List of non-metropolitan counties of England by population

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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 2005 from the Office for National Statistics[1].

Rank County Population Area
(in km²)		 Density
(people/km²)
1 Kent 1,369,900 3,545 386
2 Essex 1,340,000 3,472 386
3 Hampshire 1,259,400 3,679 342
4 Lancashire 1,156,100 2,904 398
5 Surrey 1,075,600 1,670 644
6 Hertfordshire 1,048,200 1,643 638
7 Norfolk 824,200 5,372 153
8 Staffordshire 816,700 2,623 311
9 West Sussex 764,300 1,991 384
10 Nottinghamshire 762,600 2,085 366
11 Derbyshire 747,500 2,551 293
12 Devon 731,000 6,567 111
13 Suffolk 692,100 3,802 182
14 Cheshire 679,700 2,083 326
15 Lincolnshire 678,700 5,921 115
16 Northamptonshire 651,800 2,367 275
17 Leicestershire 627,800 2,084 301
18 Oxfordshire 626,900 2,606 241
19 Cambridgeshire 588,900 3,053 193
20 North Yorkshire 582,000 8,040 72
21 Gloucestershire 575,400 2,653 217
22 Worcestershire 555,900 1,741 319
23 Warwickshire 533,900 1,978 270
24 Cornwall 517,300 3,549 146
25 Somerset 515,600 3,452 149
26 County Durham 499,800 2,232 224
27 Cumbria 498,800 6,823 73
28 East Sussex 497,900 1,713 291
29 Buckinghamshire 481,600 1,565 308
30 Wiltshire 446,700 3,255 137
31 Dorset 401,200 2,542 158
32 Bedfordshire 397,700 1,192 334
33 Northumberland 311,400 5,026 62
34 Shropshire 289,100 3,197 90

Rank County Population Area
(in km²)		 Density
(people/km²)
1 Surrey 1,075,600 1,670 644
2 Hertfordshire 1,048,200 1,643 638
3 Lancashire 1,156,100 2,904 398
4 Kent 1,369,900 3,545 386
5 Essex 1,340,000 3,472 386
6 West Sussex 764,300 1,991 384
7 Nottinghamshire 762,600 2,085 366
8 Hampshire 1,259,400 3,679 342
9 Bedfordshire 397,700 1,192 334
10 Cheshire 679,700 2,083 326
11 Worcestershire 555,900 1,741 319
12 Staffordshire 816,700 2,623 311
13 Buckinghamshire 481,600 1,565 308
14 Leicestershire 627,800 2,084 301
15 Derbyshire 747,500 2,551 293
16 East Sussex 497,900 1,713 291
17 Northamptonshire 651,800 2,367 275
18 Warwickshire 533,900 1,978 270
19 Oxfordshire 626,900 2,606 241
20 County Durham 499,800 2,232 224
21 Gloucestershire 575,400 2,653 217
22 Cambridgeshire 588,900 3,053 193
23 Suffolk 692,100 3,802 182
24 Dorset 401,200 2,542 158
25 Norfolk 824,200 5,372 153
26 Somerset 515,600 3,452 149
27 Cornwall 517,300 3,549 146
28 Wiltshire 446,700 3,255 137
29 Lincolnshire 678,700 5,921 115
30 Devon 731,000 6,567 111
31 Shropshire 289,100 3,197 90
32 Cumbria 498,800 6,823 73
33 North Yorkshire 582,000 8,040 72
34 Northumberland 311,400 5,026 62


Lists of English counties
All counties; By area By population By population density By highest point
Ceremonial counties; By area By population By population density
Non-metropolitan counties; By area By population By population density
Structure of English administrative divisions (since 1995)
Region level: Region Region Region Region
County level: Metropolitan county Shire county Unitary authority Greater London
District level: Metropolitan district Shire district n/a London borough
Parish level: (Civil parish) (Civil parish) (Civil parish) n/a
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