This is a list of administrative counties and county boroughs of England by population as at the 1971 census.
Administrative counties
editAdministrative counties did not include the county boroughs, see below for their populations.
County boroughs
editRank | County borough | Associated county in census | Population |
---|---|---|---|
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
edit- 1971 census