List of administrative counties and county boroughs of England by population in 1971
This is a list of administrative counties and county boroughs of England by population as at the 1971 census.
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 |
County boroughs
Rank | County borough | Associated county in census | Population |
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1 | Birmingham | Warwickshire | 1,014,669 |
2 | Liverpool | Lancashire | 610,114 |
3 | Manchester | Lancashire | 543,650 |
4 | Sheffield | Yorkshire, West Riding | 520,325 |
5 | Leeds | Yorkshire, West Riding | 496,010 |
6 | Bristol | Gloucestershire | 426,656 |
7 | Teesside | Yorkshire, North Riding | 396,233 |
8 | Coventry | Warwickshire | 335,239 |
9 | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | 300,633 |
10 | Bradford | Yorkshire, West Riding | 294,175 |
11 | Kingston upon Hull | Yorkshire, East Riding | 285,969 |
12 | Leicester | Leicestershire | 284,210 |
13 | Wolverhampton | Staffordshire | 269,112 |
14 | Stoke-on-Trent | Staffordshire | 265,258 |
15 | Plymouth | Devon | 239,454 |
16 | Newcastle upon Tyne | Northumberland | 222,208 |
17 | Derby | Derbyshire | 219,582 |
18 | Sunderland | Durham | 217,075 |
19 | Southampton | Hampshire | 215,120 |
20 | Portsmouth | Hampshire | 197,429 |
21 | Dudley | Staffordshire | 185,581 |
22 | Walsall | Staffordshire | 184,734 |
23 | West Bromwich | Staffordshire | 166,592 |
24 | Warley | Worcestershire | 163,567 |
25 | Southend-on-Sea | Essex | 162,770 |
26 | Luton | Bedfordshire | 161,408 |
27 | Brighton | East Sussex | 161,352 |
28 | Bolton | Lancashire | 154,202 |
29 | Bournemouth | Hampshire | 153,871 |
30 | Blackpool | Lancashire | 151,857 |
31 | Stockport | Cheshire | 139,643 |
32 | Birkenhead | Cheshire | 137,850 |
33 | Reading | Berkshire | 132,939 |
34 | Huddersfield | Yorkshire, West Riding | 131,190 |
35 | Salford | Lancashire | 130,977 |
36 | Northampton | Northamptonshire | 126,644 |
37 | Ipswich | East Suffolk | 123,313 |
38 | Norwich | Norfolk | 122,083 |
39 | Torbay | Devon | 109,260 |
40 | Oxford | Oxfordshire | 108,804 |
41 | Solihull | Warwickshire | 107,093 |
42 | Oldham | Lancashire | 105,914 |
43 | York | Yorkshire, West Riding | 104,783 |
44 | St Helens | Lancashire | 104,340 |
45 | Blackburn | Lancashire | 101,817 |
46 | South Shields | Durham | 100,661 |
47 | Preston | Lancashire | 98,090 |
48 | Wallasey | Cheshire | 97,216 |
49 | Hartlepool | Durham | 97,094 |
50 | Exeter | Devon | 95,726 |
51 | Grimsby | Lincolnshire | 95,540 |
52 | Gateshead | Durham | 94,468 |
53 | Rochdale | Lancashire | 91,450 |
54 | Halifax | Yorkshire, West Riding | 91,273 |
55 | Gloucester | Gloucestershire | 90,233 |
56 | Darlington | Durham | 85,939 |
57 | Rotherham | Yorkshire, West Riding | 84,802 |
58 | Bath | Somerset | 84,674 |
59 | Southport | Lancashire | 84,571 |
60 | Doncaster | Yorkshire, West Riding | 82,668 |
61 | Wigan | Lancashire | 81,144 |
62 | Burnley | Lancashire | 76,512 |
63 | Barnsley | Yorkshire, West Riding | 75,397 |
64 | Bootle | Lancashire | 74,295 |
65 | Lincoln | Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven | 74,270 |
66 | Worcester | Worcestershire | 73,454 |
67 | Hastings | East Sussex | 72,410 |
68 | Carlisle | Cumberland | 71,580 |
69 | Eastbourne | East Sussex | 70,920 |
70 | Tynemouth | Northumberland | 69,339 |
71 | Warrington | Lancashire | 68,322 |
72 | Bury | Lancashire | 67,848 |
73 | Barrow-in-Furness | Lancashire | 64,035 |
74 | Chester | Chester | 62,913 |
75 | Wakefield | Yorkshire, West Riding | 59,591 |
76 | Dewsbury | Yorkshire, West Riding | 51,326 |
77 | Great Yarmouth | Norfolk | 50,236 |
78 | Burton upon Trent | Staffordshire | 50,201 |
79 | Canterbury | Kent | 33,175 |
TOTAL | 13,407,078 |
References
- 1971 census
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Lists of English counties
- Administrative counties and county boroughs, 1971
- Counties, 1971
- Counties, 1981