List of unitary authorities of England
This is a list of unitary authorities of England ordered by population.
Figures are mid-year estimates for 2010 from the Office for National Statistics.[1]
Areas from UK Standard Area Measurements[2]
Rank | County | Region | Population | Density (people/km²) | Area (km²) |
1 | Cornwall | South West | 535,300 | 151 | 3,549 |
2 | County Durham | North East | 510,800 | 229 | 2,226 |
3 | Wiltshire | South West | 459,800 | 141 | 3,255 |
4 | Bristol | South West | 441,300 | 4,026 | 110 |
5 | Cheshire East | North West | 363,800 | 312 | 1,158 |
6 | East Riding of Yorkshire | Yorkshire and the Humber | 338,700 | 141 | 2,409 |
7 | Cheshire West and Chester | North West | 327,300 | 357 | 918 |
8 | Northumberland | North East | 312,000 | 62 | 5,013 |
9 | Nottingham | East Midlands | 306,700 | 4,111 | 75 |
10 | Leicester | East Midlands | 306,600 | 4,180 | 73 |
11 | Shropshire | West Midlands | 293,400 | 92 | 3,197 |
12 | South Gloucestershire | South West | 264,800 | 533 | 497 |
13 | Hull | Yorkshire and the Humber | 263,900 | 3,694 | 71 |
14 | Brighton & Hove | South East | 258,800 | 3,131 | 83 |
15 | Plymouth | South West | 258,700 | 3,243 | 80 |
16 | Medway | South East | 256,700 | 1,337 | 192 |
17 | Central Bedfordshire | East | 255,200 | 357 | 716 |
18 | Derby | East Midlands | 246,900 | 3,164 | 78 |
19 | Milton Keynes | South East | 241,500 | 782 | 309 |
20 | Stoke-on-Trent | West Midlands | 240,100 | 2,569 | 93 |
21 | Southampton | South East | 239,700 | 4,636 | 52 |
22 | North Somerset | South West | 212,200 | 568 | 375 |
23 | Portsmouth | South East | 207,100 | 5,132 | 40 |
24 | York | Yorkshire and the Humber | 202,400 | 744 | 272 |
25 | Swindon | South West | 201,800 | 877 | 230 |
26 | Warrington | North West | 198,900 | 1,101 | 181 |
27 | Luton | East | 198,800 | 4,586 | 43 |
28 | Stockton-on-Tees | North East | 192,400 | 944 | 204 |
29 | Bath and North East Somerset | South West | 179,700 | 520 | 351 |
30 | Herefordshire | West Midlands | 179,300 | 82 | 2,180 |
31 | Peterborough | East | 173,400 | 505 | 343 |
32 | Bournemouth | South West | 168,100 | 3,640 | 46 |
33 | Southend-on-Sea | East | 165,300 | 3,959 | 42 |
34 | Wokingham | South East | 163,200 | 912 | 179 |
35 | Telford and Wrekin | West Midlands | 162,600 | 560 | 290 |
36 | North Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and the Humber | 161,300 | 191 | 846 |
37 | Bedford | East | 160,800 | 338 | 476 |
38 | Thurrock | East | 159,700 | 978 | 163 |
39 | North East Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and the Humber | 157,300 | 820 | 192 |
40 | Reading | South East | 154,200 | 3,817 | 40 |
41 | West Berkshire | South East | 154,000 | 219 | 704 |
42 | Windsor and Maidenhead | South East | 146,100 | 743 | 197 |
43 | Middlesbrough | North East | 142,400 | 2,643 | 54 |
44 | Poole | South West | 142,100 | 2,195 | 65 |
45 | Blackpool | North West | 140,000 | 4,017 | 35 |
46 | Blackburn with Darwen | North West | 140,000 | 1,022 | 137 |
47 | Redcar and Cleveland | North East | 137,400 | 561 | 245 |
48 | Torbay | South West | 134,300 | 2,135 | 63 |
49 | Slough | South East | 131,100 | 4,028 | 33 |
50 | Halton | North West | 119,300 | 1,508 | 79 |
51 | Bracknell Forest | South East | 116,500 | 1,065 | 109 |
52 | Darlington | North East | 100,800 | 510 | 197 |
53 | Hartlepool | North East | 91,300 | 973 | 94 |
54 | Rutland | East Midlands | 38,600 | 101 | 382 |
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