Geography and Political Subdivisions
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1659 | 6,066 | — |
| 1821 | 110,767 | +1726.0% |
| 1831 | 121,557 | +9.7% |
| 1841 | 126,143 | +3.8% |
| 1851 | 98,979 | −21.5% |
| 1861 | 86,479 | −12.6% |
| 1871 | 78,697 | −9.0% |
| 1881 | 70,386 | −10.6% |
| 1891 | 62,136 | −11.7% |
| 1901 | 60,824 | −2.1% |
| 1911 | 60,711 | −0.2% |
| 1926 | 57,591 | −5.1% |
| 1936 | 58,569 | +1.7% |
| 1946 | 60,451 | +3.2% |
| 1951 | 62,590 | +3.5% |
| 1956 | 59,906 | −4.3% |
| 1961 | 58,473 | −2.4% |
| 1966 | 60,428 | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 66,295 | +9.7% |
| 1979 | 83,950 | +26.6% |
| 1981 | 87,449 | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 94,542 | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 97,265 | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 102,683 | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 114,676 | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 126,194 | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 136,640 | +8.3% |
Wicklow is colloquially known as the Garden County. It is the 17th largest of Ireland’s 32 counties by area and 15th largest by population. It is the fourth largest of Leinster’s 12 counties by size and the fifth largest in terms of population. Between 2006 and 2011 the population of the county grew between 5-10%
The boundaries of the county were extended in 1957 by the Local Government Act which "detached lands from the County of Dublin and from the jurisdiction and powers of the Council of the County of Dublin" near Bray and added them to the County of Wicklow.
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