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