White British

This article is about one of the White ethnicity classifications used in the United Kingdom census. For the broad racial group, see White people in the United Kingdom. For the cattle breed, see British White.

White British
Geographic distribution of the White British in 2021 (in England and Wales)
Total population
United Kingdom United Kingdom: 50,858,508 – 76.0% (2021/22 Census)
 England: 41,540,791 – 73.5% (2021)[1]
 Scotland: 4,737,319 – 87.1% (2022)[2]
 Wales: 2,814,427 – 90.9% (2021)[1]
Northern Ireland: 1,765,971 – 92.8% (2021)[a][3]
Languages
Predominantly English
Also: Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Scots, Ulster Scots, Cornish, Manx, British Sign Language[citation needed]
Religion
Predominantly Christianity (50.3%);
minority follows other faiths (1.0%)[b] or are irreligious (42.8%)
2021 census, NI, England and Wales only[4][5]

White British is an ethnicity classification used for the native 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. For the United Kingdom entirely, due to different reporting measures within Northern Ireland which includes all those who identified as British with those who identified as Irish, an amalgamated total of 52,320,080 including those who identified as White Irish in Great Britain is given making up 82.8% of the population.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ a b "Ethnic group, England and Wales: Census 2021". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data". Scotland's Census. National Records of Scotland. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024. Alternative URL 'Search data by location' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Ethnic Group'
  3. ^ "MS-B01: Ethnic group". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ^ United Kingdom census (2021). "DT-0036 - Ethnic group by religion". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  5. ^ "RM031 - Ethnic group by religion". Nomis: Official Census and Labour Market Statistics. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  6. ^ United Kingdom census (2021). "Table KS201EW - Ethnic group, local authorities in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  7. ^ United Kingdom census (2011). "Ethnic groups, Scotland, 2001 and 2011 Scotlands Census published 30 September 2013" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  8. ^ United Kingdom census (2011). "Table DC2206NI - National Identity (Classification 1) by Ethnic Group". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 13 June 2014.


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