POPULATION

• After London, the second biggest ethnic populations are in the
  West Midlands (18 percent),
  North West (13 percent)
  and Yorkshire (7 percent).
  
  
• Nearly four out five Black Africans and three out of five Black Caribbeans live in London. More than half of all Bangladeshis are also in the capital.
  
  At the 2001 Census more than 4.6m people (7.9 percent of total) classified themselves as non-white, out of a total wpopulation of 58.7m. Indians are the largest minority group, followed by Pakistanis, those of mixed ethnic backgrounds, Black Caribbeans, Black Africans and Bangladeshis.
  
  Half of the total ethnic population, around 2.3m, are Asians of Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi origin. A quarter describe themselves as Black and fifteen percent describe themselves as mixed.
  
  

  UK POPULATION (Source 2001 Census)

  Nationwide 2001 - Total Population: 58,789,019

  Mixed
  

  White and Black Caribbean		237,420
  White and Black African		78,911
  White and Asian		189,015
  Other Mixed		155,688

  
  Asian or British Asian

  Indian		1,036,807
  Pakistani		714,828
  Bangladeshi		280,830
  Other Asian		241,273

  
  Black or Black British

  Caribbean		563,843
  African		479,665
  Other Black		96,071

  
  Chinese or Other Ethnic Group

  Chinese		226,948
  Other ethnic group		219,754