The county covers 905 square miles (2,344 km2) and has a population of around 1 million. It is mostly rural, with a number of small towns and villages supporting the agricultural and chemical industries; it is known for producing chemicals, Cheshire cheese, salt, and silk.[6] It is spli...
62.06% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Cheshire in 2022 was $64,028, which is upper middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US...
Cheshire's largest town isWarrington, however the administrative centre forCheshireisChester, the historical county town. This is partly becauseWarringtonis a unitary authority, and therefore, officially, an administrative county on its own. Other important towns inCheshireare:Congleton,Crewe,Ellesmere ...