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Home > List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population


This is a List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population, that is to say Administrative counties with a two-tier County council structure, not including Administrative counties which are Unitary Authorities. Populations are 2002 mid-year estimates from the Office for National Statistics.

See also:

List of Ceremonial counties of England by Population - List of Administrative shire counties of England by Area


RankCounty Population
1 Kent1,338,331
2 Essex1,318,408
3 Hampshire1,245,108
4 Lancashire1,140,539
5 Surrey1,059,900
6 Hertfordshire1,036,144
7 Staffordshire808,952
8 Norfolk802,766
9 West SussexWest Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex (with Brighton and Hove), Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex was divided into eastern and western administrative regions, with separate county councils in 1888 but it rema755,855
10 NottinghamshireNottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. The districts of Nottinghamshire are Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Broxtowe, Gedling, Mansfield, Newark and Sh753,155
11 DerbyshireDerbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, which boasts some of England's most attractive hill and mountain scenery. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps wit739,253
12 DevonThis page is about the English county, for alternative meanings see Devon (disambiguation). Devon is a county in South West England, bordering on Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. The name Devonshire was common but is no longer used,710,966
13 CheshireThis article is about the English county. For other uses see Cheshire (disambiguation Cheshire (or archaically the County of Chester is a palatine county in North West England. Its county town is the city of Chester. It borders the ceremonial counties of675,803
14 SuffolkThis article is about the English county. For other uses, see Suffolk (disambiguation). Suffolk (pronounced 'suffuk') is a large, low-lying county in East Anglia in eastern England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and671,931
15 LincolnshireThis article is about the English administrative county. For the Illinois village, see Lincolnshire, Illinois; for the Kentucky city, see Lincolnshire, Kentucky. Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs is a county in the East Midlands of England, traditionally th657,843
16 NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire (abbreviated Northants is a county in central England with a population of 629,676 ( 2001 census). It has borders with Warwickshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire (inc. Peterborough), Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire (inc. Milton K638,238
17 Leicestershire615,491
18 Oxfordshire607,457
19 North Yorkshire572,970
20 Gloucestershire566,977
21 Cambridgeshire558,323
22 Worcestershire545,897
23 Warwickshire512,680
24 Cornwall506,250
25 Somerset503,424
26 East Sussex494,258
27 County Durham492,313
28 Cumbria488,513
29 Buckinghamshire478,110
30 Wiltshire436,349
31 Dorset394,581
32 Bedfordshire384,652
33 Northumberland308,386
34 Shropshire285,204


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