Editing Cumbria (section)

=== Population ===
Cumbria's largest settlement and only city is [[Carlisle]], in the north of the county. The largest town, [[Barrow-in-Furness]], in the south, is slightly smaller. The county's population is largely rural: it has the second-lowest population density among English counties, and only five towns with over 20,000 people. Cumbria is one of the country's most ethnically homogeneous counties, with 95% categorised as [[White British]] (around 471,000 of the 500,000).<ref name="2009ethnicity">{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_population/lad-tables-2009.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810102910/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_population/lad-tables-2009.xls |archive-date=10 August 2011 | title=Current Estimates – Population Estimates by Ethnic Group Mid-2009 (experimental) | publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] | access-date=20 May 2011}}</ref> The larger towns have ethnic makeups closer to the national average. The [[United Kingdom 2001 census|2001 census]] indicated Christianity was the religion with the most adherents in the county.
[[File:Map of Northern England with settlements and traditional counties.png|thumb|This map of cities and towns of Northern England shows the relative lack of urbanisation in Cumbria (shown here as the historic counties of Cumberland and Westmorland) compared to the rest of the region]]
2010 [[Office for National Statistics|ONS]] estimates placed the number of foreign-born (non-United Kingdom) people living in Cumbria at around 14,000 and foreign nationals at 6,000.<ref name="2010 estimates">{{cite web |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_population/population-by-birthcountrynationality-apr09-mar10.zip |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629185605/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_population/population-by-birthcountrynationality-apr09-mar10.zip |archive-date=29 June 2011 |title=Table 1.3: Estimated population resident in the United Kingdom, by foreign country of birth, April 2009 to March 2010 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=14 January 2011}}</ref> Population trends indicate a gradual decline in younger demographics, with an increasing proportion of elderly residents.<ref>{{Cite web | title=UK Census Data | url=https://www.ons.gov.uk | access-date=9 September 2024}}</ref> The [[2001 UK Census]] showed the following most common countries of birth for residents of Cumbria that year:
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* {{flagu|England}}, 454,137
* {{flagu|Scotland}}, 16,628
* {{flagu|Wales}}, 3,471
* {{flagicon|}} Northern Ireland, 2,289
* {{Flagu|Germany}}, 1,438
* {{flagu|Republic of Ireland}}, 1,359
* {{Flagu|South Africa}}, 603
* {{Flagu|Canada}}, 581
* {{Flagu|Australia}}, 531
* {{Flagu|United States}}, 493
||
* {{Flagu|India}}, 476
* {{Flagu|Hong Kong}}, 417
* {{Flagu|Italy}}, 249
* {{Flagu|New Zealand}}, 241
* {{Flagu|France}}, 197
* {{Flagu|Poland}}, 193
* {{Flagu|Cyprus}}, 174
* {{Flagu|Netherlands}}, 167
* {{Flagu|Spain}}, 166
* {{Flagu|Singapore}}, 160
|}

{{Historical populations|align=none|cols=4|percentages=pagr
| title = Population totals for Cumbria
| 1801 | 173,017
| 1811 | 193,139
| 1821 | 225,555
| 1831 | 242,320
| 1841 | 255,603
| 1851 | 274,957
| 1861 | 320,257
| 1871 | 365,556
| 1881 | 410,856
| 1891 | 434,867
| 1901 | 437,364
| 1911 | 440,485
| 1921 | 441,483
| 1931 | 442,693
| 1941 | 456,833
| 1951 | 471,897
| 1961 | 473,706
| 1971 | 475,669
| 1981 | 471,693
| 1991 | 489,191
| 2001 | 487,607
| 2011 | 499,900
| 2014 | 499,800
| footnote = Pre-1974 statistics were gathered from local government areas that are now comprised by Cumbria<br />''Source: [[Great Britain Historical GIS]].''<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10105833&c_id=10001043&add=N |title=Cumbria Modern (post 1974) County: Total Population |author=A Vision of Britain through time |access-date=10 January 2010 |author-link=A Vision of Britain through Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906095516/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10105833&c_id=10001043&add=N |archive-date=6 September 2011 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/cumbria-s-population-rises-by-12-000-in-10-years-1.976435 |title=Ballet star shows off charity portraits |access-date=19 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120052620/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/cumbria-s-population-rises-by-12-000-in-10-years-1.976435 |archive-date=20 November 2015 }}</ref>
}}

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