| 1 | Cambridgeshire | 3,816,769 | 10,011 | — |
| 2 | Norfolk | 3,192,087 | 10,297 | — |
| 3 | Suffolk | 2,433,244 | 8,800 | — |
| 4 | Kent | 2,275,011 | 9,021 | — |
| 5 | Oxfordshire | 2,016,607 | 8,523 | — |
| 6 | Surrey | 1,972,689 | 8,722 | — |
| 7 | Dorset | 1,770,257 | 8,902 | — |
| 8 | Cornwall | 1,461,883 | 8,884 | — |
| 9 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 1,432,678 | 5,765 | — |
| 10 | Essex | 1,415,071 | 7,830 | — |
| 11 | Devon | 1,355,828 | 10,139 | — |
| 12 | Lincolnshire | 1,329,278 | 6,552 | — |
| 13 | North Yorkshire | 1,314,749 | 8,652 | — |
| 14 | Worcestershire | 1,296,618 | 9,698 | — |
| 15 | Somerset | 1,168,887 | 8,317 | — |
| 16 | Gloucestershire | 1,038,931 | 7,517 | — |
| 17 | Cumbria | 923,497 | 7,958 | — |
| 18 | Nottinghamshire | 806,357 | 5,268 | — |
| 19 | Rutland | 714,136 | 4,105 | — |
| 20 | Sefton | 699,631 | 5,886 | — |
| 21 | Cheshire East | 615,481 | 5,457 | — |
| 22 | Northamptonshire | 613,240 | 5,072 | — |
| 23 | Leeds | 481,812 | 3,572 | — |
| 24 | West Berkshire | 405,646 | 4,681 | 704.2 km² |
| 25 | Thurrock | 369,680 | 2,916 | — |
| 26 | Trafford | 362,662 | 2,505 | — |
| 27 | Doncaster | 337,933 | 4,343 | — |
| 28 | Milton Keynes | 327,744 | 2,920 | — |
| 29 | Bath and North East Somerset | 317,743 | 3,927 | 345.7 km² |
| 30 | Rotherham | 307,598 | 2,963 | — |
| 31 | Bristol, City of | 306,281 | 4,801 | — |
| 32 | Herefordshire, County of | 299,841 | 6,043 | — |
| 33 | York | 286,781 | 4,369 | — |
| 34 | Isle of Wight | 280,457 | 4,846 | — |
| 35 | Warrington | 275,583 | 3,738 | — |
| 36 | Isles of Scilly | 247,305 | 2,042 | 16.3 km² |
| 37 | Halton | 232,407 | 2,764 | — |
| 38 | Sheffield | 223,873 | 4,311 | — |
| 39 | Portsmouth | 195,238 | 2,473 | — |
| 40 | North Tyneside | 183,756 | 1,922 | — |
| 41 | Bury | 177,680 | 2,304 | — |
| 42 | Wirral | 171,694 | 3,241 | — |
| 43 | Medway | 170,379 | 3,084 | — |
| 44 | North Lincolnshire | 158,560 | 3,630 | — |
| 45 | Stockport | 148,298 | 2,423 | — |
| 46 | Peterborough | 146,229 | 3,072 | — |
| 47 | Sandwell | 144,063 | 2,366 | — |
| 48 | Wakefield | 133,709 | 2,164 | — |
| 49 | Telford and Wrekin | 128,224 | 5,114 | 290.3 km² |
| 50 | Salford | 126,726 | 1,752 | — |
| 51 | Kirklees | 99,515 | 1,859 | — |
| 52 | Calderdale | 99,042 | 2,427 | 364.0 km² |
| 53 | Brighton and Hove | 98,813 | 3,142 | — |
| 54 | Nottingham | 95,367 | 2,794 | — |
| 55 | Bradford | 92,924 | 2,368 | — |
| 56 | St. Helens | 92,817 | 2,646 | — |
| 57 | Bracknell Forest | 89,886 | 2,653 | 109.4 km² |
| 58 | Bedford | 85,340 | 2,719 | — |
| 59 | Tameside | 79,675 | 1,791 | — |
| 60 | Dudley | 76,869 | 2,674 | — |
| 61 | Redcar and Cleveland | 67,759 | 2,185 | 244.8 km² |
| 62 | Liverpool | 65,871 | 2,506 | — |
| 63 | Southend-on-Sea | 65,012 | 1,594 | — |
| 64 | Plymouth | 52,985 | 2,951 | — |
| 65 | Torbay | 51,700 | 2,209 | — |
| 66 | Kingston upon Hull, City of | 50,276 | 2,223 | — |
| 67 | Derby | 40,960 | 1,499 | — |
| 68 | Hartlepool | 32,124 | 1,534 | — |
| 69 | Darlington | 29,622 | 1,336 | — |
| 70 | Blackburn with Darwen | 28,846 | 1,629 | 137 km² |
| 71 | Wolverhampton | 19,099 | 1,277 | — |
| 72 | Luton | 9,205 | 1,047 | — |