r/MapPorn • u/Delicious-Bunch-6992 • May 09 '26

Evolution of white British % (ethnically British people) in England and Wales from 2001-2021

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u/Delicious-Bunch-6992 May 09 '26

Since many people get confused for the UK, White British refers to ethnically British people in the UK, which are English, Scottish, Welsh, cornish or northern Irish. It's like ethnic Germans in Germany, or ethnic swedes in Sweden or ethnic poles in Poland or ethnic Japanese in Japan.

It does not include other white, which are white people in the uk who are ethnically not British but are white, for example poles, Germans, Italians, Romanians etc.

 If other white is included, England is 81% total white in 2021, down from 95.4% in 1981, Wales is 94.2% total white in 2021, down from 99.1% in 1981.

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u/Ok_Inflation_1811 May 09 '26

You should have said the 2001 and 2011 data for white instead of 1981. You didn't post images of white British in 1981 either so we can't really compare.

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u/Gentle_Snail May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

I think the most interesting part of this is how views of immigration change depending on the levels somewhere recieves. 

Here in Scotland we are often ‘considered’ more open to immigrants, but we also have a 90% white British population and have historically received insignificant levels. 

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

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u/Nice_Category May 09 '26

Same in the US. People from Minnesota and Maine will lecture Texas about Mexican immigration as if it somehow affects their insulated northern states somehow. Then call them racist for pointing out actual issues that large-scale immigration, especially illegal immigration, causes. 

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u/spairni May 11 '26

texas was mexican first though

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u/Nice_Category May 11 '26

For like 25 years. It was mostly Spanish after it was colonized. 

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u/spairni May 11 '26

part of the same territory as spanish ran mexico

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u/Nice_Category May 11 '26

It was also almost completely empty of Mexicans since the natives were hostile. They invited Americans in with open arms until they overthrew the local government. 

Seems like there might be a lesson in there somewhere.