THE BRITISH LAND UK CHESS CHALLENGE 2009
			COUNTY LEAGUE TABLE					26/07/2009
	Rank	Rank	Below is the breakdown of players by county across the nation.
dif.	08	09	Percentage of players participating by County population						% increase
			Traditional	2001 Census	2009	2009	2009	2008	or decrease
			County	Population	Schools enr'd	Players	Players/Pop.	Players	of players
2	3	1	SURREY	2,757,906	194	7010	0.25	7049	-1
3	5	2	OXFORDSHIRE	489,860	39	1245	0.25	1110	12
4	7	3	CAMBRIDGE	395,705	28	1005	0.25	840	20
-2	2	4	HEREFORDSHIRE	174,844	14	435	0.25	480	-9
-4	1	5	RUTLAND	34,560	2	75	0.22	150	-50
0	6	6	HUNTINGDONSHIRE	156,950	10	315	0.20	345	-9
-3	4	7	SOMERSET	855,694	47	1665	0.19	1980	-16
0	8	8	WILTSHIRE	613,034	38	1140	0.19	1260	-10
6	15	9	BUCKINGHAMSHIRE	686,091	41	1275	0.19	1080	18
-1	9	10	CUMBERLAND	263,543	15	480	0.18	510	-6
-1	10	11	BERKSHIRE	915,740	49	1575	0.17	1740	-9
0	12	12	MIDDLESEX	3,407,010	157	5620	0.16	5915	-5
-2	11	13	SUSSEX	1,493,756	75	2430	0.16	2710	-10
0	14	14	NORFOLK	796,733	33	1200	0.15	1260	-5
3	18	15	LINCOLNSHIRE	957,468	37	1410	0.15	1365	3
0	16	16	GLOUCESTERSHIRE	1,190,818	55	1735	0.15	1830	-5
0	17	17	LEICESTERSHIRE	889,502	35	1260	0.14	1320	-5
-5	13	18	HERTFORDSHIRE	1,033,977	41	1455	0.14	1785	-18
5	24	19	SUFFOLK	668,548	29	930	0.14	795	17
0	20	20	DEVONSHIRE	1,074,919	45	1415	0.13	1460	-3
-2	19	21	KENT	2,556,456	99	3300	0.13	3600	-8
22	44	22	ISLE OF MAN	72300	3	90	0.12
0	23	23	WORCESTERSHIRE	847,271	30	1020	0.12	1035	-1
-3	21	24	HAMPSHIRE / IOW	1,985,243	67	2295	0.12	2475	-7
2	27	25	CORNWALL	499,114	19	570	0.11	570	0
4	30	26	SHROPSHIRE	441,525	16	480	0.11	465	3
1	28	27	NOTTINGHAMSHIRE	1,015,498	31	1095	0.11	1140	-4
-3	25	28	NORTHUMBERLAND	768,968	22	825	0.11	900	-8
3	32	29	DERBYSHIRE	956,297	30	990	0.10	990	0
3	33	30	ESSEX	2,703,054	84	2705	0.10	2790	-3
3	34	31	CHESHIRE	1,598,960	49	1545	0.10	1635	-6
3	35	32	WARWICKSHIRE	1,983,341	50	1755	0.09	1970	-11
9	42	33	DORSET	484,416	13	420	0.09	240	75
3	37	34	LANCASHIRE	4,959,449	133	4155	0.08	4725	-12
-13	22	35	NORTHANTS	785,736	18	645	0.08	975	-34
0	36	36	YORKSHIRE	4,928,004	118	3795	0.08	4770	-20
-11	26	37	WESTMORLAND	117,983	3	90	0.08	135	-33
-9	29	38	BEDFORDSHIRE	565,619	13	405	0.07	615	-34
0	39	39	SCOTLAND	5,062,011	102	3310	0.07	3645	-9
-2	38	40	WALES	2,903,085	55	1755	0.06	2325	-25
-1	40	41	STAFFORDSHIRE	1,820,356	30	1005	0.06	1110	-9
-11	31	42	CHANNEL ISLES	142765	3	75	0.05	150	-50
-2	41	43	DURHAM	1,483,069	21	690	0.05	885	-22
-1	43	44	N.IRELAND	1,685,267	10	300	0.02	540	-44
			Eire	3,582,000			0.00
			ROW		2	60		30
			Grand total	62,804,445	2005	67050	0.11	72699

Headings in italics = Principalities