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.

RankCountyTotal population1Greater London7,452,3432Lancashire5,118,4053Yorkshire, West Riding3,785,0134Warwickshire2,082,2305Staffordshire1,858,3486Hampshire1,565,4767Cheshire1,546,3978Durham1,409,6339Kent1,399,47110Essex1,358,02011Gloucestershire1,076,71012Surrey1,002,89213Nottinghamshire976,40314Hertfordshire924,64115Devon898,40916Derbyshire885,13017Northumberland795,75418Leicestershire772,10319Sussex, East747,97620Yorkshire, North Riding725,65621Worcestershire693,25122Somerset682,66523Berkshire636,86024Norfolk617,62125Buckinghamshire587,55626Yorkshire, East Riding543,30927Sussex, West492,50028Wiltshire486,75529Lincolnshire, Parts of Lindsey470,90530Northamptonshire468,62531Bedfordshire464,28632Cornwall381,66533Oxfordshire381,58434Suffolk, East381,46435Dorset361,92536Shropshire337,10437Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely303,04238Cumberland292,18739Lincolnshire, Parts of Kesteven232,54940Huntingdon and Peterborough202,62241Suffolk, West164,73242Herefordshire138,63843Isle of Wight109,51544Lincolnshire, Parts of Holland105,68545Westmorland72,83746Rutland27,471TOTAL46,018,363

References 1971 census