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[14] [15] It is the county's largest settlement with a population of 536,280, [1] while the larger City of Leeds district has a population of 812,000 (2021 census). [16] [17] The city is part of the fourth-largest built-up area by population in the United Kingdom, West Yorkshire Built-up Area, with a 2011 census population of 1.7 million. [18]
It has a population of 822,483 (2022), making it technically the second largest city in England by population behind Birmingham, since London is not a single local government entity. Local governance sits with Leeds City Council and the city's 32 Parish Councils .
In 1971 Leeds was the fifth largest county borough by population in England. The county borough was abolished in 1974 and replaced with the larger City of Leeds , a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire .
The population of Yorkshire boomed until it was hit by the Great Famine of 1315. [39] ... County Pop. Leeds Sheffield: 1: Leeds: West: 536,280: 11: Rotherham: South ...
[a] The population in 2021 was 5,480,774 [3] with its largest settlements being Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, and York. It is subdivided into the East Riding of Yorkshire , North Yorkshire (excluding areas in the Tees Valley of North East England ), South Yorkshire , West Yorkshire , North Lincolnshire , and North East Lincolnshire .
Map of the main settlements Leeds, the largest city in the built-up area (BUA) and the United Kingdom's third-largest city by population Bradford, the second largest city in the BUA and United Kingdom's sixth largest city by population Huddersfield, a market town with the third-highest population in the BUA and one of the largest market towns in UK Wakefield, the BUA's third city and ...
According to the Office for National Statistics, as of 2017 the city region ranked 2nd behind Greater London for both population and GVA in the United Kingdom. It has a population of 2,320,214 million and a GVA of £69.62 billion. [2] A renewed focus on city regions in the UK led to Leeds City Region's foundation in 2004. [1]
The county, established in 1974, has an area of 2,029 km 2 (783 sq mi) and a population of 2.3 million, making it the fourth-largest ceremonial county by population. Large parts of West Yorkshire are urban; many settlements are part of the West Yorkshire built-up area , which has a population of 1.78 million.