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White British was an ethnicity classification used in the 2001 United Kingdom Census. As a result of the census, 50,366,497 people (85.7% of the population) in the United Kingdom were classified as White British. In Scotland the classification was broken down into two different categories: White and Other White British. The classification did not appear in Northern Ireland where the comparable classification is described simply as White. As such, a single White British choice only existed in the census in one of the three census areas of the United Kingdom: England and Wales. The two subcategories used in the census in Scotland are grouped within White British for the purposes of UK-wide statistical analysis. The 2001 census included the category White Irish as an ethnic classification in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). The term 'British' in White British means British ancestry rather than being a British citizen. Non-British and non-Irish respondents in Great Britain could choose White Other. Neither of these classifications appeared in Northern Ireland. 64.4 per cent of children born in England and Wales in 2005 were recorded as White British. The White British population is one of the few UK ethnic classifications that is decreasing in size, as well as percentage of the overall population. |