East Midlands

East Midlands
East Midlands
Region
	From top, left to right: Northampton; Leicester; Nottingham; Derby; Sherwood Forest; Lincoln Cathedral; Rutland Water; Peak District
	East Midlands shown within England
	Coordinates: 52°59′N 0°45′W / 52.98°N 0.75°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
GO established	1994
RDA established	1998
GO abolished	2011
RDA abolished	31 March 2012
Subdivisions	6 counties Derbyshire ; Leicestershire ; Lincolnshire (part) ; Northamptonshire ; Nottinghamshire ; Rutland ; 2 combined authority East Midlands ; Greater Lincolnshire CCA (part) ; 35 districts 6 unitary ; 29 non-metropolitan in 4 non-metropolitan counties ;
Government
• Type	Local authority leaders' board
• Body	East Midlands Councils
• MPs	46 MPs (of 650)
Area
• Total	6,105 sq mi (15,811 km2)
• Land	6,032 sq mi (15,624 km2)
• Rank	4th
Population (2022)
• Total	4,934,939
• Rank	8th
• Density	820/sq mi (316/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 85.7% White ; 8.0% Asian ; 2.7% Black ; 2.4% Mixed ; 1.3% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 45.4% Christianity ; 40.0% no religion ; 4.3% Islam ; 2.5% Hinduism ; 1.1% Sikhism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.1% Judaism ; 0.5% other ; 5.9% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ITL code	TLF
GSS code	E12000004

The East Midlands is one of nine official regions of England. It comprises the eastern half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It consists of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (except for North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire), Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, and Rutland. The region has a land area of 15,624 km² (6,032 sq mi), with an estimated population 4,934,939 in 2022. With a sufficiency-level world city ranking, Nottingham is the only settlement in the region to be classified by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.