Dorset and Devon are the most popular English counties

Matthew SmithHead of Data Journalism
August 20, 2018, 8:20 AM GMT+0

YouGov Profiles data reveals the most and least popular of 47 English counties

Newly released YouGov Profiles data on the opinions of more than 42,000 people towards 47 English counties reveals that Dorset and Devon top the popularity charts, with 92% saying that they like each of the counties.

The South West is actually home to four of the top five most liked counties – Cornwall places 3rd at 91% and Somerset 5th at 86%. The only county outside the South West to make the top five list is North Yorkshire, in 4th place at 87%.

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Only two other counties had a like rate of 80% or higher – Cumbria (85%) and the Isle of Wight (80%).

At the bottom of the table, Bedfordshire is the least liked county, with only 40% saying they like it. In a more distant second-from-last comes Northamptonshire on 47%, with Leicestershire third from bottom at 48%.

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The full list of rankings can be found below

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County% who like the countyRank

Dorset

92%

1

Devon

92%

2

Cornwall

91%

3

North Yorkshire

87%

4

Somerset

86%

5

Cumbria

85%

6

Isle of Wight

80%

7

Norfolk

79%

8

Northumberland

79%

9

Derbyshire

77%

10

Hampshire

75%

11

West Yorkshire

75%

12

Shropshire

74%

13

Oxfordshire

73%

14

Wiltshire

73%

15

Cheshire

72%

16

Gloucestershire

72%

17

East Riding of Yorkshire

71%

18

Warwickshire

71%

18

Suffolk

71%

20

West Sussex

71%

21

County Durham

70%

22

Lancashire

70%

23

Kent

70%

24

Herefordshire

69%

25

Worcestershire

68%

26

South Yorkshire

66%

27

Cambridgeshire

66%

28

East Sussex

65%

29

Tyne and Wear

64%

30

Lincolnshire

64%

31

Bristol

63%

32

Staffordshire

62%

33

Surrey

62%

34

Rutland

59%

35

Nottinghamshire

59%

36

Hertfordshire

59%

37

Greater London

58%

38

Buckinghamshire

57%

39

Berkshire

55%

40

Merseyside

55%

41

Greater Manchester

53%

42

Essex

50%

43

West Midlands

49%

44

Leicestershire

48%

45

Northamptonshire

47%

46

Bedfordshire

40%

47