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List of counties of Scotland by area in 1951

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This is a list of counties in Scotland, ordered by area as at the 1951 census.

Rank County Area[1]
1 Inverness-shire 2,695,094 acres (10,907 km2)
2 Argyllshire 1,990,521 acres (8,055 km2)
3 Ross and Cromarty 1,977,248 acres (8,002 km2)
4 Perthshire[2] 1,595,804 acres (6,458 km2)
5 Sutherland 1,297,913 acres (5,252 km2)
6 Aberdeenshire 1,263,300 acres (5,112 km2)
7 Ayrshire 724,232 acres (2,931 km2)
8 Dumfriesshire 688,111 acres (2,785 km2)
9 Kirkcudbrightshire 574,024 acres (2,323 km2)
10 Angus 546,775 acres (2,213 km2)
11 Lanarkshire 535,862 acres (2,169 km2)
12 Caithness 438,833 acres (1,776 km2)
13 Roxburghshire 425,564 acres (1,722 km2)
14 Banffshire 403,054 acres (1,631 km2)
15 Zetland 352,337 acres (1,426 km2)
16 Fife 322,778 acres (1,306 km2)
17 Wigtownshire 311,983 acres (1,263 km2)
18 Moray[3] 304,931 acres (1,234 km2)
19 Berwickshire 292,535 acres (1,184 km2)
20 Stirlingshire 288,349 acres (1,167 km2)
21 Kincardineshire 242,460 acres (981 km2)
22 Orkney 240,848 acres (975 km2)
23 Peeblesshire 222,240 acres (899 km2)
24 Midlothian 201,922 acres (817 km2)
25 Selkirkshire 171,209 acres (693 km2)
26 East Lothian 170,971 acres (692 km2)
27 Dunbartonshire 154,362 acres (625 km2)
28 Renfrewshire 143,829 acres (582 km2)
29 Bute 139,711 acres (565 km2)
30 Nairnshire[3] 104,251 acres (422 km2)
31 West Lothian 76,859 acres (311 km2)
32 Kinross-shire[2] 52,392 acres (212 km2)
33 Clackmannanshire 34,938 acres (141 km2)
Total Scotland 18,985,354 acres (76,831 km2)

Cities

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Rank County Area[citation needed]
1 Glasgow City 34,647 acres (140 km2)
2 Edinburgh City 32,415 acres (131 km2)
3 Dundee City 12,229 acres (49 km2)
4 Aberdeen City

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ Vision of Britain - 1951 Census of Scotland: County Report
  2. ^ a b Perth and Kinross were administered as a "combined county" from 1930-1975.
  3. ^ a b Moray and Nairn were administered as a "combined county" from 1930-1975.
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