North Yorkshire (district)

North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
Unitary authority area
	Ripon, the only city in the district and its third-largest settlement
	North Yorkshire district shown within North Yorkshire ceremonial county
	Coordinates: 54°10′N 1°20′W / 54.167°N 1.333°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Combined authority	York and North Yorkshire
Incorporated	1 April 2023
Administrative HQ	County Hall, Northallerton
Government
• Type	Unitary authority
• Body	North Yorkshire Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	No overall control
Area
• Total	3,103 sq mi (8,037 km2)
• Rank	1st
Population (2022)
• Total	623,501
• Rank	3rd
• Density	200/sq mi (78/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 96.7% White ; 1.4% Asian ; 1.1% Mixed ; 0.4% Black ; 0.5% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 55.6% Christianity ; 36.9% no religion ; 0.5% Islam ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.3% Hinduism ; 0.1% Judaism ; 0.1% Sikhism ; 0.4% other ; 5.8% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	List BD20, BD22–24 ; DL6–11 ; HG ; LA2, LA6 ; LS17, LS21–25, LS29 ; TS9 ; YO7, YO8, YO11–14, YO17–24, YO26, YO30, YO51, YO60–62 ;
GSS code	E06000065
Website	northyorks.gov.uk

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county and unitary authority area (legally known as the County of North Yorkshire),^[4] in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It covers seven former districts: Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Scarborough, Richmondshire, Ryedale and Selby.^[5]

The non-metropolitan county has an area of 2,483 square miles (6,430 km²), and, with the City of York and the boroughs of Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees (south of the River Tees), forms the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.^[6] It is governed by North Yorkshire Council.