Percentage of resident population from each ethnic group, 1991
Ethnic group

Great Britain

England

Wales

Scotland
White

94.5

93.8

98.5

98.7
Ethnic minorities

5.5

6.2

1.5

1.3
Black

1.6

1.9

0.3

0.1
Black-Caribbean

0.9

1.1

0.1

0.0
Black-African

0.4

0.4

0.1

0.1
Black-Other

0.3

0.4

0.1

0.1
South Asian

2.7

3.0

0.6

0.6
Indian

1.5

1.8

0.2

0.2
Pakistani

0.9

1.0

0.2

0.4
Bangladeshi

0.3

0.3

0.1

0.0
Chinese and others

1.2

1.3

0.6

0.5
Chinese

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.2
Other-Asian

0.4

0.4

0.1

0.1
Other-Other

0.5

0.6

0.3

0.2
Total population

54,888.8

47,055.2

2,835.1

4,998.6

Source: 1991 Census of Population Local Base Statistics. Crown Copyright (ESRC/JISC purchase).