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The Midlands is the central part of England, bordered by Wales, Northern England, Southern England and the North Sea. The Midlands correspond broadly to the early-medieval kingdom of Mercia , and later became important in the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Map of West Midlands, showing urban areas in grey and metropolitan district boundaries Population density map The West Midlands is a landlocked county that borders the counties of Warwickshire to the east, Worcestershire to the south, and Staffordshire to the north and west.
The West Midlands' population accounts for almost 11% of England's overall population. 49.36% of the region's population resides in the West Midlands county, 20.17% in Staffordshire, 10.49% in Worcestershire, 9.91% in Warwickshire, 8.56% in Shropshire, and 3.37% in Herefordshire.
The economy of Birmingham is dominated by the service sector, which accounted for 88% of the city's employment in 2012. [2] Birmingham is the largest centre in Great Britain for employment in public administration, education and health; [3] and after Leeds the second-largest centre outside London for employment in financial and other business services.
The region does not show typical economic characteristics of Northern England (which the West Midlands does), although it is not as affluent as large parts of the South of England. Economically, the East Midlands bears a similarity to South West England. In March 2011, the average unemployment claimant count for the region was 3.6 per cent ...