List of ceremonial counties of England
This is a list of ceremonial counties of England. The population figures are mid-year estimates for mid-2022 est. from the Office for National Statistics.[1][2] The ceremonial counties are one of the forms of sub-divisions of England, used often in a cultural or geographic sense.
County | Population | Rank (pop.) |
Area (in km²) |
Area (sq. mi.) |
Rank (area) |
Density (people/km²) |
Rank (dens.) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bedfordshire | 704,736 | 36th | 1,235 | 477 | 41st | 542 | 13th |
Berkshire | 911,403 | 24th | 1,262 | 487 | 40th | 722 | 10th |
Bristol | 463,405 | 43rd | 110 | 42 | 47th | 4,224 | 2nd |
Buckinghamshire | 840,138 | 30th | 1,874 | 724 | 32nd | 432 | 22nd |
Cambridgeshire | 852,523 | 28th | 3,390 | 1,310 | 15th | 252 | 34th |
Cheshire | 1,059,271 | 19th | 2,343 | 905 | 25th | 452 | 21st |
City of London | 8,706 | 48th | 2.90 | 1.12 | 48th | 2,998 | 4th |
Cornwall | 568,210 | 40th | 3,562 | 1,375 | 12th | 160 | 41st |
County Durham | 866,846 | 26th | 2,676 | 1,033 | 19th | 324 | 28th |
Cumbria | 498,888 | 41st | 6,767 | 2,613 | 3rd | 74 | 47th |
Derbyshire | 1,053,316 | 21st | 2,625 | 1,014 | 21st | 401 | 25th |
Devon | 1,194,166 | 11th | 6,707 | 2,590 | 4th | 178 | 39th |
Dorset | 772,268 | 31st | 2,653 | 1,024 | 20th | 274 | 32nd |
East Riding of Yorkshire | 600,259 | 37th | 2,477 | 956 | 23rd | 242 | 35th |
East Sussex | 844,985 | 29th | 1,791 | 692 | 33rd | 472 | 20th |
Essex | 1,832,752 | 7th | 3,670 | 1,420 | 11th | 499 | 15th |
Gloucestershire | 916,202 | 23rd | 3,150 | 1,220 | 16th | 291 | 30th |
Greater London | 8,899,375 | 1st | 1,569 | 606 | 37th | 5,671 | 1st |
Greater Manchester | 2,812,569 | 3rd | 1,276 | 493 | 39th | 2,204 | 5th |
Hampshire | 1,844,245 | 6th | 3,769 | 1,455 | 9th | 489 | 17th |
Herefordshire | 192,107 | 45th | 2,180 | 840 | 26th | 88 | 46th |
Hertfordshire | 1,184,365 | 13th | 1,643 | 634 | 36th | 721 | 11th |
Isle of Wight | 141,538 | 46th | 380 | 150 | 46th | 372 | 26th |
Kent | 1,846,478 | 5th | 3,738 | 1,443 | 10th | 494 | 16th |
Lancashire | 1,498,300 | 8th | 3,075 | 1,187 | 17th | 487 | 19th |
Leicestershire | 1,053,486 | 20th | 2,156 | 832 | 28th | 489 | 18th |
Lincolnshire | 1,087,659 | 18th | 6,975 | 2,693 | 2nd | 156 | 42nd |
Merseyside | 1,423,065 | 9th | 647 | 250 | 43rd | 2,200 | 6th |
Norfolk | 903,680 | 25th | 5,380 | 2,080 | 5th | 168 | 40th |
North Yorkshire | 1,158,816 | 14th | 8,654 | 3,341 | 1st | 134 | 44th |
Northamptonshire | 747,622 | 33rd | 2,364 | 913 | 24th | 316 | 29th |
Northumberland | 320,274 | 44th | 5,014 | 1,936 | 6th | 64 | 48th |
Nottinghamshire | 1,154,195 | 15th | 2,159 | 834 | 27th | 535 | 14th |
Oxfordshire | 687,524 | 35th | 2,605 | 1,006 | 22nd | 264 | 33rd |
Rutland | 39,697 | 47th | 382 | 147 | 45th | 104 | 45th |
Shropshire | 498,073 | 42nd | 3,488 | 1,347 | 13th | 143 | 43rd |
Somerset | 965,424 | 22nd | 4,170 | 1,610 | 7th | 232 | 36th |
South Yorkshire | 1,402,918 | 10th | 1,552 | 599 | 38th | 904 | 9th |
Staffordshire | 1,131,052 | 17th | 2,714 | 1,048 | 18th | 417 | 24th |
Suffolk | 758,556 | 32nd | 3,801 | 1,468 | 8th | 200 | 38th |
Surrey | 1,189,934 | 12th | 1,663 | 642 | 35th | 716 | 12th |
Tyne and Wear | 1,136,371 | 16th | 540 | 210 | 44th | 2,105 | 7th |
Warwickshire | 571,010 | 39th | 1,975 | 763 | 31st | 289 | 31st |
West Midlands | 2,916,458 | 2nd | 902 | 348 | 42nd | 3,235 | 3rd |
West Sussex | 858,852 | 27th | 1,991 | 769 | 30th | 431 | 23rd |
West Yorkshire | 2,320,214 | 4th | 2,029 | 783 | 29th | 1,143 | 8th |
Wiltshire | 720,060 | 34th | 3,485 | 1,346 | 14th | 207 | 37th |
Worcestershire | 592,057 | 38th | 1,741 | 672 | 34th | 340 | 27th |
See also
- List of the Lord Lieutenants of the United Kingdom
- List of ceremonial counties in England by gross value added
- List of the most populated settlements by county
References
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.