A municipal survey conducted in April 1869, revealed that land usage in Edo comprised 15.8% of lands for ordinary town use (8.91 km2), 15.6% of those for temples and shrines (8.80 km2) and 68.6% of those for samurai households (38.65 km2), but populations living in the lands for samurai households were not included in the census throughout the Edo Period.
明治二年(1869年)四月に施行された江戸市街調査によると江戸は町地269万6千坪(8.91km2,15.8%)、寺社地266万1千坪(8.80km2,15.6%)、武家地1169万2千坪(38.65km2,68.6%)より構成されていたが、この内武家地の人口は江戸時代を通じて調査より除外された。