List of ceremonial counties of England

This is a list of ceremonial counties of England. The population figures are mid-year estimates for 2014 from the Office for National Statistics.^[1]

County	Population	Rank (pop.)	Area (in km²)	Area (sq. mi.)	Rank (area)	Density (people/km²)	Rank (dens.)
Bedfordshire	643,962	36	1,235	477	41	499	14
Berkshire	885,654	24	1,262	487	40	684	10
Bristol	442,474	43	110	42	47	3,906	2
Buckinghamshire	781,167	30	1,874	723	32	404	24
Cambridgeshire	830,279	28	3,390	1,309	15	238	35
Cheshire	1,039,171	19	2,343	905	25	439	21
City of London	8,072	48	2.90	1.12	48	2,548	4
Cornwall	545,355	40	3,563	1,376	12	150	41
Cumbria	497,874	41	6,767	2,613	3	74	47
Derbyshire	1,032,267	20	2,625	1,013	21	388	25
Devon	1,159,832	11	6,707	2,590	4	169	39
Dorset	759,768	31	2,653	1,024	20	281	30
Durham	909,849	23	2,721	1,051	18	332	27
East Riding of Yorkshire	594,825	37	2,479	957	23	238	34
East Sussex	820,842	29	1,791	692	33	447	20
Essex	1,773,154	7	3,670	1,417	11	471	16
Gloucestershire	882,888	25	3,150	1,216	16	274	32
Greater London	8,538,689	1	1,569	606	37	5,223	1
Greater Manchester	2,732,854	3	1,276	493	39	2,105	6
Hampshire	1,800,511	5	3,769	1,455	9	468	17
Herefordshire	187,160	45	2,180	842	26	84	46
Hertfordshire	1,154,766	13	1,643	634	36	682	12
Isle of Wight	139,105	46	380	147	46	364	26
Kent	1,784,369	6	3,736	1,442	10	463	18
Lancashire	1,471,979	8	3,075	1,187	17	475	15
Leicestershire	1,005,558	21	2,156	833	28	455	19
Lincolnshire	1,060,567	18	6,959	2,687	2	150	42
Merseyside	1,391,113	9	645	249	43	2,141	5
Norfolk	877,710	26	5,371	2,074	5	160	40
North Yorkshire	1,080,136	17	8,608	3,324	1	125	44
Northamptonshire	714,392	33	2,364	913	24	294	29
Northumberland	315,987	44	5,013	1,936	6	63	48
Nottinghamshire	1,115,658	16	2,159	834	27	505	13
Oxfordshire	672,516	35	2,605	1,006	22	251	33
Rutland	38,022	47	382	147	45	99	45
Shropshire	479,561	42	3,488	1,347	13	136	43
Somerset	931,784	22	4,170	1,610	7	218	36
South Yorkshire	1,365,847	10	1,552	599	38	866	9
Staffordshire	1,111,192	15	2,714	1,048	19	405	23
Suffolk	738,512	32	3,800	1,467	8	192	38
Surrey	1,161,256	12	1,663	642	35	683	11
Tyne and Wear	1,118,713	14	540	209	44	2,044	7
Warwickshire	551,594	39	1,975	763	31	277	31
West Midlands	2,808,356	2	902	348	42	3,039	3
West Sussex	828,398	27	1,990	769	30	406	22
West Yorkshire	2,264,329	4	2,029	784	29	1,098	8
Wiltshire	698,942	34	3,485	1,346	14	196	37
Worcestershire	575,421	38	1,741	672	34	325	28

See also

• List of the Lord Lieutenants of the United Kingdom
• List of ceremonial counties in England by gross value added

References

1. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-368259

"Table 8a Mid-2011 Population Estimates: Selected age groups for local authorities in England and Wales; estimated resident population;". Population Estimates for England and Wales, Mid 2011 (Census Based). Office for National Statistics. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.

"Standard Area Measurements - Local Authorities - Dec 2010 (SAM_LAD_DEC_2010_UK)". UK Standard Area Measurements (SAM). Office for National Statistics. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2011.