Sorin Cosoveanu helped me find the Isle
of Man Census Report 2006 
, whose results appear below. It contained
historical populations which were different from the ones I had, sometimes by several thousand residents.
On 2006-03-29, the ISO 3166-1 Maintenance Agency issued an update. The Isle of Man has a new country code assigned to it.
| Short name | ISLE OF MAN |
| ISO code | IM |
| FIPS code | IM |
| Language | English (en) |
| Time zone | 0 |
| Capital | Douglas |
Although the Isle of Man is tributary to the British crown, it is not part of the United Kingdom. Its autonomy has been recognized since 1765. Its status since 1827 has been Crown dependency. The conventional abbreviation for Isle of Man is "I o M".
The Isle of Man is divided into six sheadings.
| Sheading | HASC | Population | Area(km.²) | Area(mi.²) | Reg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayre | IM.AY | 10,345 | 111 | 43 | N |
| Garff | IM.GR | 4,281 | 73 | 28 | S |
| Glenfaba | IM.GB | 6,569 | 93 | 36 | N |
| Michael | IM.MC | 3,341 | 80 | 31 | N |
| Middle | IM.MD | 41,307 | 118 | 45 | S |
| Rushen | IM.RU | 14,215 | 97 | 38 | S |
| 6 sheadings | 80,058 | 572 | 221 | ||
| |||||
See the Parishes of the Isle of Man page.
For hundreds of years, the Isle of Man has been divided into six sheadings, which in turn were subdivided into seventeen parishes. Onchan seems to have changed its status from parish to village recently. At present, the local government units are sixteen parishes, four towns, and four villages. The two parishes with the greatest population are designated as districts.
A government report on
electoral redistricting, when it addresses "the desirability of maintaining current community and other
boundaries" in drawing election districts, says, "The Isle of Man has a number of such divisions--those
of the traditional Sheadings, Parishes (ecclesiastical not always being the same as local government),
towns, villages and rural areas. ... Sheading boundaries are the most difficult to respect--and we have
noted that these ceased to be regarded as definitive in Tynwald [Parliament]'s limited adoption of the
Butler Report's recommendations." See also this
page .
Isle of Man consists of the Isle of Man and the much smaller Calf of Man, both in the Irish Sea.
1796: Onchan parish moved from Garff sheading to Middle sheading.
2006-03-29: Although there had been no change in the political geography of the Isle of Man, it was
given a new ISO country code. Before that time it had been lumped in with the United Kingdom. Its old
HASC code was GB.IM; its ISO code, IOM.
| Census date | Population |
|---|---|
| 1901-04-01 | 54,752 |
| 1911-04-03 | 52,016 |
| 1921-06-20 | 60,284 |
| 1931-04-27 | 49,308 |
| 1951-04-09 | 54,024 |
| 1961-04-24 | 47,166 |
| 1971-04-26 | 53,228 |
| 1981-04-06 | 64,679 |
| 1991-04-15 | 69,788 |
| 2001-04-30 | 76,315 |
| 2006-04-24 | 80,058 |
Census moment is 00:00 on the census date. Population is de jure (number of legal residents).
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