4.9% population increase

THE population of Louth, based on the 2016 Census is 128,884. This represents an increase of 5,987 or 4.9% on the 2011 Census population of 122,897.

The Census town of Drogheda has a population of 40,956. However, this population is split between Louth and Meath – the population of Drogheda in county Louth is 34,508, which represents 26.8% of the total population of the county.

The Census town of Dundalk has a population of 39,004, which represents 30.3% of the population. All of this population is in Louth and so Dundalk is, in effect, the larger settlement of the two within the county. Together, these two towns have 57.1% of the population of the county. Dundalk is the county town. Other Census towns are Ardee, Clogherhead and Dunleer.