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List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area - List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population
| Rank | County | Area kmē |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Yorkshire | 8,038 |
| 2 | Cumbria | 6,768 |
| 3 | Devon | 6,564 |
| 4 | Lincolnshire | 5,921 |
| 5 | Norfolk | 5,371 |
| 6 | Northumberland | 5,013 |
| 7 | Suffolk | 3,801 |
| 8 | Hampshire | 3,679 |
| 9 | Cornwall | 3,547 |
| 10 | Kent | 3,544 |
| 11 | EssexThis article is about the county of Essex in England. For other places named Essex, see Essex (disambiguation). Essex is a county located northeast of London, part of the East of England region. As well as Greater London it borders on Hertfordshire, Cambr | 3,465 |
| 12 | SomersetThis page is about the county of Somerset in the United Kingdom. For other meanings of Somerset, see Somerset (disambiguation). Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. Somerset adjoins Gloucestershire to the north east, Wiltshire to the east, D | 3,451 |
| 13 | WiltshireWiltshire (abbreviated Wilts is a large southern English county. Considered as a ceremonial county it borders those of Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and contains the unitary authority of Swindon. Wiltshire is a m | 3,255 |
| 14 | ShropshireShropshire (abbreviated Salop or Salops is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and the Welsh preserved counties of Powys and Clwyd. Shropshire is one of England's most rural counties. | 3,197 |
| 15 | CambridgeshireCambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The county town is Cambr | 3,046 |
| 16 | LancashireLancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. Its name is sometimes abbreviated to Lancs . Its traditional county town was Lancaster, but the county council is now based in Preston. The county bo | 2,903 |
| 17 | GloucestershireGloucestershire is a ceremonial and administrative county in southwest England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire of the Forest of Dean. The county town is Gloucester, and | 2,653 |
| 18 | StaffordshireStaffordshire (abbreviated Staffs is a landlocked county in the Midlands of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders. It adjoins the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire | 2,620 |
| 19 | Oxfordshire | 2,605 |
| 20 | Derbyshire | 2,547 |
| 21 | Dorset | 2,542 |
| 22 | Northamptonshire | 2,364 |
| 23 | County Durham | 2,226 |
| 24 | Nottinghamshire | 2,085 |
| 25 | Cheshire | 2,083 |
| 26 | Leicestershire | 2,083 |
| 27 | West Sussex | 1,991 |
| 28 | Warwickshire | 1,975 |
| 29 | Worcestershire | 1,741 |
| 30 | East Sussex | 1,709 |
| 31 | Surrey | 1,663 |
| 32 | Hertfordshire | 1,643 |
| 33 | Buckinghamshire | 1,565 |
| 34 | Bedfordshire | 1,192 |