What is Yorkshire?
{{infobox historic subdivision| |Name= Yorkshire |HQ=York |Government=Ridings |Origin= Pre-Roman |Status= Former county |Start= Pre-Roman |End= |Code= YKS |CodeName= [[Chapman code]] |Replace= [[History of local government in Yorkshire|Various]] |Motto |Divisions= [[Riding (division)|Riding]]s |DivisionsMap= [[File:Yorkshire Ridings.png|160px|Ridings of Yorkshire]] |DivisionsNames= [[North Riding of Yorkshire|1 North]] • [[West Riding of Yorkshire|2 West]] • [[East Riding of Yorkshire|3 East]] |Image= Flag of Yorkshire.svg |Map= [[File:Yorkshire UK 1851 locator map.svg|160px|Yorkshire in England]]<br />''Yorkshire within Britain, showing extent Post-Harrying of the North |Arms=White Rose of Yorkshire |Civic=Yorkshire Flag |PopulationFirst= 1,371,359<ref name=york_pop>{{cite web| url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/bicentenary/pdfs/yorkshire.pdf| title=200 years of the Census in Yorkshire|year=2001|work=National Statistics|accessdate=15 July 2008}} Note that the area of Yorkshire increases slightly from {{convert|3669510|acre|km2|0}} in 1831 to {{convert|3883979|acre|km2|0}} in 1901 and then reduces to {{convert|2941247|acre|km2|0}} in 1991, so that these three figures relate to different areas.</ref> |PopulationFirstYear= 1831 |AreaFirst= {{convert|14850|km2|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=york_pop/> |AreaFirstYear= 1831 |DensityFirst= 239.2/km<sup>2</sup> |DensityFirstYear= 1831 |PopulationSecond= 3,512,838<ref name=york_pop/> |PopulationSecondYear= 1901 |AreaSecond= {{convert|15718 |km2|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=york_pop/> |AreaSecondYear= 1901 |DensitySecond= 223.5/km<sup>2</sup> |DensitySecondYear= 1901 |PopulationLast= 3,978,484<ref name=york_pop/>