruck town	The Ostrand	1,365	1,226	139
36	Hochfurt village	The Capital District	1,111	997	114
37	Niederbruck village	Kesselhöh	1,064	986	78
38	Norrtal village	Westgau	990	905	85
39	Talberg village	Kesselhöh	989	888	101
40	Kesselkirchen village	The Ostrand	971	897	74

The population since 1804

Population of Schwartzistan by year — Population by year, with the census years marked by the returns above.