Administrative counties of England
Area and population
Columns: Administrative County | Area (statute acres) 1891 | Population 1891 | Area (statute acres) 1961 | Population 1961 | Headquarters
Bedfordshire | 298494 | 160704 | 302940 | 380837 | Bedford | Berkshire | 455864 | 176109 | 454726 | 385017 | Reading | Buckinghamshire | 475694 | 185284 | 479405 | 488233 | Aylesbury | Cambridgeshire | 310306 | 121961 | 315166 | 190384 | Cambridge | Cheshire | 646627 | 536644 | 621884 | 475313 | Chester | Cornwall | 868208 | 322571 | 868260 | 342301 | Truro | Cumberland | 970161 | 266549 | 967054 | 223202 | Carlisle | Derbyshire | 654100 | 426768 | 635459 | 745212 | Derby until 1958, Matlock thereafter | Devon | 1661914 | 455353 | 1649434 | 539021 | Exeter | Dorset | 632272 | 194517 | 633745 | 313460 | Dorchester | Durham | 639436 | 721461 | 620278 | 951956 | Durham | Essex | 980839 | 579355 | 959755 | 1859916 | Chelmsford | Gloucestershire | 790833 | 384552 | 773295 | 494885 | Gloucester | Hampshire | 938098 | 386849 | 929951 | 762599 | Winchester | Herefordshire | 537363 | 115949 | 538924 | 130928 | Hereford | Hertfordshire | 406932 | 224550 | 404525 | 832901 | Hertford | Huntingdonshire | 233928 | 54969 | 233985 | 79924 | Huntingdon | Isle of Ely | 239259 | 63861 | 239951 | 89180 | March | Isle of Wight | 93342 | 78672 | 94142 | 95752 | Newport | Kent | 971849 | 785674 | 971125 | 1671436 | Maidstone | Lancashire | 1124450 | 1768278 | 1060804 | 2280359 | Preston | Leicestershire | 520400 | 200468 | 515404 | 409098 | Leicester until 1967, Glenfield thereafter | Lincolnshire – Parts of Holland | 255252 | 75522 | 267847 | 103327 | Boston | Lincolnshire – Parts of Kesteven | 471749 | 105910 | 462100 | 134842 | Sleaford | Lincolnshire – Parts of Lindsey | 961327 | 199095 | 961038 | 505427 | Lincoln | London | 75442 | 4232118 | 74903 | 3200484 | Spring Gardens until 1933, Lambeth thereafter | Middlesex | 149046 | 560012 | 148691 | 2234543 | Westminster | Monmouthshire | 342548 | 203347 | 339008 | 336566 | Newport | Norfolk | 1303967 | 317983 | 1302505 | 388005 | Norwich | Northamptonshire | 584759 | 203247 | 578947 | 292584 | Northampton | Northumberland | 1284385 | 319730 | 1276266 | 481474 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Nottinghamshire | 528817 | 231946 | 521647 | 591089 | Nottingham until 1959, West Bridgford thereafter | Oxfordshire | 480608 | 145149 | 470390 | 203161 | Oxford | Rutland | 97273 | 20659 | 97273 | 23504 | Oakham | Shropshire | 859516 | 236339 | 861800 | 297466 | Shrewsbury | Soke of Peterborough | 53471 | 35249 | 53465 | 74758 | Peterborough | Somerset | 1039106 | 386866 | 1026043 | 518145 | Taunton | Staffordshire | 731089 | 818290 | 685250 | 983758 | Stafford | East Suffolk | 549744 | 183478 | 547397 | 219759 | Ipswich | West Suffolk | 389870 | 120952 | 390915 | 128918 | Bury St Edmunds | Surrey | 452218 | 418856 | 449160 | 1478841 | Newington , moved to Kingston upon Thames in 1893 | East Sussex | 525904 | 240264 | 494580 | 375349 | Lewes | West Sussex | 389870 | 120952 | 405351 | 411613 | Chichester | Warwickshire | 562797 | 307193 | 558684 | 612768 | Warwick | Westmorland | 500906 | 66098 | 504917 | 67180 | Kendal | Wiltshire | 880248 | 264997 | 860607 | 422985 | Trowbridge | Worcestershire | 473542 | 296661 | 514341 | 441069 | Worcester | Yorkshire – East Riding | 741827 | 141516 | 735963 | 224031 | Beverley | Yorkshire – North Riding | 1358101 | 284837 | 1376607 | 396707 | Northallerton | Yorkshire – West Riding | 1701386 | 1351570 | 1606921 | 1678010 | Wakefield