List of non-metropolitan counties of England by population

See List of ceremonial counties of England by population for a list including metropolitan counties and unitary authorities.

This is a list of non-metropolitan counties of England by population.

It includes those non-metropolitan counties (also known as shire counties) with a two-tier county council structure and does not include metropolitan counties or unitary authorities.

In cases where a unitary authority has been detached from a shire county the population of the unitary authority is excluded. For example, Luton is excluded from the population figure for Bedfordshire.

The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics [1].

Rank	County	Population	Area (in km²)	Density (people/km²)
1	Kent	1,394,900	3,545	394
2	Essex	1,376,400	3,472	396
3	Hampshire	1,276,800	3,679	347
4	Lancashire	1,168,100	2,904	402
5	Surrey	1,098,300	1,670	658
6	Hertfordshire	1,066,100	1,643	649
7	Norfolk	840,600	5,372	156
8	Staffordshire	825,800	2,623	315
9	West Sussex	776,300	1,991	390
10	Nottinghamshire	771,900	2,085	370
11	Derbyshire	758,100	2,551	297
12	Devon	750,100	6,567	114
13	Suffolk	709,300	3,802	187
14	Lincolnshire	692,800	5,921	117
15	Cheshire	688,900	2,083	331
16	Northamptonshire	678,200	2,367	287
17	Leicestershire	640,800	2,084	308
18	Oxfordshire	635,600	2,606	244
19	Cambridgeshire	597,400	3,053	196
20	North Yorkshire	595,600	8,040	74
21	Gloucestershire	582,500	2,653	220
22	Worcestershire	555,600	1,741	319
23	Cornwall	529,500	3,549	149
24	Warwickshire	526,800	1,978	266
25	Somerset	522,700	3,452	151
26	East Sussex	508,300	1,713	297
27	County Durham	504,900	2,232	226
28	Cumbria	497,000	6,823	73
29	Buckinghamshire	490,600	1,565	313
30	Wiltshire	452,500	3,255	139
31	Bedfordshire	407,000	1,192	341
32	Dorset	406,800	2,542	160
33	Northumberland	310,600	5,026	62
34	Shropshire	290,900	3,197	91

[edit] See also

v • d • e Lists of English counties

All counties	By area · By population · By population density · By highest point

Ceremonial counties	By area · By population

Non-metropolitan counties	By area · By population