Regional distribution of minority ethnic groups in Great Britain, 1991
Region/metropolitan county All minorities Black Caribbean Black African Black Other Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Chinese Other Asian Other Other
South East 31.4 66.3 83.5 56.6 52.9 29.9 63.6 53.3 72.4 57.9
Greater London 12.2 58.2 77.1 45.2 41.3 18.4 52.7 36.1 57.1 41.7
East Anglia 3.7 1.0 1.1 4.0 0.8 1.2 1.0 2.4 1.9 2.6
South West 8.4 2.5 1.3 3.7 1.3 0.8 1.4 4.3 2.3 4.3
West Midlands 9.4 15.6 2.5 10.5 18.9 20.7 11.9 6.1 5.8 8.4
West Midlands MC 4.6 14.4 1.9 8.8 16.8 18.5 11.1 3.9 4.5 6.5
East Midlands 7.2 4.9 1.6 6.0 11.8 3.7 2.6 4.8 3.7 4.9
Yorkshire & Humberside 8.8 4.3 2.3 5.7 4.8 19.9 5.1 5.2 3.7 6.2
South Yorkshire 2.3 1.2 0.6 1.4 0.4 2.8 0.7 1.4 0.7 1.6
West Yorkshire 3.7 3.0 1.2 3.7 4.1 16.9 3.7 2.5 2.3 3.6
North West 11.4 4.3 4.4 9.0 6.6 16.2 9.1 11.1 4.5 8.2
Greater Manchester 4.6 3.4 2.5 5.2 3.5 10.4 7.0 5.3 2.5 4.4
Merseyside 2.6 0.4 1.4 2.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 3.6 0.6 1.9
North 5.5 0.2 0.7 1.1 0.9 2.0 2.2 3.2 1.6 1.8
Tyne & Wear 2.0 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.7 1.8 0.8 0.9
Wales 5.2 0.7 1.3 1.9 0.8 1.2 2.3 3.1 1.9 2.6
Scotland 9.1 0.2 1.3 1.5 1.2 4.4 0.7 6.7 2.3 3.0
Great Britain 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

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

Note: Bold figures show where the share of the population of a minority ethnic group in a given region exceeds the corresponding regional share for white people, and thus indicates the regional concentration of the minority ethnic group relative to white people. For example, more than two-thirds of Black-Caribbean people lived in Greater London, which contained only 10.3 per cent of the white population of Great Britain.

Also note that 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. Population shares for regions sum to 100 per cent. The term 'region' is used as a shorthand - Wales and Scotland are countries, but of a similar population size to most regions in England.