List_of_unitary_authorities_of_England Knowpia

This is a list of unitary authorities of England ordered by population.

Figures are mid-year estimates for mid-2019 est. from the Office for National Statistics.^[1] Areas from UK Standard Area Measurements^[2]

The list does not include North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire unitary authorities, created in 2021, for which statistics are not yet available.

In July 2021 plans were announced to create unitary authorities in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset in 2023. The North Yorkshire authority will be the largest in England by population (618,054 in 2019) and by far the largest by area (8,053 km²).

Rank	Authority	Region	Population	Density (people/km²)	Area (km²)
1	Cornwall	South West	572,010	161	3,545
2	Buckinghamshire	South East	555,257	355	1,565
3	County Durham	North East	521,346	234	2,226
4	Wiltshire	South West	513,411	158	3,255
5	Bristol	South West	471,117	4,296	110
6	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	400,109	2,469	162
7	Cheshire East	North West	400,528	343	1,166
8	Dorset	South West	381,292	153	2,491
9	Leicester	East Midlands	366,018	4,991	73
10	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	343,143	143	2,404
11	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	357,699	389	920
12	Nottingham	East Midlands	319,566	4,283	75
13	Northumberland	North East	321,558	64	5,020
14	Shropshire	West Midlands	324,716	102	3,197
15	Brighton & Hove	South East	276,334	3,336	83
16	Central Bedfordshire	East	295,541	413	716
17	South Gloucestershire	South West	290,736	585	497
18	Medway	South East	279,827	1,445	194
19	Milton Keynes	South East	288,201	934	309
20	Plymouth	South West	264,727	3,315	80
21	Kingston upon Hull	Yorkshire and the Humber	266,463	3,722	72
22	Derby	East Midlands	261,136	3,347	78
23	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	258,037	2,761	93
24	Southampton	South East	247,256	4,957	50
25	Swindon	South West	233,713	1,016	230
26	Portsmouth	South East	206,828	5,122	40
27	Luton	East	224,826	5,186	43
28	North Somerset	South West	217,399	582	374
29	Warrington	North West	211,227	1,169	181
30	York	Yorkshire and the Humber	201,672	742	272
31	Peterborough	East	216,349	630	343
32	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	197,030	961	205
33	Herefordshire	West Midlands	187,557	86	2,180
34	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	192,423	556	346
35	Southend-on-Sea	East	180,601	4,334	42
36	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	185,842	640	290
37	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	169,940	201	847
38	Thurrock	East	175,902	1,074	164
39	Bedford	East	185,761	390	476
40	Wokingham	South East	178,169	996	179
41	Reading	South East	173,170	4,288	40
42	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and the Humber	157,197	816	193
43	West Berkshire	South East	161,865	230	704
44	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	153,921	783	197
45	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	154,922	1,131	137
46	Slough	South East	158,289	4,864	33
47	Isle of Wight	South East	140,889	371	380
48	Middlesbrough	North East	143,734	2,668	54
49	Blackpool	North West	140,954	4,042	35
50	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	136,616	557	245
51	Torbay	South West	139,446	2,217	63
52	Halton	North West	128,577	1,626	79
53	Bracknell Forest	South East	125,174	1,144	109
54	Darlington	North East	108,222	548	198
55	Hartlepool	North East	92,571	988	94
56	Rutland	East Midlands	41,381	108	382

References edit

^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2021". Office for National Statistics. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2021". Office for National Statistics. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[1] "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2021". Office for National Statistics. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[2] "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2021". Office for National Statistics. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

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