| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 46,920[1] (2010) 9.3% of the Bahamas population[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Spanish Wells, Dunmore Town, Eleuthera, Abaco Islands, Long Island, New Providence | |
| Languages | |
| Bahamian English • Bahamian Creole | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity • Judaism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| English, Irish, Scottish[3] |
White Bahamians are Bahamian citizens of European ancestry, most of whom trace their ancestry back to England, Scotland and Ireland. Bahamians of European descent are sometimes called "Conchs", a term that is also applied to people of White Bahamian descent in Florida. White Bahamians were a majority in the 18th century, but now constitute less than 10% of the Bahamian population.[4]
In 1722 when the first official census of the Bahamas was taken, 74% of the population was European or native British and 26% was African or mixed. Three centuries later, and according to the 99% response rate obtained from the race question on the 2010 Census questionnaire, 90.6% of the population identified themselves as being Afro-Bahamian, about five percent (4.7%) Euro-Bahamian and two percent (2%) of a mixed race (African and European) and (1%) other races and (1%) not stated.