List of Two-tier Counties of England

This is a list of two-tier 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, Peterborough is excluded from the population figure for Cambridgeshire.

The figures are mid-year estimates for 2011 from the Office for National Statistics.

Rank County Population Area
 Density
1 Kent 1,466,500 3,544 414
2 Essex 1,396,600 3,464 403
3 Hampshire 1,322,300 3,679 359
4 Lancashire 1,171,600 2,903 404
5 Surrey 1,135,500 1,663 683
6 Hertfordshire 1,119,800 1,643 682
7 Norfolk 859,400 5,371 160
8 Staffordshire 849,600 2,620 324
9 West Sussex 808,900 1,990 406
10 Nottinghamshire 786,700 2,085 377
11 Derbyshire 770,600 2,547 303
12 Devon 747,900 6,564 114
13 Suffolk 730,100 3,800 192
14 Lincolnshire 714,800 5,921 121
15 Northamptonshire 693,900 2,364 294
16 Oxfordshire 654,800 2,605 251
17 Leicestershire 651,200 2,083 313
18 Cambridgeshire 622,200 3,046 204
19 North Yorkshire 601,200 8,038 75
20 Gloucestershire 598,300 2,653 225
21 Worcestershire 566,500 1,741 325
22 Warwickshire 546,500 1,975 277
23 Somerset 531,600 3,451 154
24 East Sussex 527,200 1,709 309
25 Buckinghamshire 506,700 1,565 324
26 Cumbria 499,800 6,767 74
27 Dorset 413,800 2,542 163

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