List of unitary authorities of England

This is a list of unitary authorities of England ordered by population.

Figures are mid-year estimates for 2010 from the Office for National Statistics. Areas from UK Standard Area Measurements

Rank	County	Region	Population	Density (people/km²)	Area (km²)
1	Cornwall	South West	535,300	151	3,549
2	County Durham	North East	510,800	229	2,226
3	Wiltshire	South West	459,800	141	3,255
4	Bristol	South West	441,300	4,026	110
5	Cheshire East	North West	363,800	312	1,158
6	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	338,700	141	2,409
7	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	327,300	357	918
8	Northumberland	North East	312,000	62	5,013
9	Nottingham	East Midlands	306,700	4,111	75
10	Leicester	East Midlands	306,600	4,180	73
11	Shropshire	West Midlands	293,400	92	3,197
12	South Gloucestershire	South West	264,800	533	497
13	Hull	Yorkshire and the Humber	263,900	3,694	71
14	Brighton & Hove	South East	258,800	3,131	83
15	Plymouth	South West	258,700	3,243	80
16	Medway	South East	256,700	1,337	192
17	Central Bedfordshire	East	255,200	357	716
18	Derby	East Midlands	246,900	3,164	78
19	Milton Keynes	South East	241,500	782	309
20	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	240,100	2,569	93
21	Southampton	South East	239,700	4,809	50
22	North Somerset	South West	212,200	568	375
23	Portsmouth	South East	207,100	5,132	40
24	York	Yorkshire and the Humber	202,400	744	272
25	Swindon	South West	201,800	877	230
26	Warrington	North West	198,900	1,101	181
27	Luton	East	198,800	4,586	43
28	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	192,400	944	204
29	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	179,700	520	351
30	Herefordshire	West Midlands	179,300	82	2,180
31	Peterborough	East	173,400	505	343
32	Bournemouth	South West	168,100	3,640	46
33	Southend-on-Sea	East	165,300	3,959	42
34	Wokingham	South East	163,200	912	179
35	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	162,600	560	290
36	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	161,300	191	846
37	Bedford	East	160,800	338	476
38	Thurrock	East	159,700	978	163
39	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	157,300	820	192
40	Reading	South East	154,200	3,817	40
41	West Berkshire	South East	154,000	219	704
42	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	146,100	743	197
43	Middlesbrough	North East	142,400	2,643	54
44	Poole	South West	142,100	2,195	65
45	Isle of Wight	South East	140,500	370	380
46	Blackpool	North West	140,000	4,017	35
47	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	140,000	1,022	137
48	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	137,400	561	245
49	Torbay	South West	134,300	2,135	63
50	Slough	South East	131,100	4,028	33
51	Halton	North West	119,300	1,508	79
52	Bracknell Forest	South East	116,500	1,065	109
53	Darlington	North East	100,800	510	197
54	Hartlepool	North East	91,300	973	94
55	Rutland	East Midlands	38,600	101	382
56	Isles of Scilly	South West	2,100	128	16