Census Data

West Midlands: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Regions, ONS Geographic Code: E12000005

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Key Facts

All Residents 5,950,757
Male 2,927,564
Female 3,023,193
Households 2,429,491
Population Density (people/km2) 457.8
Table Codets022
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options288

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by ethnic group. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

The ethnic group that the person completing the census feels they belong to. This could be based on their culture, family background, identity or physical appearance.

Respondents could choose one out of 19 tick-box response categories, including write-in response options.

Ethnic group (detailed): Total: All usual residents 5,950,743
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 794,266
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 10,995
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 374
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 634
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 86
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 653
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 1,593
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 77,518
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 140
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 33,301
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 254
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 9,357
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 276,030
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 605
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 4,115
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 1,009
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 11,721
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 1,024
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 2,246
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 949
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 519
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 1,159
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 289
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 4,738
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 2,810
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 749
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 2,163
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 550
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 319,165
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 2,669
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 7,895
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 197
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 7,996
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 218
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 167
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 2,297
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 2,759
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 331
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 3,039
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 1,952
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 143,666
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 64,903
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 467
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 579
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 3,298
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 619
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 263
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,280
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 294
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 4,123
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 1,231
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 838
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 8,699
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 1,069
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 156
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 122
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 137
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 140
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 17,908
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 224
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 106
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 352
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 111
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 238
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 19,464
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 2,691
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 742
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 2,298
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 230
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 666
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 186
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 6,380
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 2,852
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 125,342
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 2,493
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 277
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 21,927
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 99
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 90,115
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 909
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 114
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 57
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 830
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 220
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 5,709
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 143
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 175
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 657
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 1,617
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 178,222
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 305
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 343
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 197
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 98
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 708
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 175
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 1,720
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 142
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 1,609
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 212
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 293
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 693
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 1,038
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 238
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 133
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 619
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 279
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 950
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 152
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 176
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 175
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 1,604
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 131
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 1,089
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 296
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 256
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 185
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 67
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 300
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 145
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 421
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 376
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 379
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 445
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 101
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 204
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 242
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 8,402
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 1,028
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 208
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 302
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 131
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 88
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 191
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 201
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 101
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 280
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 37
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 148
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 1,240
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 46,478
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 16,011
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 81,193
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 241
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 779
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 473
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 357
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 3,837
White 4,585,021
White: African unspecified 272
White: Albanian 2,553
White: Algerian 44
White: Arab 177
White: Argentinian 74
White: Armenian 120
White: Australian/New Zealander 2,027
White: Austrian 198
White: Belarusian 155
White: Belgian 328
White: Bosnian 315
White: Brazilian 863
White: Bulgarian 6,363
White: Colombian 41
White: Cornish 246
White: Croatian 420
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 292
White: Czech 2,228
White: Danish 387
White: Dutch 1,224
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 4,275,311
White: Estonian 350
White: European Mixed 38,670
White: Finnish 310
White: French 2,953
White: Georgian 122
White: German 3,135
White: Greek 4,270
White: Greek Cypriot 1,368
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 5,888
White: Hispanic or Latin American 1,386
White: Hungarian 4,725
White: Iranian 359
White: Irish 47,886
White: Israeli 50
White: Italian 5,749
White: Jewish 623
White: Kosovan 301
White: Kurdish 196
White: Latvian 6,135
White: Lithuanian 6,062
White: Maltese 257
White: Mixed Irish 1,402
White: Mixed White 141
White: Moldovan 205
White: North American 3,424
White: North Macedonian 131
White: Norwegian 230
White: Other Eastern European 10,286
White: Other Middle East 279
White: Other Mixed 985
White: Other North African 111
White: Other Traveller 319
White: Other White, White unspecified 14,292
White: Polish 62,984
White: Portuguese 4,510
White: Roma 6,809
White: Romanian 35,414
White: Russian 2,080
White: Serbian 460
White: Slovakian 4,050
White: Slovenian 264
White: South African 2,499
White: South American 197
White: Spanish 3,223
White: Swedish 536
White: Swiss 216
White: Turkish 1,902
White: Turkish Cypriot 112
White: Ukrainian 771
White: White African 911
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 67
White: White Caribbean 164
White: Zimbabwean 80
White: Any other ethnic group 1,534
Other ethnic group 124,226
Other ethnic group: Afghan 2,762
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 1,914
Other ethnic group: African Asian 314
Other ethnic group: Albanian 402
Other ethnic group: Algerian 79
Other ethnic group: Arab 31,790
Other ethnic group: Armenian 114
Other ethnic group: Asian British 186
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 215
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 162
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 223
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 341
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 199
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 188
Other ethnic group: Chinese 851
Other ethnic group: Colombian 29
Other ethnic group: Cornish 25
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 131
Other ethnic group: Czech 308
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 255
Other ethnic group: English 167
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 384
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 2,207
Other ethnic group: Filipino 914
Other ethnic group: Greek 289
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 1,025
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 268
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 1,949
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 1,311
Other ethnic group: Iranian 3,766
Other ethnic group: Italian 344
Other ethnic group: Japanese 86
Other ethnic group: Jewish 425
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 5,979
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 9,624
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 167
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 412
Other ethnic group: Mexican 114
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 213
Other ethnic group: Muslim 129
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 755
Other ethnic group: North African 519
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 1,953
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 503
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 1,800
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 966
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 585
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 956
Other ethnic group: Polish 1,055
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 468
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 234
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 2,553
Other ethnic group: Roma 148
Other ethnic group: Romanian 3,249
Other ethnic group: Sikh 24,543
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 424
Other ethnic group: Somali 1,795
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 292
Other ethnic group: South American 281
Other ethnic group: Spanish 177
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 553
Other ethnic group: Tamil 1,281
Other ethnic group: Thai 133
Other ethnic group: Turkish 1,693
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 351
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 493
Other ethnic group: White African 88
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 6,117

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