Columns: Ethnic group | 2001 population | 2001 % | 2011 population | 2011 %
White: British | 42747136 | 87.0 | 42279236 | 79.8 | White: Irish | 624115 | 1.3 | 517001 | 1.0 | White: Other | 1308110 | 2.7 | 2430010 | 4.6 | White : Total | 44679361 | 91.0 | 45281142 | 85.4 | Asian or Asian British: Indian | 1028546 | 2.1 | 1395702 | 2.6 | Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | 706539 | 1.4 | 1112282 | 2.1 | Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi | 275394 | 0.6 | 436514 | 0.8 | Asian or Asian British: Chinese | 220681 | 0.5 | 379502 | 0.7 | Asian or Asian British: Asian Other | 237810 | 0.5 | 819403 | 1.6 | Asian or Asian British : Total | 2468970 | 5.1 | 4143403 | 7.8 | Black or Black British: Caribbean | 561246 | 1.1 | 591016 | 1.1 | Black or Black British: African | 475938 | 1.0 | 977741 | 1.8 | Black or Black British: Other | 95324 | 0.2 | 277857 | 0.5 | Black or Black British : Total | 1132508 | 2.3 | 1846614 | 3.5 | Mixed: White and Caribbean | 231424 | 0.5 | 415616 | 0.8 | Mixed: White and African | 76498 | 0.2 | 161550 | 0.3 | Mixed: White and Asian Other | 184014 | 0.4 | 332708 | 0.6 | Mixed: Other Mixed | 151437 | 0.3 | 283005 | 0.3 | British Mixed : Total | 643373 | 1.4 | 1192879 | 2.0 | Other: Any other ethnic group | 214619 | 0.4 | 327433 | 0.6 | Other: Total | 214619 | 0.4 | 548418 | 1.0