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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.
White British is an ethnicity classification used for the White population identifying as English, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Northern Irish, or British in the United Kingdom Census. In the 2011 census, the White British population was 49,997,686, 81.5% of Great Britain's total population.
The censuses in 2021 and 2022 follows on from Beyond 2011, a project by the UK Statistics Authority to assess the value, cost, and alternatives to a census in 2021. The project recommended a census in 2021, and amongst other organisations, suggested it be run online. [5] Initial results for England and Wales were released on 28 June 2022.
Estimates of the population size in every local authority area will be available.
The United Kingdom's population is predominantly White British (75.98% at the 2021 Census), but due to migration from Commonwealth nations, Britain has become ethnically diverse. The second and third largest non-white racial groups are Asian British at 8.6% of the population, followed by Black British people at 3.71%.
On behalf of the Government, the UK Statistics Authority initiated a research programme, called Beyond 2011, to investigate a range of alternative options to conducting a UK-wide census in 2021. There was not one census covering the whole UK in 2021 as the census in Scotland was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [19]
A snapshot of life across most of the UK will be captured on Sunday as millions of people complete the 2021 Census. The once-in-a-decade event will take place in England, Wales and Northern ...
The 1991 UK census was the first to include a question on ethnicity. [15] [16] The 2001 UK Census classified ethnicity into several groups: White, Black, Asian, Mixed, Chinese and Other. [17] [18] These categories formed the basis for all National Ethnicity statistics until the 2011 Census results were issued. [18]