Old Castille (Spain) 1752
Province
Villarramiel
Villarramiel
Villarramiel
Villarramiel
Villarramiel
Villarramiel
Villarramiel
Villarramiel
Villarramiel
Paredes
Paredes
Paredes
Paredes
Paredes
Paredes
Paredes
Paredes
Paredes
Palencia
Palencia
Palencia
Palencia
Palencia
Palencia
Palencia
Palencia
Palencia
Frechilla
Frechilla
Frechilla
Frechilla
Frechilla
Frechilla
Frechilla
Frechilla
Frechilla
Frechilla
Frechilla
Frechilla
Frechilla
Villalpando
Villalpando
Villalpando
Families
surveyed
Estimated
population
94
146
58
38
19
8
6
1
8
364
395
68
21
17
6
8
5
39
943
483
219
101
56
28
36
19
89
56
67
89
34
26
18
25
8
5
6
1
5
3
87
106
46
376
584
232
152
76
32
24
4
32
1456
1580
272
84
68
24
32
20
156
3772
1932
876
404
224
112
144
76
356
224
268
356
136
104
72
100
32
20
24
4
20
12
348
424
184
Annual
income per
family (in
pesos)
250
750
1250
1750
2250
2750
3250
3750
5677
250
750
1250
1750
2250
2750
3250
3750
5677
250
750
1250
1750
2250
2750
3250
3750
5677
68
437
594
866
1223
1810
2460
3513
4351
5546
6918
7325
9975
213
341
610
Income per
capita (in
pesos per
annum)
62.5
187.5
312.5
437.5
562.5
687.5
812.5
937.5
1419.25
62.5
187.5
312.5
437.5
562.5
687.5
812.5
937.5
1419.25
62.5
187.5
312.5
437.5
562.5
687.5
812.5
937.5
1419.25
16.9325
109.1875
148.615
216.4775
305.8175
452.4175
614.97
878.25
1087.7
1386.543
1729.5
1831.15
2493.75
53.20402
85.1309
152.3859
Income in
terms of per
capita mean
0.26
0.77
1.28
1.79
2.31
2.82
3.33
3.84
5.82
0.26
0.77
1.28
1.79
2.31
2.82
3.33
3.84
5.82
0.26
0.77
1.28
1.79
2.31
2.82
3.33
3.84
5.82
0.07
0.45
0.61
0.89
1.25
1.85
2.52
3.60
4.46
5.68
7.09
7.51
10.22
0.22
0.35
0.62
Province
Families
surveyed
Villalpando
Villalpando
Villalpando
Villalpando
Villalpando
Villalpando
Villalpando
Villalpando
Total
21
27
5
17
8
2
5
3
3945
Estimated
population
84
108
20
68
32
8
20
12
15780
Annual
income per
family (in
pesos)
832
1247
1683
2568
3559
4757
5509
6569
975.72
Income per
capita (in
pesos per
annum)
208.0357
311.7407
420.8
641.9559
889.8438
1189.125
1377.15
1642.333
243.94
Income in
terms of per
capita mean
0.85
1.28
1.73
2.63
3.65
4.87
5.65
6.73
1
Note: People (and families) ranked by per capita income within each province. Total gives the overall (Old
Castille) mean. Family size assumed to be 4 throughout.
Income distribution data: Family annual income estimates (in pesos) from five
locations in the Palencia region, part of what is now Castilla y León: Frechilla (13 income
classes) and Villalpando (11 income classes); Palencia city, Paredes de Nava, and
Villarramiel (9 income classes each). These data were kindly provided by Leandro
Prados de la Escosura, who used them recently in Álvarez-Nogal and Prados de la
Escosura (2006), which in turn were taken from Yun Casalilla (1987: p. 465) and Ramos
Palencia (2001: p. 70). The data used here are based on the consolidation of income
distribution data from the five regions.
Population and area: Population of 1,980,000 and area of 89,061 km2 are from Lees and
Hohenberg (1989: pp. 443 and 445)
Urbanization rate: The 1750 estimate from Lees and Hohenberg (1989: p. 443).
Mean income in $PPP: GDP per capita for Spain, in 1990 international dollars
interpolated between 1700 and 1820, from Maddison (2001: p. 264).
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