Geography Status Ceremonial & Non-metropolitan county Region West Midlands Area - Total - Admin. council Ranked 34th 1,741 km 2 (672 sq mi) Ranked 29th <tr><th>Admin HQ</th><td class="label"> Worcester </td></tr><tr><th> ISO 3166-2 </th><td>GB-WOR</td></tr> ONS code 47 NUTS 3 UKG12 Demography Population - Total (2006 est.) - Density - Admin. council Ranked 38th 552,900 318 /km 2