However, according to the "Edo Kyujiko" (Ruminations on Old Edo) Edo's population reached its height in 1843 with approximately 596,448 including migrant workers (The broken-down figures are similar to those in the official document of July 1843.); excluding migrant workers, the Edo population reached its height in 1742--a hundred years before the official census (Most of the figures in the "Edo Kyujiko" are believed to cover non-targeted demographic subjects as well.") with a local population of 591,809 as of 1742, a hundred years before the official record (however, most figures in "Edo Kyujiko" are believed to cover non-targeted demographics as well).
但し『江戸旧事考』は出稼人を加えた町人人口が最大となった天保十四年の人口を59万6448人とし（内訳等の数字は公文書の天保十四年七月のものと似ている）、出稼人を除いた町人人口が最大になった数字として100年前の寛保二年（1742年）の59万1809人を挙げている（『江戸旧事考』の数字は多くの場合計外人口を加算しているものと思われる）。