Complete list of UK Counties

Facts Checked By Data Team - Written By Mallika Basu - Reviewed By Amy O'Brien

Below is a complete list of UK counties. There are 56 counties in UK. Visit Respective County link to view it's postcodes and wards.

Counties were first introduced by romans in Great Britain based on geographical landmarks like River, Mountains etc. Counties are highest geographical units followed by the administration of England.

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List of all UK counties


County Households Population Active Postcodes InActive Postcodes Total Postcodes latitude longitude
Buckinghamshire 299296.0 754084.0 23844 12701 36545 51.58932800 -0.68143100
Cambridgeshire 325334.0 804995.0 21600 16716 38316 52.06320000 0.33206800
Cumbria 222032.0 499840.0 19954 5025 24979 54.60322800 -3.12849100
Derbyshire 434912.0 1018527.0 26184 17367 43551 52.92389800 -1.48530800
Devon 490971.0 1133783.0 41056 12782 53838 50.73484400 -2.95555000
Dorset 326115.0 744033.0 22621 8888 31509 50.94095100 -2.60911100
East Sussex 353447.0 800056.0 22452 12579 35031 50.82070500 -0.11956100
Essex 718594.0 1724905.0 46427 20911 67338 52.02443500 0.25579600
Gloucestershire 362126.0 859663.0 28203 14346 42549 51.43543200 -2.37602600
Hampshire 729019.0 1759701.0 49852 37327 87179 50.86815400 -1.84660300
Hertfordshire 453823.0 1116097.0 32613 21178 53791 51.78062900 -0.30362000
Kent 711858.0 1727688.0 51484 19225 70709 51.32605500 0.10416700
Lancashire 617980.0 1460809.0 40198 16830 57028 53.75358700 -2.47727600
Leicestershire 390549.0 980287.0 22798 12312 35110 52.67781700 -1.56151500
Lincolnshire 447369.0 1040747.0 32573 8723 41296 53.55128100 -0.81686100
Norfolk 372052.0 857802.0 29155 6180 35335 52.50748100 0.33491000
Northamptonshire 287741.0 691968.0 18056 8925 26981 52.38189500 -1.18880500
North Yorkshire 479109.0 1125565.0 38350 19500 57850 53.93031600 -2.16306200
Nottinghamshire 460429.0 1091469.0 27712 8392 36104 53.07043200 -1.33477700
Oxfordshire 258842.0 653774.0 22096 16241 38337 51.98702200 -1.66466600
Somerset 388729.0 908528.0 32504 13355 45859 51.37885800 -2.35556200
Staffordshire 462900.0 1097624.0 29410 9648 39058 52.59030300 -1.86853900
Suffolk 310721.0 728109.0 25216 7142 32358 52.15135600 0.43900300
Surrey 455707.0 1132224.0 33616 19772 53388 51.30024300 -0.09648700
Warwickshire 230796.0 543396.0 16346 5568 21914 52.35509800 -1.71113500
West Sussex 345631.0 806983.0 26230 13065 39295 50.80526800 -0.58097300
Worcestershire 239691.0 566087.0 16930 6215 23145 52.40430000 -1.88882500
Bedfordshire 242527.0 615109.0 14739 7198 21937 51.83212800 -0.38300800
Berkshire 340545.0 861876.0 23990 22597 46587 51.34987200 -0.78471200
Bristol 182770.0 428296.0 11714 5943 17657 51.44951600 -2.57837000
Cheshire 439354.0 1027771.0 31750 15833 47583 53.17383700 -2.86198000
City of London 4377.0 7360.0 1672 5133 6805 51.51885200 -0.07851000
Cornwall 231372.0 534450.0 22003 5272 27275 50.75468800 -4.45705500
County Durham 367928.0 846925.0 26136 7496 33632 54.78058900 -1.57300200
East Riding of Yorkshire 255630.0 590591.0 16511 7759 24270 53.69301600 -1.03079800
Greater London 3261803.0 8166632.0 178921 142717 321638 51.38945300 0.09270100
Greater Manchester 1128091.0 2682561.0 71771 42567 114338 53.64775500 -2.31238100
Herefordshire 78312.0 183482.0 6792 1567 8359 51.86117400 -2.54445800
Isle of Wight 61085.0 138265.0 5120 1255 6375 50.69942700 -1.29763400
Merseyside 602078.0 1381172.0 34485 24935 59420 53.37905600 -3.09845600
Rutland 15004.0 37380.0 1265 327 1592 52.67046200 -0.72761100
Shropshire 196344.0 472951.0 18261 4668 22929 52.99236500 -2.38184900
South Yorkshire 565429.0 1343520.0 33099 14711 47810 53.52299500 -1.13489800
Tyne and Wear 484531.0 1104828.0 27610 11200 38810 54.88501700 -1.64137000
West Midlands 1086907.0 2738448.0 58147 28068 86215 52.47666000 -1.90353500
West Yorkshire 922456.0 2226054.0 63686 25641 89327 53.79601900 -1.75059900
Wiltshire 282535.0 680120.0 22380 9416 31796 51.27190500 -2.19807000
Northumberland 138521.0 316000.0 12990 3284 16274 55.08748000 -2.52778700
Clwyd 212496.0 496219.0 16354 3654 20008 53.14927300 -3.04839500
Dyfed 163514.0 382136.0 14804 2803 17607 51.78678200 -4.00946500
Gwent 242786.0 576673.0 15729 18714 34443 51.56166900 -3.15234600
Gwynedd 83044.0 191569.0 8476 1308 9784 53.23191400 -4.16006400
Mid Glamorgan 182433.0 432366.0 10322 3166 13488 51.55385600 -3.38893300
Powys 58350.0 132971.0 6104 919 7023 51.79360400 -3.52703800
South Glamorgan 196094.0 472501.0 10762 13890 24652 51.46974400 -3.18769200
West Glamorgan 163884.0 378826.0 9507 3663 13170 51.53831600 -3.70058400