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The 2011 census for England, Wales and Scotland also included additional White ethnic classifications of White Irish, White Gypsy/Irish Traveller and White Other. There were calls for the 2011 national census in England and Wales to include an extra subcategory so people could identify their ethnic group as Cornish. [13] [14]
The largest ethnic group in the United Kingdom is White British, followed by Asian British. Ethnicity in the United Kingdom is formally recorded at the national level through a census. The 2011 United Kingdom census recorded a reduced share of White British people in the United Kingdom from the previous 2001 United Kingdom census.
White people in the United Kingdom are a multi-ethnic group consisting of European UK residents who identify as and are perceived to be 'white people'. White people constitute the historical and current majority of the people living in the United Kingdom, with 83.0% of the population identifying as white in the 2021 United Kingdom census.
Ethnic group within the Mixed group (in England and Wales) 2021 [35] Population % of total pop % of group makeup Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 513,042 0.9 29.9% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 488,225 0.8 28.4% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 249,596 0.4 14.5%
National census classification of ethnicity A number of different systems of classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom exist. These schemata have been the subject of debate, including about the nature of ethnicity, how or whether it can be categorised, and the relationship between ethnicity, race, and nationality. National statistics The ethnic group question used in the 2011 census in ...
However, this attitude is more common in England than in Scotland or Wales; "white English people perceived themselves as English first and as British second, and most people from ethnic minority backgrounds perceived themselves as British, but none identified as English, a label they associated exclusively with white people".
The term "White race" or "White people", defined by their light skin among other physical characteristics, entered the major European languages in the later seventeenth century, when the concept of a "unified White" achieved greater acceptance in Europe, in the context of racialized slavery and social status in the European colonies.
This is a list of districts of England showing their ethnic composition as recorded in the 2021 census. [1] There were 309 English districts at the time of the 2021 census. Census respondents were asked, 'What is your ethnic group? Choose one section from A to E, then tick one box to best describe your ethnic group or background'. [2]