Worcestershire

Worcestershire
County
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Worcestershire in England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	West Midlands
Established	Historic
Ceremonial county
Area	1,741 km2 (672 sq mi)
• Ranked	34th of 48
Population (mid-2014 est.)	566,500
• Ranked	38th of 48
Density	325/km2 (840/sq mi)
Ethnicity	91.25% White British 3.25% Other 2.86% Asian 1.26% Mixed 1.06% Black 0.32% Chinese
Non-metropolitan county
County council	Worcestershire County Council
Executive	Conservative
Admin HQ	Worcester
Area	1,741 km2 (672 sq mi)
• Ranked	29th of 27
Population	566,500
• Ranked	21st of 27
Density	325/km2 (840/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2	GB-WOR
ONS code	47
NUTS	UKG12
Districts of Worcestershire
Districts	Worcester Malvern Hills Wyre Forest Bromsgrove Redditch Wychavon
Members of Parliament	Robin Walker (C) Sajid Javid (C) Nigel Huddleston (C) Karen Lumley (C) Harriett Baldwin (C) Mark Garnier (C) Bill Wiggin (C)
Time zone	GMT (UTC)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)

Worcestershire (ⁱ/ˈwʊstərʃər/ WUUS-tər-shər or /ˈwʊstərʃɪər/ WUUS-tər-sheer; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. Between 1974 and 1998, it was merged with the neighbouring county of Herefordshire as Hereford and Worcester.

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