29 non-metropolitan in 4 non-metropolitan counties
Counties
Derbyshire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire (part)
Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire
Rutland
Government
• Type
Local authority leaders' board
• Body
East Midlands Councils
• House of Commons
46 MPs (of 650)
Area
[1]
• Total
6,105 sq mi (15,811 km2)
• Land
6,032 sq mi (15,624 km2)
• Water
8 sq mi (20 km2)
• Rank
4th
Population
(2021)[2]
• Total
4,880,094
• Rank
8th
• Density
810/sq mi (312/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
[3]
• Ethnic groups
List
85.7% White
8.0% Asian
2.7% Black
2.4% Mixed
1.3% other
Religion (2021)
[3]
• Religion
List
45.4% Christianity
40.0% no religion
4.3% Islam
2.5% Hinduism
1.1% Sikhism
0.3% Buddhism
0.1% Judaism
0.5% other
5.9% not stated
GSS code
E12000004
ITL code
TLF
GVA
2021 estimate[4]
• Total
£118.4 billion
• Rank
8th
• Per capita
£24,261
• Rank
8th
GDP (nominal)
2021 estimate[5]
• Total
£134.2 billion
• Rank
8th
• Per capita
£27,505
• Rank
8th
The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England. It comprises the eastern half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It consists of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (except for North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and Rutland. The region has an area of 15,627 km2 (6,034 sq mi), with a population over 4.5 million in 2011.
With a sufficiency-level world city ranking, Nottingham is the only settlement in the region to be classified by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.[6]
The region is primarily served by East Midlands Airport, which lies between Derby, Leicester and Nottingham. The main cities in the region are Derby, Leicester, Lincoln and Nottingham. The largest towns in these counties are Boston, Chesterfield, Coalville, Corby, Glossop, Grantham, Kettering, Loughborough, Northampton, Mansfield, Oakham, Swadlincote and Wellingborough.
^"Standard Area Measurements (Latest) for Administrative Areas in the United Kingdom (V2)". Open Geography Portal. Office for National Statistics. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
^Park, Neil (21 December 2022). "Estimates of the population for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
^ abUK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – East Midlands Region (E12000004)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^Fenton, Trevor (25 April 2023). "Regional gross value added (balanced) per head and income components". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
^Fenton, Trevor (25 April 2023). "Regional gross domestic product: all ITL regions". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
^"GaWC - The World According to GaWC 2020". www.lboro.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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