England and Wales: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: England and Wales, ONS Geographic Code: K04000001

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Key Facts

All Residents	59,597,542
Male	29,177,340
Female	30,420,202
Households	24,783,199
Population Density (people/km2)	394.6

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England

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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	59,597,544
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh	5,515,415
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan	95,518
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified	3,296
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian	5,553
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian	2,065
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab	5,288
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British	15,638
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi	644,881
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian	1,979
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese	445,619
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British	2,394
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino	162,138
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian	1,864,318
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian	7,344
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian	39,135
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese	29,510
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri	39,268
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean	21,118
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish	12,290
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian	12,872
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian	17,285
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian	6,436
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese	7,514
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha)	88,461
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified	23,362
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified	14,563
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East	14,053
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed	7,095
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani	1,587,819
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi	8,153
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh	22,814
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese	2,514
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan	149,239
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese	4,222
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani	3,661
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil	45,863
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai	39,962
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish	7,619
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese	37,458
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group	17,098
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background	1,463,775
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified	613,547
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan	5,222
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab	2,962
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British	49,486
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian	4,164
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire	2,880
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo	24,783
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British	3,666
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean	24,812
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian	15,104
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian	4,199
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian	112,866
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan	15,061
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian	1,768
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian	3,290
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black	1,608
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan	1,755
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian	271,390
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified	1,873
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed	2,136
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African	3,697
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese	2,074
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone	7,780
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali	150,649
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander	25,446
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African	7,922
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese	11,893
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian	1,820
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan	16,593
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian	2,719
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean	43,529
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group	27,081
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background	945,499
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified	25,332
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European	3,173
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British	196,379
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American	2,900
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean	622,391
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British	7,694
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian	2,252
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian	2,007
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black	12,290
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian	4,243
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified	37,502
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed	2,022
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian	1,730
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali	6,396
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group	19,188
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	1,717,979
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified	3,925
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian	4,071
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab	1,924
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian	2,473
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab	7,777
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European	2,805
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian	14,355
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European	2,185
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified)	18,164
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British	2,050
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian	6,569
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean	7,579
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian	7,516
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese	2,871
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian	1,907
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White	7,642
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English	3,803
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British	11,880
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African	3,450
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean	2,266
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern	3,003
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European	26,572
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot	1,968
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American	28,064
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian	3,515
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian	5,364
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian	2,248
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish	2,595
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian	5,741
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican	2,655
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black	4,995
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish	4,432
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian	1,999
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White	6,389
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan	1,879
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified	2,849
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East	3,647
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed	107,957
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified	11,092
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani	1,691
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian	4,900
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese	2,508
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African	1,620
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American	5,989
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European	2,965
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish	1,793
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish	5,149
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot	1,985
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African	2,017
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab	16,359
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified)	488,225
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African	249,596
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean	513,042
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian	3,111
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern	12,904
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian	3,886
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean	3,077
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group	54,986
White	48,699,255
White: African unspecified	2,805
White: Albanian	40,879
White: Algerian	1,776
White: Arab	3,931
White: Argentinian	2,156
White: Armenian	3,807
White: Australian/New Zealander	61,172
White: Austrian	5,825
White: Belarusian	2,522
White: Belgian	7,576
White: Bosnian	2,633
White: Brazilian	24,221
White: Bulgarian	89,546
White: Colombian	1,976
White: Cornish	43,645
White: Croatian	6,995
White: Cypriot (part not stated)	5,956
White: Czech	25,023
White: Danish	9,453
White: Dutch	23,721
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British	44,311,393
White: Estonian	5,147
White: European Mixed	646,118
White: Finnish	7,892
White: French	78,502
White: Georgian	2,149
White: German	66,174
White: Greek	73,719
White: Greek Cypriot	29,472
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller	63,443
White: Hispanic or Latin American	32,335
White: Hungarian	65,697
White: Iranian	7,356
White: Irish	507,465
White: Israeli	2,981
White: Italian	148,661
White: Jewish	34,105
White: Kosovan	13,145
White: Kurdish	5,091
White: Latvian	48,070
White: Lithuanian	97,217
White: Maltese	4,971
White: Mixed Irish	20,278
White: Mixed White	2,991
White: Moldovan	3,207
White: North American	82,985
White: North Macedonian	3,446
White: Norwegian	6,814
White: Other Eastern European	166,179
White: Other Middle East	6,527
White: Other Mixed	21,092
White: Other North African	3,375
White: Other Traveller	4,325
White: Other White, White unspecified	211,287
White: Polish	614,344
White: Portuguese	93,608
White: Roma	100,981
White: Romanian	342,651
White: Russian	44,662
White: Serbian	7,906
White: Slovakian	36,936
White: Slovenian	3,719
White: South African	57,648
White: South American	6,600
White: Spanish	81,150
White: Swedish	16,132
White: Swiss	7,005
White: Turkish	61,102
White: Turkish Cypriot	9,398
White: Ukrainian	16,297
White: White African	20,273
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern	2,035
White: White Caribbean	3,469
White: Zimbabwean	1,803
White: Any other ethnic group	22,309
Other ethnic group	1,255,621
Other ethnic group: Afghan	20,649
Other ethnic group: African unspecified	14,489
Other ethnic group: African Asian	2,448
Other ethnic group: Albanian	4,722
Other ethnic group: Algerian	1,774
Other ethnic group: Arab	331,844
Other ethnic group: Armenian	2,031
Other ethnic group: Asian British	2,083
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi	2,466
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian	1,929
Other ethnic group: Brazilian	5,786
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian	6,761
Other ethnic group: Caribbean	2,784
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian	3,309
Other ethnic group: Chinese	9,500
Other ethnic group: Colombian	2,102
Other ethnic group: Cornish	4,903
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated)	2,472
Other ethnic group: Czech	2,706
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified	4,719
Other ethnic group: English	2,284
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British	4,844
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European	33,232
Other ethnic group: Filipino	13,469
Other ethnic group: Greek	3,844
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot	14,611
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany	1,952
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American	75,674
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian	9,634
Other ethnic group: Iranian	54,156
Other ethnic group: Italian	4,783
Other ethnic group: Japanese	2,573
Other ethnic group: Jewish	31,284
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri	18,836
Other ethnic group: Kurdish	75,603
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian	2,164
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian	12,994
Other ethnic group: Mexican	1,946
Other ethnic group: Moroccan	4,283
Other ethnic group: Muslim	2,969
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha)	15,427
Other ethnic group: North African	14,100
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified	14,824
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European	6,858
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East	19,101
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed	14,511
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified	7,869
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani	5,229
Other ethnic group: Polish	9,901
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia	5,186
Other ethnic group: Portuguese	4,935
Other ethnic group: Punjabi	8,319
Other ethnic group: Roma	1,764
Other ethnic group: Romanian	22,306
Other ethnic group: Sikh	76,535
Other ethnic group: Slovakian	6,011
Other ethnic group: Somali	11,300
Other ethnic group: Somalilander	1,840
Other ethnic group: South American	9,727
Other ethnic group: Spanish	4,037
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan	8,120
Other ethnic group: Tamil	23,118
Other ethnic group: Thai	1,711
Other ethnic group: Turkish	55,968
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot	20,093
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese	3,087
Other ethnic group: White African	2,124
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group	81,008

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