In 1851, just before the evictions, the population of Lewis outside the town of Stornoway stood at 17,320 men, women and children. The proportion ‘emigrated’ accounted for just over 13 per cent of that total. By 1861, after the clearances and emigrations had come to an end, there were still 1,125 more people in the landward parts of Lewis outside Stornoway than in 1851.
