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Region in England
East of England
Region
From top, left to right: Peterborough; Colchester; Norfolk Broads; St Albans; Hatfield House; Norwich; Lavenham in Suffolk; Cambridge
East of England, highlighted in red on a beige political map of England
39 non-metropolitan in 5 non-metropolitan counties
Counties
Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire
Essex
Hertfordshire
Norfolk
Suffolk
Government
• Type
Local authority leaders' board
• Body
East of England Local Government Association
• House of Commons
58 MPs (of 650)
Area
[1]
• Total
7,563 sq mi (19,587 km2)
• Land
7,381 sq mi (19,116 km2)
• Water
7 sq mi (17 km2)
• Rank
2nd
Population
(2021)[2]
• Total
6,348,096
• Rank
4th
• Density
860/sq mi (332/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
[3]
• Ethnic groups
List
86.5% White
6.4% Asian
2.9% Black
2.8% Mixed
1.4% other
Religion (2021)
[3]
• Religion
List
46.6% Christianity
40.2% no religion
3.7% Islam
1.4% Hinduism
0.7% Judaism
0.4% Sikhism
0.4% Buddhism
0.6% other
6.1% not stated
GSS code
E12000006
ITL code
TLH
GVA
2021 estimate[4]
• Total
£171.4 billion
• Rank
4th
• Per capita
£26,995
• Rank
3rd
GDP (nominal)
2021 estimate[5]
• Total
£193.3 billion
• Rank
4th
• Per capita
£30,442
• Rank
3rd
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The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom. This region was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics purposes from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Essex has the highest population in the region.[6]
The population of the East of England region in 2018 was 6.24 million.[7] Bedford, Luton, Basildon, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea, Norwich, Ipswich, Colchester, Chelmsford and Cambridge are the region's most populous settlements.[8] The southern part of the region lies in the London commuter belt.
^"Standard Area Measurements (Latest) for Administrative Areas in the United Kingdom". Open Geography Portal. Office for National Statistics. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
^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 Region (E12000006)". 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.
^"UK: county population". Statista. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^"England: region population 2018". Statista. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^"East of England (United Kingdom): Counties and Unitary Districts & Settlements - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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