England: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Country, ONS Geographic Code: E92000001

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Key Facts

All Residents	56,490,048
Male	27,656,336
Female	28,833,712
Households	23,436,086
Population Density (people/km2)	433.5

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- England and Wales
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- Wales
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- North East
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- North West
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- Yorkshire and The Humber
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- East Midlands
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- West Midlands
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- East of England
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- London
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- South West
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Table Code	ts022
Issued	2022-11-29
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	288

Description
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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	56,490,070
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh	5,426,394
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan	94,750
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified	3,269
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian	5,509
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian	2,032
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab	5,031
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British	15,253
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi	629,567
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian	1,962
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese	431,165
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British	2,330
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino	155,996
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian	1,843,248
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian	7,145
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian	38,105
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese	29,027
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri	39,208
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean	20,776
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish	11,858
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian	12,407
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian	17,089
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian	6,385
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese	7,338
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha)	87,076
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified	22,982
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified	14,295
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East	13,415
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed	6,968
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani	1,570,285
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi	8,090
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh	22,644
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese	2,451
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan	146,892
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese	4,149
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani	3,612
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil	45,243
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai	38,279
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish	7,316
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese	36,643
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group	16,604
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background	1,444,293
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified	605,355
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan	5,181
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab	2,873
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British	49,130
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian	4,095
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire	2,860
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo	24,537
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British	3,638
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean	24,400
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian	14,950
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian	4,088
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian	112,397
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan	14,810
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian	1,732
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian	3,232
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black	1,596
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan	1,733
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian	268,308
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified	1,836
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed	2,100
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African	3,592
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese	2,013
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone	7,732
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali	149,093
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander	24,052
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African	7,730
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese	11,041
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian	1,787
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan	16,482
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian	2,642
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean	42,777
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group	26,501
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background	937,434
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified	24,905
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European	3,135
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British	194,347
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American	2,860
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean	618,697
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British	7,609
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian	2,245
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian	1,991
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black	12,215
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian	4,203
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified	36,885
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed	1,984
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian	1,691
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali	6,273
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group	18,394
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1,669,381
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified	3,817
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian	4,043
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab	1,891
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian	2,427
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab	7,356
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European	2,748
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian	14,184
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European	2,154
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified)	17,680
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British	2,012
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian	6,443
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean	7,456
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian	7,443
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese	2,814
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian	1,819
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White	7,463
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English	3,744
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British	11,506
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African	3,387
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean	2,236
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern	2,955
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European	25,876
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot	1,937
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American	27,548
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian	3,422
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian	5,224
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian	2,066
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish	2,553
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian	5,667
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican	2,591
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black	4,928
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish	4,332
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian	1,974
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White	6,228
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan	1,842
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified	2,798
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East	3,529
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed	105,408
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified	10,296
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani	1,663
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian	4,716
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese	2,411
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African	1,589
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American	5,880
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European	2,925
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish	1,745
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish	4,897
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot	1,976
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African	1,961
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab	15,551
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified)	474,190
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African	241,528
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean	499,310
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian	3,023
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern	12,542
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian	3,736
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean	2,989
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group	52,952
White	45,783,409
White: African unspecified	2,687
White: Albanian	40,418
White: Algerian	1,768
White: Arab	3,804
White: Argentinian	2,111
White: Armenian	3,752
White: Australian/New Zealander	59,809
White: Austrian	5,706
White: Belarusian	2,478
White: Belgian	7,403
White: Bosnian	2,615
White: Brazilian	24,023
White: Bulgarian	87,282
White: Colombian	1,951
White: Cornish	43,306
White: Croatian	6,823
White: Cypriot (part not stated)	5,851
White: Czech	24,011
White: Danish	9,266
White: Dutch	22,895
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British	41,497,485
White: Estonian	5,009
White: European Mixed	631,220
White: Finnish	7,723
White: French	77,200
White: Georgian	2,108
White: German	64,222
White: Greek	72,176
White: Greek Cypriot	29,173
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller	60,073
White: Hispanic or Latin American	31,875
White: Hungarian	63,984
White: Iranian	7,258
White: Irish	494,251
White: Israeli	2,957
White: Italian	145,873
White: Jewish	33,844
White: Kosovan	13,110
White: Kurdish	5,037
White: Latvian	47,346
White: Lithuanian	95,573
White: Maltese	4,768
White: Mixed Irish	19,776
White: Mixed White	2,912
White: Moldovan	3,187
White: North American	80,831
White: North Macedonian	3,423
White: Norwegian	6,564
White: Other Eastern European	164,264
White: Other Middle East	6,369
White: Other Mixed	20,632
White: Other North African	3,344
White: Other Traveller	4,145
White: Other White, White unspecified	207,160
White: Polish	592,562
White: Portuguese	91,512
White: Roma	99,138
White: Romanian	337,170
White: Russian	43,781
White: Serbian	7,804
White: Slovakian	35,687
White: Slovenian	3,619
White: South African	56,271
White: South American	6,535
White: Spanish	79,639
White: Swedish	15,855
White: Swiss	6,858
White: Turkish	60,084
White: Turkish Cypriot	9,373
White: Ukrainian	16,076
White: White African	19,743
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern	2,003
White: White Caribbean	3,400
White: Zimbabwean	1,740
White: Any other ethnic group	21,728
Other ethnic group	1,229,159
Other ethnic group: Afghan	20,469
Other ethnic group: African unspecified	14,138
Other ethnic group: African Asian	2,438
Other ethnic group: Albanian	4,664
Other ethnic group: Algerian	1,742
Other ethnic group: Arab	320,203
Other ethnic group: Armenian	2,003
Other ethnic group: Asian British	2,048
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi	2,301
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian	1,907
Other ethnic group: Brazilian	5,724
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian	6,639
Other ethnic group: Caribbean	2,763
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian	3,281
Other ethnic group: Chinese	9,268
Other ethnic group: Colombian	2,096
Other ethnic group: Cornish	4,878
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated)	2,432
Other ethnic group: Czech	2,510
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified	4,636
Other ethnic group: English	2,256
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British	4,730
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European	32,521
Other ethnic group: Filipino	13,167
Other ethnic group: Greek	3,774
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot	14,499
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany	1,925
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American	74,718
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian	9,541
Other ethnic group: Iranian	53,190
Other ethnic group: Italian	4,704
Other ethnic group: Japanese	2,536
Other ethnic group: Jewish	31,064
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri	18,809
Other ethnic group: Kurdish	73,510
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian	2,152
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian	12,899
Other ethnic group: Mexican	1,901
Other ethnic group: Moroccan	4,258
Other ethnic group: Muslim	2,921
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha)	15,234
Other ethnic group: North African	13,878
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified	14,596
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European	6,784
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East	18,759
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed	14,071
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified	7,762
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani	5,166
Other ethnic group: Polish	9,601
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia	5,046
Other ethnic group: Portuguese	4,841
Other ethnic group: Punjabi	8,277
Other ethnic group: Roma	1,734
Other ethnic group: Romanian	21,991
Other ethnic group: Sikh	76,022
Other ethnic group: Slovakian	5,886
Other ethnic group: Somali	11,166
Other ethnic group: Somalilander	1,699
Other ethnic group: South American	9,642
Other ethnic group: Spanish	3,986
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan	8,040
Other ethnic group: Tamil	22,935
Other ethnic group: Thai	1,673
Other ethnic group: Turkish	54,752
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot	20,056
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese	3,057
Other ethnic group: White African	2,086
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group	79,204

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