Editing Derbyshire (section)

==Demographics==
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|+Derbyshire Compared
|-
!UK Census 2011||Derby<ref name="Derby 2011"/>||Derbyshire<ref name="Derbyshire 2011">{{Cite web |url=http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/community/about_your_county/census |title=2011 Census |publisher=derbyshire.gov.uk |author=Derbyshire County Council |year=2011 |access-date = 2 January 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160307081236/http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/community/about_your_county/census/ |archive-date = 7 March 2016 |url-status = live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>||East Midlands||England
|-
|Total population||248,752||769,686||4,533,222||53,012,456
|-
|Foreign born (outside Europe)||9.3%||''1.4%''||6.4%||9.3%
|-
|White||80.2%||97.5%||89.3%||85.5%
|-
|Asian||12.6%||1.1%||6.4%||7.7%
|-
|Black||3.0%||0.4%||1.7%||3.4%
|-
|Christian||52.7%||63.6%||58.8%||59.4%
|-
|Muslim||7.6%||0.3%||3.1%||5.0%
|-
|Hindu||0.9%||0.2%||2.0%||1.5%
|-
|No religion||27.6%||28.0%||27.5%||24.7%
|-
|Over 65||15.1%||18.6%||17.1%||16.3%
|-
|Unemployed||5.2%||3.9%||4.2%||4.4%
|}

In 1801 the population was 147,481<ref name="population"/><ref name="derby"/> According to the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|UK Census 2001]] there were 956,301 people spread over the county's 254,615 hectares.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_LAND&data_cube=N_LAND2001_TOT&u_id=10089815&c_id=10001043&add=Y |title=Derbyshire: Total area, in hectares |access-date=29 January 2008 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022133656/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_LAND&data_cube=N_LAND2001_TOT&u_id=10089815&c_id=10001043&add=Y |archive-date=22 October 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref> This was estimated to have risen to 990,400 in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=9666&More=Y |title=T 09: Quinary age groups and sex for local authorities in the United Kingdom; estimated resident population Mid-2006 Population Estimates |access-date=20 October 2007 |work=[[Office for National Statistics]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302122547/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=9666&More=Y |archive-date=2 March 2009 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The county's population grew by 3.0 per cent from 1991 to 2001 which is around 21,100 people. This figure is higher than the national average of 2.65 per cent, but lower than the East Midlands average of 4.0 per cent. The county as a whole has an average population density of 2.9 people per hectare, making it less densely populated than England as a whole.<ref name="Key Derbyshire Stats">
{{Cite web |url=http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/AADB099F-51B7-4A0D-A464-58A65AAAC673/0/derbyshirefacts.pdf |title=2001 Census: Key Statistics for Derbyshire |publisher=derbyshiredales.gov.uk |author=Research and Information Team |date=19 March 2003 |access-date=29 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228065830/http://www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/AADB099F-51B7-4A0D-A464-58A65AAAC673/0/derbyshirefacts.pdf |archive-date=28 February 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy}}
</ref> The density varies throughout the county, with the lowest being in the region of [[Derbyshire Dales]] at 0.88 per hectare, and the highest outside the main cities in the region of [[Borough of Erewash|Erewash]], which has 10.04 people per hectare.<ref name="Derbyshire 2001">{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=3&c=derby&d=13&r=1&i=1001&m=0&s=1201632453199&enc=1&areaSearchText=derbyshire&areaSearchType=180&extendedList=true&searchAreas= |title=Area: Derbyshire (Education Authority) |publisher=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |author=United Kingdom Census 2001 |year=2001 |access-date=24 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612173542/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=3&c=derby&d=13&r=1&i=1001&m=0&s=1201632453199&enc=1&areaSearchText=derbyshire&areaSearchType=180&extendedList=true&searchAreas= |archive-date=12 June 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="clear:both;"
|+Population since 1801
|-
!Year
|'''1801'''
|'''1851'''
|'''1901'''
|'''1911'''
|'''1921'''
|'''1931'''
|'''1939'''
|'''1951'''
|'''1961'''
|'''1971'''
|'''1981'''
|'''1991'''
|'''2001'''
|'''2011'''
|-
!Derbyshire<br /><small>non-metropolitan county</small><ref name="population">{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10089815&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Derbyshire: Total Population |access-date=29 January 2008 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022133641/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10089815&c_id=10001043&add=N |archive-date=22 October 2012 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|132,786
|223,414
|465,896
|542,697
|565,826
|590,470
|613,301
|637,645
|651,284
|666,013
|687,404
|717,935
|734,585
|769,686
|-
!Derby<br /><small>unitary authority</small><ref name="derby">{{Cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10033032&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Derby UA: Total Population |access-date=31 January 2008 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017163533/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10033032&c_id=10001043&add=N |archive-date=17 October 2007 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|14,695
|48,506
|118,469
|132,188
|142,824
|154,316
|167,321
|181,423
|199,578
|219,558
|214,424
|225,296
|221,716
|248,752
|-
!Total<br /><small>as a ceremonial county</small>
|'''147,481'''
|'''271,920'''
|'''584,365'''
|'''674,885'''
|'''708,650'''
|'''744,786'''
|'''780,622'''
|'''819,068'''
|'''850,862'''
|'''885,571'''
|'''901,828'''
|'''943,231'''
|'''956,301'''
|'''1,018,438'''
|}