Yorkshire and The Humber had a faster growing population than
England as a whole, and a larger proportion of its population in
the 20 to 24 age band than any other region. The total
population was 5.3 million people in mid-2010, the sixth largest
of the nine English regions. Between 2001 and 2010 it rose by
over 300,000, or 6.5 per cent, compared with 5.6 per cent for
England. In 2010, 8.0 per cent of the population were aged 20 to
24 compared with 6.1 per cent in the East of England. The
largest population in this age group was in Leeds at around 12
per cent. The 2008-based projections suggest that the region
could have 6.2 million residents by 2030 – 16.5 per cent more
than in 2010. This increase is higher than the projected all-
England increase of 14.4 per cent. The population density was
340 residents per sq km in mid-2010, higher than the UK average
(260) but lower than the England average (400). Kingston upon
Hull (the only entirely urban authority in the region) had the
highest population density in th