Demography
The ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire consists of the area administered by Milton Keynes Borough Council as well as that administered by Buckinghamshire County Council. The ceremonial county has a Lord Lieutenant and a High Sheriff. Currently the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire is Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher and the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire is Amanda Nicholson. The office of Custos rotulorum has been combined with that of Lord Lieutenant since 1702.
| District | Main Towns | Population (2006 estimate) | Population (2007 estimate) | Population (2008 estimate) | Area | Population Density (2008) | Population Projection 2026 |
| Aylesbury Vale | Aylesbury, Buckingham | 172,000 | 174,100 | 176,000 | 902.75 km² | 195/km² | 213,000 |
| Wycombe | High Wycombe, Marlow | 161,300 | 161,400 | 161,500 | 324.57 km² | 498/km² | 165,000 |
| Chiltern | Amersham, Chesham | 90,300 | 90,800 | 90,900 | 196.35 km² | 463/km² | 89,000 |
| South Bucks | Beaconsfield, Burnham | 63,700 | 64,300 | 64,800 | 141.28 km² | 459/km² | 63,800 |
| TOTAL Non-Metropolitan | N/A | 487,300 | 490,600 | 493,200 | 1565 km² | 315/km² | 530,800 |
| Borough of Milton Keynes | Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell | 224,800 | 228,400 | 232,200 | 308.63 km² | 752/km² | 323,146 |
| TOTAL Ceremonial | N/A | 712,100 | 719,000 | 725,400 | 1874 km² | 387/km² | 853,946 |
Population figures for 2006 are from the Office for National Statistics as are the 2007 and 2008. estimates. See List of English districts by population for a full list of every English district.
As can be seen from the table, the Vale of Aylesbury and the Borough of Milton Keynes have been identified as growth areas, with a projected population surge of almost 50,000 in Aylesbury Vale between 2006 and 2026 and 100,000 in Milton Keynes within the same twenty years. The population of Milton Keynes is expected to reach almost 350,000 by 2031, whilst the urban population of the county town of Aylesbury is expected to exceed 100,000.
Buckinghamshire is split into civil parishes.
Today Buckinghamshire is ethnically diverse, particularly in the larger towns. At the end of the 19th century some Welsh drover families settled in north Bucks and, in the last quarter of the 20th century, a large number of Londoners in Milton Keynes. Between 6 and 7% of the population of Aylesbury are of Asian or Asian British origin. Likewise Chesham has a similar-sized Asian community, and High Wycombe is the most ethnically diverse town in the county, with large Asian and Afro-Caribbean populations. During the Second World War there were many Polish settlements in Bucks, Czechs in Aston Abbotts and Wingrave, and Albanians in Frieth. Remnants of these communities remain in the county.
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