List of Administrative shire counties of England by Area

This is a List of Administrative shire counties of England by Area, that is to say Administrative counties with a two-tier County council structure, not including Administrative counties which are Unitary Authorities. See also:\nList of Ceremonial counties of England by Area -\nList of Administrative shire counties of England by Population {|\n|-\n!Rank!!County!!Area km²\n|-\n|1||North Yorkshire||8,038\n|-\n|2||Cumbria||6,768\n|-\n|3||Devon||6,564\n|-\n|4||Lincolnshire||5,921\n|-\n|5||Norfolk||5,371\n|-\n|6||Northumberland||5,013\n|-\n|7||Suffolk||3,801\n|-\n|8||Hampshire||3,679\n|-\n|9||Cornwall||3,547\n|-\n|10||Kent||3,544\n|-\n|11||Essex||3,465\n|-\n|12||Somerset||3,451\n|-\n|13||Wiltshire||3,255\n|-\n|14||Shropshire||3,197\n|-\n|15||Cambridgeshire||3,046\n|-\n|16||Lancashire||2,903\n|-\n|17||Gloucestershire||2,653\n|-\n|18||Staffordshire||2,620\n|-\n|19||Oxfordshire||2,605\n|-\n|20||Derbyshire||2,547\n|-\n|21||Dorset||2,542\n|-\n|22||Northamptonshire||2,364\n|-\n|23||County Durham||2,226\n|-\n|24||Nottinghamshire||2,085\n|-\n|25||Cheshire||2,083\n|-\n|26||Leicestershire||2,083\n|-\n|27||West Sussex||1,991\n|-\n|28||Warwickshire||1,975\n|-\n|29||Worcestershire||1,741\n|-\n|30||East Sussex||1,709\n|-\n|31||Surrey||1,663\n|-\n|32||Hertfordshire||1,643\n|-\n|33||Buckinghamshire||1,565\n|-\n|34||Bedfordshire||1,192\n|}