List of Administrative Counties and County Boroughs of England By Population in 1971 - Administrative Counties

Administrative Counties

Administrative counties did not include the county boroughs, see below for their populations.

Rank Administrative county Population
1 Greater London 7,452,343
2 Lancashire 2,509,267
3 Yorkshire, West Riding 1,793,473
4 Kent 1,366,296
5 Essex 1,195,250
6 Cheshire 1,108,775
7 Surrey 1,002,892
8 Hampshire 999,056
9 Hertfordshire 924,641
10 Durham 814,396
11 Staffordshire 736,870
12 Nottinghamshire 675,770
13 Derbyshire 665,548
14 Warwickshire 625,229
15 Somerset 597,991
16 Buckinghamshire 587,556
17 Gloucestershire 559,821
18 Northumberland 504,207
19 Berkshire 503,921
20 Sussex, West 492,500
21 Leicestershire 487,893
22 Wiltshire 486,755
23 Worcestershire 456,230
24 Devon 453,969
25 Norfolk 445,302
26 Sussex, East 443,294
27 Cornwall 381,665
28 Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey 375,365
29 Dorset 361,925
30 Northamptonshire 341,981
31 Shropshire 337,104
32 Yorkshire, North Riding 329,423
33 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 303,042
34 Bedfordshire 302,878
35 Oxfordshire 272,780
36 Suffolk, East 258,151
37 Yorkshire, East Riding 257,340
38 Cumberland 220,607
39 Huntingdon and Peterborough 202,622
40 Suffolk, West 164,732
41 Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven 158,279
42 Herefordshire 138,638
43 Isle of Wight 109,515
44 Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland 105,685
45 Westmorland 72,837
46 Rutland 27,471
TOTAL 32,611,285

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