Cornwall

Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow or occasionally Curnow) is a county of England's south-west peninsula, lying west of the River Tamar.

Demographics

Cornwall's population is 513,527, and population density 144 people per square kilometre, ranking the county 40th and 41st respectively compared to the other 47 counties of England. Cornwall has a relatively high level of population growth, however, at 11.2% in the 1980s and 5.3% in the 1990s, giving it the fifth highest population growth of the English counties {{ref|pop_growth}}. The natural change has been a small population decline, and the population increase is due to immigration into the county {{ref|nat_change}}.

Related Topics:
Population - Population density - 1980s - 1990s

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Cornwall has a relatively high retired population, with 22.9% of pensionable age, compared to 20.3% for the United Kingdom {{ref|retirement}}. This may be due to a combination of Cornwall's rural and coastal geography, popular as a retirement location, and due to the emigration of younger residents to more economically diverse areas.

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