The 2001 UK Census ethnic groups include White British, White Other, Mixed Race, Asian British, Black British and Chinese or other ethnic group. In the 2001 Census 230,615 people in the UK (or 0.4 per cent of the population) ticked the 'Other Ethnic Group' box.[1][2]
Since the UK Census relies on self-completion, the composition of the other ethnic group category is not fixed. Analysis by the Office for National Statistics of the 220,000 people in England and Wales who ticked the other ethnic group box in the 2001 Census reveals that 53 per cent were born in the Far East, 10 per cent in the UK, 10 per cent in the Middle East, and 7 per cent in Africa.[3] People could write in an ethnic group under the 'other' heading. 26 per cent did not specify an ethnicity, but of the remainder, 23 per cent wrote Filipino, 21 per cent Japanese, 11 per cent Vietnamese, 11 per cent Arab, 6 per cent Middle Eastern and 4 per cent North African.[3]
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- ^ "The UK population: by ethnic group, April 2001". Office for National Statistics. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Expodata/Spreadsheets/D6588.xls. Retrieved on 2008-06-22.
- ^ "Census 2001: Ethnicity". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/03/census_2001/html/ethnicity.stm. Retrieved on 2008-06-22.
- ^ a b Gardener, David; Connolly, Helen (October 2005). "Who are the 'Other' ethnic groups?". Office for National Statistics. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/nojournal/other_ethnicgroups.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-06-22.