+---------------------------+-------------------------+ | | Increase per cent. | | Counties. +------------+------------+ | | 1871-1891. | 1891-1901. | +---------------------------+------------+------------+ | Middlesex | 47.42 | 45.11 | | Essex | 31.54 | 39.60 | | Glamorganshire (S. Wales) | 30.72 | 25.10 | | Surrey | 25.03 | 24.78 | | Northumberland | 14.42 | 19.19 | | Worcestershire | 12.12 | 18.49 | | Nottinghamshire | 19.30 | 18.09 | | Durham | 21.67 | 16.62 | | Leicestershire | 17.43 | 16.46 | | Kent | 13.15 | 15.95 | | Hampshire | 12.73 | 15.33 | | Monmouthshire | 12.08 | 14.97 | | Yorkshire (E. Riding) | 14.31 | 13.49 | | Northamptonshire | 11.40 | 13.27 | | Warwickshire | 12.78 | 12.95 | | Staffordshire | 12.15 | 12.92 | | Derbyshire | 15.52 | 12.81 | | Yorkshire (W. Riding) | 15.36 | 12.70 | | Cheshire | 14.62 | 12.56 | | Lancashire | 17.92 | 12.05 | | Hertfordshire | 5.08 | 10.91 | +---------------------------+------------+------------+ It will be observed that three of the home counties occur in the first four in the above list. It is interesting to note, in this connexion, that the increase of population diminished steadily, in the three decades under notice, within the area covered by the administrative county of London, which is only the central part of urban London (compare the population table of the great urban districts, below). This was 17.44% in 1871-1881, 10.39 in 1881-1891, and 7.3 in 1891-1901. This illustrates the constant tendency for the residential districts of a city to radiate away from its centre, which appears, though in a modified degree, in the case of all the great English cities. During the period 1891-1901 five English and five Welsh counties showed a decrease per cent in the population. The English counties were:--