# List of unitary authorities of England

This is a list of unitary authorities of England ordered by population.
Figures are mid-year estimates for 2022 from the Office for National Statistics. Areas from UK Standard Area Measurements
The list does not include North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire unitary authorities, created in 2021, for which statistics are not yet available.
In May 2023 unitary authorities were established for Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness, North Yorkshire and Somerset. The North Yorkshire authority is the largest in England by population (618,054 in 2019) and by far the largest by area (8,053 km$^2$).
| Rank | Authority | Region | Population | Density (people/km$^2$) | Area (km$^2$) |
| 1 | Cornwall | South West | 575,413 | 162 | 3,545 |
| 2 | Buckinghamshire | South East | 560,409 | 358 | 1,565 |
| 3 | County Durham | North East | 528,127 | 237 | 2,226 |
| 4 | Wiltshire | South West | 515,885 | 158 | 3,255 |
| 5 | Bristol | South West | 479,024 | 4,368 | 110 |
| 6 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | South West | 401,898 | 2,480 | 162 |
| 7 | Cheshire East | North West | 406,527 | 349 | 1,166 |
| 8 | Dorset | South West | 383,274 | 154 | 2,491 |
| 9 | Leicester | East Midlands | 373,399 | 5,091 | 73 |
| 10 | East Riding of Yorkshire | Yorkshire and the Humber | 346,309 | 144 | 2,404 |
| 11 | Cheshire West and Chester | North West | 361,694 | 393 | 920 |
| 12 | Nottingham | East Midlands | 328,513 | 4,403 | 75 |
| 13 | Northumberland | North East | 324,362 | 65 | 5,020 |
| 14 | Shropshire | West Midlands | 327,178 | 102 | 3,197 |
| 15 | Brighton & Hove | South East | 277,965 | 3,356 | 83 |
| 16 | Central Bedfordshire | East | 301,501 | 421 | 716 |
| 17 | South Gloucestershire | South West | 294,765 | 593 | 497 |
| 18 | Medway | South East | 282,702 | 1,459 | 194 |
| 19 | Milton Keynes | South East | 292,180 | 947 | 309 |
| 20 | Plymouth | South West | 266,862 | 3,342 | 80 |
| 21 | Kingston upon Hull | Yorkshire and the Humber | 268,852 | 3,756 | 72 |
| 22 | Derby | East Midlands | 263,490 | 3,377 | 78 |
| 23 | Stoke-on-Trent | West Midlands | 259,965 | 2,782 | 93 |
| 24 | Southampton | South East | 252,689 | 5,066 | 50 |
| 25 | Swindon | South West | 235,657 | 1,024 | 230 |
| 26 | Portsmouth | South East | 208,420 | 5,161 | 40 |
| 27 | Luton | East | 226,973 | 5,236 | 43 |
| 28 | North Somerset | South West | 219,145 | 586 | 374 |
| 29 | Warrington | North West | 211,580 | 1,171 | 181 |
| 30 | York | Yorkshire and the Humber | 204,551 | 752 | 272 |
| 31 | Peterborough | East | 217,705 | 634 | 343 |
| 32 | Stockton-on-Tees | North East | 199,966 | 976 | 205 |
| 33 | Herefordshire | West Midlands | 188,719 | 87 | 2,180 |
| 34 | Bath and North East Somerset | South West | 195,618 | 566 | 346 |
| 35 | Southend-on-Sea | East | 180,915 | 4,341 | 42 |
| 36 | Telford and Wrekin | West Midlands | 188,871 | 651 | 290 |
| 37 | North Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and the Humber | 170,042 | 201 | 847 |
| 38 | Thurrock | East | 176,877 | 1,080 | 164 |
| 39 | Bedford | East | 187,466 | 393 | 476 |
| 40 | Wokingham | South East | 180,967 | 1,011 | 179 |
| 41 | Reading | South East | 174,820 | 4,327 | 40 |
| 42 | North East Lincolnshire | Yorkshire and the Humber | 157,754 | 819 | 193 |
| 43 | West Berkshire | South East | 162,215 | 230 | 704 |
| 44 | Windsor and Maidenhead | South East | 154,738 | 787 | 197 |
| 45 | Blackburn with Darwen | North West | 155,762 | 1,137 | 137 |
| 46 | Slough | South East | 159,182 | 4,892 | 33 |
| 47 | Isle of Wight | South East | 140,794 | 371 | 380 |
| 48 | Middlesbrough | North East | 148,285 | 2,752 | 54 |
| 49 | Blackpool | North West | 141,574 | 4,060 | 35 |
| 50 | Redcar and Cleveland | North East | 137,175 | 560 | 245 |
| 51 | Torbay | South West | 139,479 | 2,218 | 63 |
| 52 | Halton | North West | 128,964 | 1,631 | 79 |
| 53 | Bracknell Forest | South East | 126,881 | 1,160 | 109 |
| 54 | Darlington | North East | 109,469 | 554 | 197 |
| 55 | Hartlepool | North East | 93,861 | 1,002 | 94 |
| 56 | Rutland | East Midlands | 41,151 | 108 | 382 |