| SL No |
DISTRICT | 1961 Census | 1971 Census | 1981 Census | ||||||
| Total population |
“ST” Population |
% | Total Population |
“ST” population |
% | Total Population |
“ST” Population |
% | ||
| 1 | SRIKAKULAM | 2340878 | 192276 | 8.21 | 1769968 | 93892 | 5.3 | 1959352 | 105142 | 5.37 |
| 2 | VIZIANAGARAM | -- | -- | -- | 1589568 | 138615 | 8.72 | 1804196 | 153344 | 8.5 |
| 3 | VISAKHAPATNAM | 2290759 | 213820 | 9.33 | 2035831 | 279922 | 13.75 | 2576474 | 354127 | 13.74 |
| 4 | EAST GODAVARI | 2608375 | 100343 | 3.85 | 3087262 | 119027 | 119027 | 3704040 | 143422 | 3.87 |
| 5 | WEST GODAVARI | 1978257 | 44058 | 2.23 | 2374306 | 51723 | 2.18 | 2873958 | 66586 | 2.32 |
| 6 | KRISHNA | 2076956 | 37473 | 1.8 | 2493574 | 50742 | 2.03 | 3048463 | 66927 | 2.2 |
| 7 | GUNTUR | 3009900 | 95457 | 3.17 | 2844488 | 105478 | 3.71 | 3434724 | 139749 | 4.07 |
| 8 | PRAKASHAM | -- | -- | -- | 1919995 | 55111 | 2.87 | 2329571 | 77847 | 3.34 |
| 9 | NELLORE | 2033679 | 131509 | 6.47 | 1609617 | 131930 | 8.2 | 2014879 | 177497 | 8.81 |
| 10 | CHITTOOR | 1914639 | 50932 | 2.66 | 2285536 | 65148 | 2.85 | 2737316 | 78834 | 2.88 |
| 11 | KADAPA | 1342015 | 22457 | 1.67 | 1577267 | 26611 | 1.69 | 1933304 | 37580 | 1.94 |
| 12 | ANANTHAPUR | 1767464 | 48500 | 2.74 | 2115321 | 64878 | 3.07 | 2548012 | 82026 | 3.22 |
| 13 | KURNOOL | 1908740 | 30640 | 1.61 | 1982090 | 32407 | 1.63 | 2407299 | 39914 | 1.66 |
| 14 | MAHBOOBNAGAR | 1590686 | 47500.3 | 0.3 | 1932082 | 5600 | 0.29 | 2444619 | 155240 | 6.35 |
| 15 | HYDERABAD | 2062995 | 1551 | 0.08 | 1682537 | 3530 | 0.21 | 2260702 | 14488 | 0.64 |
| 16 | RANGA REDDY | -- | -- | -- | 1109225 | 1137 | 0.1 | 1582062 | 72656 | 4.59 |
| 17 | MEDAK | 1227361 | 85 | 0.01 | 1467944 | 120 | 0.01 | 1807139 | 68516 | 3.79 |
| 18 | NIZAMABAD | 1022013 | 739 | 0.07 | 1313268 | 578 | 0.04 | 1679683 | 90262 | 5.37 |
| 19 | ADILABAD | 1019292 | 131971 | 12.95 | 1288348 | 169299 | 13.14 | 1639003 | 272886 | 16.65 |
| 20 | KARIMNAGAR | 1621515 | 13116 | 0.81 | 1963928 | 16433 | 0.84 | 2436323 | 60567 | 2.49 |
| 21 | WARANGAL | 1545435 | 32936 | 2.13 | 1870933 | 43287 | 2.31 | 2300295 | 292772 | 12.73 |
| 22 | KHAMMAM | 1057542 | 171284 | 16.2 | 1369892 | 201670 | 14.72 | 1751574 | 429959 | 24.55 |
| 23 | NALGONDA | 1574946 | 471 | 0.03 | 1819738 | 519 | 0.03 | 2279685 | 195660 | 8.58 |
| TOTAL | 35993437 | 1324368 | 3.68 | 43502718 | 1657657 | 3.81 | 53552673 | 3176001 | 5.93 | |