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Major ethnic group distribution in England and Wales in 2011 and 2021

Characteristic	White	Asian	Black	Mixed	Other
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November 2022

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United Kingdom (England, Wales)

Survey time period

2011

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information regaring the ethnic groups:

The ethnic group question has two stages. Firstly, a person identifies through one of the following five high-level ethnic groups: "Asian, Asian British, Asian Welsh" "Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African" "Mixed or Multiple" "White" "Other ethnic group" Secondly, a person identifies through one of the 19 available response options, which include categories with write-in response options.

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In 2021, **** percent of the population of England and Wales was "white," compared with **** percent in 2011. The next largest major ethnic group in this year was "Asian", at *** percent in 2021.

Varied ethnic backgrounds

Black British citizens, with African and/or African-Caribbean ancestry, are the largest ethnic minority population, at percent of the total population. Indian Britons are one of the largest overseas communities of the Indian diaspora and make up *** percent of the total UK population. Pakistani British citizens, who make up almost *** percent of the UK population, have one of the highest levels of home ownership in Britain.

Racism in the United Kingdom

Though it has decreased in comparison to the previous century, the UK has seen an increase in racial prejudice during the first decade and a half of this century. Racism and discrimination continues to be part of daily life for Britain’s ethnic minorities, especially in terms of work, housing, and health issues. Moreover, the number of hate crimes motivated by race reported since 2012 has increased, and in 2017/18, there were recorded offenses of racially or religiously aggravated assault with injury, almost a thousand more than in 2013/14.