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 with a two-tier county council structure and does not include metropolitan counties or unitary authorities.
Where a unitary authority has separated from a shire county the population of the unitary authority is counted elsewhere. For example, the population of York is not included in North Yorkshire in this table.
The figures are mid-year estimates for from the Office for National Statistics.
Densities are calculated from population and area values.
RankCountyPopulationArea
Density
1Kent
2Essex
3Hampshire
4Lancashire
5Surrey
6Hertfordshire
7Norfolk
8Staffordshire
9West Sussex
10Nottinghamshire
11Derbyshire
12Devon
13Suffolk
14Lincolnshire
15Northamptonshire
16Leicestershire
17Oxfordshire
18Cambridgeshire
19Gloucestershire
20North Yorkshire
21Worcestershire
22Warwickshire
23Somerset
24East Sussex
25Cumbria