 Distribution by local authorities in the 2011 census | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom: 2,485,724 – 3.7% (2021/22 Census) England: 2,381,724 – 4.2% (2021)[1] Scotland: 65,414 – 1.2% (2022)[a][3] Wales: 27,554 – 0.8% (2021)[1]Northern Ireland: 11,032 – 0.6% (2021)[4] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| English (British English, Black British English, Caribbean English, African English), Creole languages, French, Jamaican Patois, Nigerian Pidgin, and other languages | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity (66.9%); minority follows Islam (17.3%), other faiths (0.8%)[b] or are irreligious (8.6%) 2021 census, NI, England and Wales only[5][6] |
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Black British people are a multi-ethnic group of British people of Sub-Saharan African or Afro-Caribbean descent.[7] The term Black British developed in the 1950s, referring to the Black British West Indian people from the former Caribbean British colonies in the West Indies (i.e., the New Commonwealth), sometimes referred to as the Windrush Generation, and Black British people descending from Africa.
The term black has historically had a number of applications as a racial and political label and may be used in a wider sociopolitical context to encompass a broader range of non-European ethnic minority populations in Britain. This has become a controversial definition.[8] Black British is one of various self-designation entries used in official UK ethnicity classifications.
Around 3.7 per cent of the United Kingdom's population in 2021 were Black. The figures have increased from the 1991 census when 1.63 per cent of the population were recorded as Black or Black British to 1.15 million residents in 2001, or 2 per cent of the population, this further increased to just over 1.9 million in 2011, representing 3 per cent. Almost 96 per cent of Black Britons live in England, particularly in England's larger urban areas, with close to 1.2 million living in Greater London.
- ^ a b "Ethnic group, England and Wales: Census 2021". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ United Kingdom census (2011). "Ethnic group". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "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'
- ^ "MS-B01: Ethnic group". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ United Kingdom census (2021). "DT-0036 - Ethnic group by religion". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "RM031 Ethnic group by religion". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ Gadsby, Meredith (2006), Sucking Salt: Caribbean Women Writers, Migration, and Survival, University of Missouri Press, pp. 76–77.
- ^ Bhopal, R. (2004). "Glossary of terms relating to ethnicity and race: For reflection and debate". Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 58 (6): 441–445. doi:10.1136/jech.2003.013466. PMC 1732794. PMID 15143107.
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