Editing Yorkshire and the Humber (section)

===Population, density and settlements===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! County
! Population
! Population density
! Largest town/city
! Largest urban area
|-
| '''Yorkshire and the Humber'''
| '''5,177,200'''
| '''328/km<sup>2</sup>'''
| '''[[Leeds]] (761,100)'''
| '''[[West Yorkshire Urban Area]] (1,499,465)'''
|-
| [[West Yorkshire]]
| 2,118,600
| 1,004/km<sup>2</sup>
| Leeds (761,100)
| West Yorkshire Urban Area (1,499,465)
|-
| [[South Yorkshire]]
| 1,292,900
| 833/km<sup>2</sup>
| [[Sheffield]] (551,800)
| [[Sheffield Urban Area]] (640,720)
|-
| [[East Riding of Yorkshire]]
| 587,100
| 137/km<sup>2</sup>
| [[Kingston upon Hull]] (257,000)
| [[Kingston upon Hull Urban Area]] (301,416)
|-
| [[North Yorkshire]] (part)
| 1,061,300
| 123/km<sup>2</sup>
| [[York]] (193,300)
| [[York Urban Area]] (137,505)
|-
| [[Lincolnshire]] (part)
| 217,900 <!--NEL 158,900 + NL 159,000-->
| 508/km<sup>2</sup><!--NL 188 + NEL 828 /2-->
| [[Grimsby]] (87,574)
| Grimsby/[[Cleethorpes]] (138,842)
|}

<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gos.gov.uk/goyh/factgoyh/Yorkshireandthehumber/ |title=Fact Files: Yorkshire and The Humber > Yorkshire and The Humber |access-date=6 May 2008 |last=Office for National Statistics. |date=April 2008 |publisher=Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025041738/http://www.gos.gov.uk/goyh/factgoyh/Yorkshireandthehumber/ |archive-date=25 October 2008 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

The region has fewer degree-educated adults than the England average and the UK's highest rate of cancer.