England Counties 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England Counties List 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Table of all 48 current England counties. Officially they are “ceremonial England counties”, as defined in the 1997 Lieutenancies Act, which distinguishes them from local government administration areas. England’s counties are also known as “geographical England counties” because they include permanent natural boundaries and features. “England’s historic counties” evolved from tribal Britain into administrative areas during the Roman and Norman occupations.

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England Counties 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿	England Regions	County Population	Pop. Rank	Area (km²)	Area (mi²)	Area Rank	Chapman Code^[4]
Bedfordshire	East	664,600	36th	1,235	477	41st	BDF
Berkshire	South East	905,800	24th	1,262	487	40th	BRK
Bristol	South West	463,405	43rd	110	42	47th	–^[5]
Buckinghamshire	South East	803,400	30th	1,874	724	32nd	BKM
Cambridgeshire	East	847,200	28th	3,390	1,310	15th	CAM
Cheshire	North West	1,054,100	19th	2,343	905	25th	CHS
City of London^[3]	London	7,700	48th	2.9	1.12	48th	–^[5]
Cornwall^[2]	South West	565,968	40th	3,546	1,375	12th	CON
County Durham	North East	862,600	26th	2,721	1,033	19th	DUR
Cumbria	North West	498,400	41st	6,767	2,613	3rd	CMA
Derbyshire	East Midlands	1,049,000	20th	2,625	1,014	21st	DBY
Devon	South West	1,185,500	11th	6,707	2,590	4th	DEV
Dorset	South West	770,700	31st	2,653	1,024	20th	DOR
East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	598,700	37th	2,479	956	23rd	ERY
East Sussex	South East	840,400	29th	1,791	692	33rd	SXE
Essex	East	1,820,400	7th	3,670	1,420	11th	ESS
Gloucestershire	South West	907,200	23rd	3,150	1,220	16th	GLS
Greater London^[3]	London	8,817,300	1st	1,569	606	37th	–^[5]
Greater Manchester^[1]	North West	2,798,800	3rd	1,276	493	39th	GTM
Hampshire	South East	1,837,800	5th	3,769	1,455	9th	HAM
Herefordshire	West Midlands	191,000	45th	2,180	840	26th	HEF
Hertfordshire	East	1,180,900	13th	1,643	634	36th	HRT
Isle of Wight	South East	141,000	46th	384	150	46th	IOM
Kent	South East	1,832,300	6th	3,738	1,443	10th	KEN
Lancashire	North West	1,490,500	8th	3,075	1,187	17th	LAN
Leicestershire	East Midlands	1,043,800	21st	2,156	832	28th	LEI
Lincolnshire	East Midlands	1,082,300	18th	6,975	2,693	2nd	LIN
Merseyside^[1]	North West	1,416,800	9th	647	250	43rd	MSY
Norfolk	East	898,400	25th	5,380	2,080	5th	NFK
North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	1,153,400	14th	8,654	3,341	1st	NRY
Northamptonshire	East Midlands	741,200	33rd	2,364	913	24th	NTH
Northumberland	North East	319,000	44th	5,013	1,936	6th	NBL
Nottinghamshire	East Midlands	1,147,100	15th	2,159	834	27th	NTT
Oxfordshire	South East	682,400	35th	2,605	1,006	22nd	OXF
Rutland	East Midlands	39,500	47th	382	147	45th	RUT
Shropshire	West Midlands	493,200	42nd	3,488	1,347	13th	SAL
Somerset	South West	956,700	22nd	4,170	1,610	7th	SOM
South Yorkshire^[1]	Yorkshire and the Humber	1,393,400	10th	1,552	599	38th	STS
Staffordshire	West Midlands	1,126,200	17th	2,714	1,048	18th	STS
Suffolk	East	757,000	32nd	3,801	1,468	8th	SFK
Surrey	South East	1,185,300	12th	1,663	642	35th	SRY
Tyne and Wear^[1]	North East	1,129,500	16th	540	210	44th	TWR
Warwickshire	West Midlands	564,600	39th	1,975	763	31st	WAR
West Midlands^[1]	West Midlands	2,897,300	2nd	902	348	42nd	WMD
West Sussex	South East	852,400	27th	1,991	769	30th	SXW
West Yorkshire^[1]	Yorkshire and the Humber	2,307,000	4th	2,029	783	29th	WYK
Wiltshire	South West	716,400	34th	3,485	1,346	14th	WIL
Worcestershire	West Midlands	588,400	38th	1,741	672	34th	WOR

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Notes: ^[1]In 1974 six English metropolitan counties were created, which are also ceremonial English counties. ^[2]Cornwall includes the Isles of Scilly. ^[3]The City of London is an enclave within Greater London. [4]Chapman codes, created by Dr Colin R Chapman were used in genealogy to identify administrative divisions in the British Isles. ^[5]No specific Chapman code available. The City of London and Greater London could both be included in the Chapman code for London, i.e. (LDN).

Frequently Asked Questions About England Counties

What's the biggest county in the UK?

The biggest England county by area is North Yorkshire. Greater London is the largest England county by population, over 3 times larger than West Midlands, which is the next most populous county in England.

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ADDucation’s list of England counties list was compiled by A C, last updated 13 May 2020.
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