Yorkshire and the Humber

Yorkshire and the Humber
Region
From top, left to right: Sheffield; Hull; Leeds; Bradford; Piece Hall; The Moors; Ribblehead Viaduct in The Dales
Yorkshire and the Humber shown within England
Coordinates: 53°34′N 1°12′W / 53.567°N 1.200°W / 53.567; -1.200
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
GO established	1994
RDA established	1998
GO abolished	2011
RDA abolished	31 March 2012
Subdivisions	5 counties East Riding of Yorkshire Lincolnshire (part) North Yorkshire (part) South Yorkshire West Yorkshire 5 combined authorities South Yorkshire West Yorkshire York and North Yorkshire Hull and East Yorkshire Greater Lincolnshire CCA (part) 15 districts 6 unitary 9 metropolitan
Government
• MPs	54 MPs (of 650)
Area [1]
• Total	6,010 sq mi (15,560 km2)
• Land	5,948 sq mi (15,404 km2)
• Rank	5th
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	5,541,262
• Rank	7th
• Density	900/sq mi (360/km2)
Ethnicity (2021) [3]
• Ethnic groups	List 85.4% White 8.9% Asian 2.1% Mixed 2.1% Black 1.4% other
Religion (2021) [3]
• Religion	List 44.9% Christianity 39.4% no religion 8.1% Islam 0.5% Hinduism 0.4% Sikhism 0.3% Buddhism 0.2% Judaism 0.4% other 5.7% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ITL code	TLE
GSS code	E12000003

Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes.^[a] It is one of the three regions covering Northern England, alongside the North West England and North East England regions, and covers the historic and cultural Yorkshire area.

Yorkshire and the Humber is made up of the counties of East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire (excluding areas in the Tees Valley which are instead part of North East England), South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and the districts of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire that are in the county of Lincolnshire (with the rest of the county being within the East Midlands). The population of Yorkshire and the Humber in 2021 was 5,480,774^[3] with its largest settlements being Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, and York.

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