THE BRITISH LAND UK CHESS CHALLENGE 2011
			COUNTY LEAGUE TABLE					26/07/2011
	Rank	Rank	Below is the breakdown of players by county across the nation.
dif.	10	11	UKCC 2011: Percentage of players participating by County population						% increase
				2001 Census	2011	2011	2011 - %	2010	or decrease
			Tradition County	Population	Schools enr'd	Players	Players/Pop.	Players	of players
1	2	1	OXFORDSHIRE	489,860	37	1230	0.25	1215	1
-1	1	2	SURREY	2,757,906	185	6650	0.24	6885	-3
0	3	3	CAMBRIDGE	395,705	28	915	0.23	900	2
0	4	4	HEREFORDSHIRE	174,844	10	315	0.18	390	-19
0	5	5	BERKSHIRE	915,740	52	1635	0.18	1800	-9
2	8	6	MIDDLESEX	3,407,010	164	5970	0.18	6010	-1
2	9	7	SUSSEX	1,493,756	83	2580	0.17	2535	2
-2	6	8	WILTSHIRE	613,034	33	1035	0.17	1185	-13
7	16	9	HERTFORDSHIRE	1,033,977	46	1575	0.15	1530	3
7	17	10	SOMERSET	855,694	36	1170	0.14	1245	-6
-1	10	11	BUCKINGHAMSHIRE	686,091	29	930	0.14	1140	-18
6	18	12	LEICESTERSHIRE	889,502	32	1170	0.13	1170	0
-6	7	13	ISLE OF MAN	72300	3	90	0.12	135	-33
0	14	14	WORCESTERSHIRE	847,271	33	1050	0.12	1305	-20
8	23	15	CORNWALL	499,114	19	600	0.12	600	0
8	24	16	NOTTINGHAMSHIRE	1,015,498	33	1185	0.12	1200	-1
3	20	17	GLOUCESTERSHIRE	1,190,818	41	1380	0.12	1500	-8
-6	12	18	NORFOLK	796,733	29	915	0.11	1245	-27
2	21	19	HAMPSHIRE / IOW	1,985,243	70	2250	0.11	2445	-8
-1	19	20	KENT	2,556,456	86	2880	0.11	3300	-13
5	26	21	NORTHUMBERLAND	768,968	19	835	0.11	840	-1
3	25	22	LINCOLNSHIRE	957,468	30	990	0.1	1050	-6
-1	22	23	DEVONSHIRE	1,074,919	38	1110	0.1	1305	-15
-13	11	24	CUMBERLAND	263,543	9	270	0.1	420	-36
-12	13	25	SUFFOLK	668,548	20	675	0.1	1035	-35
3	29	26	CHESHIRE	1,598,960	48	1560	0.1	1545	1
0	27	27	DORSET	484,416	15	465	0.1	510	-9
4	32	28	ESSEX	2,703,054	76	2460	0.09	2340	5
9	38	29	WARWICKSHIRE	1,983,341	50	1755	0.09	1380	27
0	30	30	DERBYSHIRE	956,297	27	840	0.09	870	-3
0	31	31	RUTLAND	34,560	1	30	0.09	30	0
2	34	32	LANCASHIRE	4,959,449	131	4215	0.08	4035	4
0	33	33	SHROPSHIRE	441,525	12	375	0.08	360	4
-6	28	34	NORTHANTS	785,736	15	660	0.08	765	-14
-20	15	35	HUNTINGDONSHIRE	156,950	4	120	0.08	240	-50
0	36	36	YORKSHIRE	4,928,004	117	3760	0.08	3720	1
2	39	37	SCOTLAND	5,062,011	95	3075	0.06	3420	-10
2	40	38	WALES	2,903,085	51	1620	0.06	1860	-13
2	41	39	WESTMORLAND	117,983	2	60	0.05	60	0
-3	37	40	STAFFORDSHIRE	1,820,356	25	885	0.05	1290	-31
2	43	41	DURHAM	1,483,069	21	630	0.04	585	8
-7	35	42	BEDFORDSHIRE	565,619	8	240	0.04	435	-45
-1	42	43	CHANNEL ISLES	142765	2	45	0.03	60	-25
0	44	44	N.IRELAND	1,685,267	13	405	0.02	270	50
			Eire	3,582,000			0
			ROW		2			60
			Grand total	62,804,445	1881	62605	0.1	66220

 

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