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160:(CSO) and reported a total population of 2,884,002, which was a 2.3% increase in a span of five years. The total population rebounded from a record low of 2,818,341 recorded in the 1961 census, although northern and western regions continued to steeply decline in population. The census results were released gradually across seven volumes between 1967 and 1970.
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The total population of the
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For each household surveyed, the 1966 census requested the number of rooms in the dwelling occupied by the household, as well as ten primary pieces of information on each individual present, which were:
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The census returns of 1966 were published by the
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Volume 2 - Ages and
Conjugal conditions classified by areas (March 1968)
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176:ii - Relationship to head of household
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1393:Census tract
1378:
394:Cúige Mumhan
281:Density (km)
248:depopulation
244:
208:
167:
149:
147:
37:
18:
1318:Population
467:Population
435:Cúige Uladh
257:By province
92:2,884,002 (
1962:Categories
1598:All-island
1433:References
1272:2,884,002
241:Population
154:of Ireland
42:1966-04-17
1354:Waterford
1253:Leinster
1226:Connacht
1199:Leinster
1172:Leinster
1118:Connacht
1091:Leinster
1064:Leinster
1037:Leinster
1027:Westmeath
956:Connacht
946:Roscommon
929:Leinster
902:Leinster
875:Leinster
848:Leinster
794:Leinster
757:Waterford
713:Leinster
632:Connacht
595:Tipperary
551:Connacht
497:Leinster
473:Province
454:By county
414:(part of)
360:1,414,415
307:Connachta
179:iii - Sex
119:(795,047)
1910:See also
1591:Censuses
1387:See also
1344:Limerick
1338:125,283
1328:650,153
1295:110,923
1292:Average
1269:Ireland
1243:Longford
1162:Laoighis
1135:Monaghan
1010:Munster
892:Kilkenny
821:Munster
767:Munster
740:Munster
680:108,549
659:Munster
653:112,785
626:115,547
605:Munster
599:122,812
578:Munster
572:137,357
568:Limerick
545:148,340
524:Munster
518:339,703
491:795,047
332:Leinster
292:Connacht
285:Counties
264:Province
173:i - Name
141:(28,989)
139:Longford
129:populous
107:populous
1543:23 July
1515:23 July
1487:23 July
1459:23 July
1368:26,295
1358:29,842
1348:58,082
1308:By city
1247:28,989
1220:30,572
1216:Leitrim
1193:33,593
1166:44,595
1145:Ulster
1139:45,732
1112:51,263
1085:51,717
1058:51,772
1031:52,900
1004:53,843
983:Ulster
977:54,022
950:56,228
923:60,428
919:Wicklow
896:60,463
869:66,404
865:Kildare
842:67,323
815:68,969
788:69,519
761:73,080
734:73,597
707:83,437
703:Wexford
686:Ulster
676:Donegal
464:County
441:208,313
400:859,334
387:Mumhain
372:Munster
347:Laighin
320:401,950
236:Results
84:Results
79:Ireland
76:Country
40: (
1835:Future
1364:Galway
1324:Dublin
1266:Total
1261:-5.4%
1234:-8.7%
1189:Carlow
1180:-1.1%
1153:-2.9%
1126:-4.3%
1081:Offaly
1061:2,876
991:-4.5%
964:-5.0%
910:-2.0%
829:-1.6%
748:-0.1%
694:-4.6%
667:-3.2%
640:-6.3%
613:-0.8%
559:-1.0%
541:Galway
505:10.7%
494:862.3
487:Dublin
428:Ulaidh
412:Ulster
152:census
131:
127:
117:Dublin
109:
105:
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1409:Notes
1315:City
1285:2.3%
1275:41.0
1250:26.6
1223:19.2
1207:0.8%
1196:37.5
1169:25.9
1142:35.3
1115:27.9
1108:Sligo
1099:0.4%
1088:25.8
1072:8.3%
1045:0.1%
1034:28.8
1018:0.3%
1007:26.3
980:28.0
973:Cavan
953:22.1
937:3.3%
926:29.8
899:29.2
883:3.1%
872:39.2
856:3.4%
845:28.7
838:Meath
818:30.6
802:3.2%
791:84.2
784:Louth
775:2.3%
764:39.3
737:21.3
730:Clare
721:0.2%
710:35.3
683:22.3
656:23.5
649:Kerry
629:20.7
602:28.5
586:3.1%
575:49.8
548:24.1
532:2.7%
521:45.2
461:Rank
273:Irish
150:1966
125:Least
98:2.3%)
1894:2002
1889:2006
1884:2011
1879:2016
1822:2021
1817:2011
1812:2001
1807:1991
1802:1981
1797:1971
1792:1966
1787:1961
1782:1951
1777:1937
1772:1926
1756:2022
1751:2016
1746:2011
1741:2006
1736:2002
1731:1996
1726:1991
1721:1986
1716:1981
1711:1979
1706:1971
1701:1966
1696:1961
1691:1956
1686:1951
1681:1946
1676:1936
1671:1926
1655:1911
1650:1901
1645:1891
1640:1881
1635:1871
1630:1861
1625:1851
1620:1841
1615:1831
1610:1821
1605:1659
1545:2024
1517:2024
1489:2024
1461:2024
1334:Cork
622:Mayo
514:Cork
444:25.8
403:34.8
363:71.4
323:22.7
275:name
268:Flag
148:The
103:Most
1538:CSO
1510:CSO
1482:CSO
1454:CSO
1239:26
1212:25
1185:24
1158:23
1131:22
1104:21
1077:20
1023:19
969:18
942:17
915:16
888:15
861:14
834:13
780:12
753:11
726:10
366:12
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326:5
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