Statistics for Biggest Settlement In Each English County

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County	Population	City	% Correct
Merseyside	466,415	Liverpool	97%
Tyne and Wear	268,064	Newcastle upon Tyne	95%
West Midlands	1,085,810	Birmingham	94%
Oxfordshire	150,200	Oxford	94%
West Yorkshire	793,139 (2019)	Leeds	93%
Leicestershire	443,760	Leicester	92%
Nottinghamshire	289,301	Nottingham	92%
Derbyshire	248,752	Derby	90%
Lincolnshire	100,160	Lincoln	87%
Northamptonshire	212,100	Northampton	87%
South Yorkshire	584,853 (2019)	Sheffield	85%
Hampshire	253,651	Southampton	85%
Gloucestershire	136,632	Gloucester	84%
Norfolk	213,166	Norwich	83%
Worcestershire	100,153	Worcester	82%
East Sussex	229,700	Brighton and Hove	81%
Devon	256,384	Plymouth	79%
East Riding of Yorkshire	256,406	Kingston upon Hull	75%
Herefordshire	60,415	Hereford	74%
Berkshire	218.705	Reading	74%
Suffolk	144,957	Ipswich	69%
Cumbria	75,306	Carlisle	66%
Staffordshire	249,008	Stoke-on-Trent	65%
Somerset	94,782	Bath	64%
Dorset	183,491	Bournemouth	62%
Lancashire	147,663	Blackpool	60%
Cambridgeshire	161,707	Peterborough	56%
Bedfordshire	203,201	Luton	54%
North Yorkshire	174,700	Middlesbrough	53%
Buckinghamshire	229,941	Milton Keynes	53%
Essex	175,547	Southend-on-Sea	52%
Wiltshire	182,441	Swindon	50%
Kent	113,137	Maidstone	42%
Hertfordshire	131,982	Watford	41%
County Durham	92,363	Darlington	33%
Shropshire	142,723	Telford	33%
Cheshire	165,456	Warrington	31%
Surrey	105,367	Woking	31%
West Sussex	109,120	Worthing	30%
Rutland	10,922	Oakham	29%
Isle of Wight	32,072	Ryde	29%
Cornwall	21,797	Falmouth	28%
Warwickshire	86,552	Nuneaton	21%
Northumberland	37,339	Blyth	18%