Percentage of resident population from each ethnic group, 1991
Region/metropolitan county | All minorities | Black Caribbean | Black African | Black Other | Indian | Pakistani | Bangla deshi | Chinese | Other Asian | Other Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
South East | 9.9 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
Greater London | 20.2 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
East Anglia | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
South West | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
West Midlands | 8.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
West Midlands MC | 14.6 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
East Midlands | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Yorkshire & Humberside | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
South Yorkshire | 2.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
West Yorkshire | 8.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
North West | 3.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
Greater Manchester | 5.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
Merseyside | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
North | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Tyne & Wear | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Wales | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
Scotland | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Great Britain | 5.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
Source: 1991 Census of Population Local Base Statistics (Crown Copyright; ESRC/JISC purchase).
Note: italicised lines are for metropolitan counties located within a region - thus West Midlands MC is the metropolitan county located within the West Midlands standard region. The term 'region' is used as a shorthand - Wales and Scotland are countries, but of a similar population size to most regions in England