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Estimated population: mid-2001 and mid-2004 population estimates, local authorities in England and Wales whose population has reduced
	Mid-2001	Mid-2004	Difference
England
North East
Hartlepool UA	90,200	90,100	0
Middlesbrough UA	141,200	137,900	-3,300
Redcar and Cleveland UA	139,200	139,100	-100
Chester-le-Street	53,700	53,200	-500
Easington	94,000	92,900	-1,100
North Tyneside	192,000	190,700	-1,300
South Tyneside	152,800	151,500	-1,300
Sunderland	284,600	282,700	-1,900
North West
Ellesmere Port and Neston	81,600	80,900	-700
Barrow-in-Furness	72,000	70,500	-1,500
Oldham	218,500	218,300	-200
Salford	217,000	216,400	-600
Stockport	284,600	282,200	-2,400
Burnley	89,500	88,100	-1,400
Knowsley	151,200	149,800	-1,400
St. Helens	176,800	176,700	-100
Sefton	282,900	281,800	-1,100
Wirral	315,000	313,100	-2,000
Yorkshire and the Humber
Kingston upon Hull, City of UA	249,900	248,500	-1,400
North East Lincolnshire UA	158,000	157,700	-200
Erewash	110,100	110,000	-100
Corby	53,400	53,200	-200
Gedling	111,800	111,300	-600
West Midlands
Stoke-on-Trent UA	240,400	238,000	-2,400
Shrewsbury and Atcham	95,900	95,800	-100
South Staffordshire	105,900	105,300	-700
Staffordshire Moorlands	94,600	94,300	-200
Tamworth	74,600	73,900	-700
Dudley	305,100	304,500	-600
Walsall	253,300	252,800	-500
East
Luton UA	185,900	184,000	-1,900
Southend-on-Sea UA	160,400	159,600	-800
Harlow	78,800	77,500	-1,300
Broxbourne	87,200	86,100	-1,100
Hertsmere	94,500	93,300	-1,200
Stevenage	79,800	79,000	800
Watford	80,400	79,300	-1,100
London
Hackney	207,200	207,000	-200
Lambeth	273,400	268,100	-5,300
Lewisham	254,300	247,000	-7,300
Newham	249,400	247,700	-1,700
Southwark	256,700	254,700	-2,100
Barking and Dagenham	165,700	164,600	-1,100
Brent	269,600	267,700	-1,900
Ealing	307,300	303,200	-4,100
Hounslow	216,000	212,300	-3,600
Sutton	181,500	177,600	-3,900
Waltham Forest	222,000	221,800	-200
South East
Reading UA	144,700	144,000	-700
Slough UA	120,600	117,600	-3,000
Chiltern	89,200	89,100	-100
Wycombe	162,100	159,600	-2,400
Hastings	85,400	84,600	-800
Eastleigh	116,300	116,000	-300
Havant	116,900	115,700	-1,200
Rushmoor	90,900	88,800	-2,100
Gravesham	95,800	94,900	-900
South Oxfordshire	128,300	127,900	-400
Spelthorne	90,400	88,400	-2,000
Tandridge	79,300	79,300	-100
Woking	89,900	89,600	-300
Adur	59,700	59,300	-500
Crawley	100,400	98,700	-1,800
South West
Bournemouth UA	163,600	163,500	0
Poole UA	138,400	137,000	-1,400
Wales
Unitary Authorities
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	231,900	231,800	-100
Merthyr Tydfil	56,200	55,100	-1,100
Blaenau Gwent	70,000	68,800	-1,200
Torfaen	90,900	90,400	-500
Notes: 1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100 and therefore may not 'add'. 2. Where a difference of 0 is shown, the authority has reduced in size—but by an amount that rounds to zero. Source: Office for National Statistics.

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