List of counties of England by population in 1971

This is a list of counties of England, ordered by population as at the 1971 census. The figures presented here include all the administrative counties with their associated county boroughs. York is accounted for as part of the West Riding, and Lincoln as part of Kesteven.

Rank County Total population
1Greater London7,452,343
2Lancashire5,118,405
3Yorkshire, West Riding3,785,013
4Warwickshire2,082,230
5Staffordshire1,858,348
6Hampshire1,565,476
7Cheshire1,546,397
8Durham1,409,633
9Kent1,399,471
10Essex1,358,020
11Gloucestershire1,076,710
12Surrey1,002,892
13Nottinghamshire976,403
14Hertfordshire924,641
15Devon898,409
16Derbyshire885,130
17Northumberland795,754
18Leicestershire772,103
19Sussex, East747,976
20Yorkshire, North Riding725,656
21Worcestershire693,251
22Somerset682,665
23Berkshire636,860
24Norfolk617,621
25Buckinghamshire587,556
26Yorkshire, East Riding543,309
27Sussex, West492,500
28Wiltshire486,755
29Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey470,905
30Northamptonshire468,625
31Bedfordshire464,286
32Cornwall381,665
33Oxfordshire381,584
34Suffolk, East381,464
35Dorset361,925
36Shropshire337,104
37Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely303,042
38Cumberland292,187
39Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven232,549
40Huntingdon and Peterborough202,622
41Suffolk, West164,732
42Herefordshire138,638
43Isle of Wight109,515
44Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland105,685
45Westmorland72,837
46Rutland27,471
TOTAL46,018,363

References
  • 1971 census
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