This section contains historic descriptions of Crowan starting with Richard Carew’s which was published 1602 and ending with the Reverend JJ Daniell’s description from a 4th edition printed in 1906.

The population of Crowan has changed a lot over the years and was at its greatest when mining and farming were doing well

   * Population in 1801 - 2587 persons

   * Population in 1811 - 3021 persons

   * Population in 1821 - 3873 persons

   * Population in 1831 - 4332 persons

   * Population in 1841 - 4638 persons

   * Population in 1851 - 3984 persons

   * Population in 1861 - 4131 persons

   * Population in 1871 - 3464 persons

   * Population in 1881 - 2603 persons

   * Population in 1891 - 2468 persons

   * Population in 1901 - 2243 persons

   * Population in 1911 - 2066 persons

   * Population in 1921 - 1893 persons

   * Population in 1931 - 1838 persons

   * Population in 1951 - 1735 persons

   * Population in 1961 - 1714 persons

   * Population in 1971 - 1753 persons

   * Population in 1981 - 1950 persons

   * Population in 1991 - 2185 persons

   * Population in 2001 - 5838 persons* (incl. Breage) 

   * In 2001, the parish was enumerated under Breage and Crowan.