A diversidade étnica varía moito segundo o lugar do Reino Unido. O 30,4% da poboación de [[Londres]]<ref>[{{Cita web |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do;jsessionid=ac1f930dce6eace0153cf12440ca609dc762c8ae598.e38OaNuRbNuSbi0Ma3aNaxiQbNiLe6fznA5Pp7ftolbGmkTy?a=3&b=276743&c=London&d=13&e=13&g=325264&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1201351285750&enc=1&dsFamilyId=1812&bhcp=1 |título=Resident population estimates by ethnic group (percentages): London Office for National Statistics] |data-acceso=05 de outubro de 2008 |urlarquivo=https://www.webcitation.org/68e5HAPQg?url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do;jsessionid=ac1f930dce6eace0153cf12440ca609dc762c8ae598.e38OaNuRbNuSbi0Ma3aNaxiQbNiLe6fznA5Pp7ftolbGmkTy?a=3 |dataarquivo=23 de xuño de 2012 |urlmorta=si }}</ref> e o 37,4% de [[Leicester]] <ref>[{{Cita web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276827&c=Leicester&d=13&e=13&g=394575&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1208962134759&enc=1&dsFamilyId=1812 |título=Resident population estimates by ethnic group (percentages): Leicester Office for National Statistics] |data-acceso=05 de outubro de 2008 |urlarquivo=https://www.webcitation.org/68e5HctGd?url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3 |dataarquivo=23 de xuño de 2012 |urlmorta=si }}</ref> pertencía a un grupo étnico distinto do branco segundo o censo de xuño de [[2005]], mentres menos do 5% da poboación de nordeste de Inglaterra, [[Gales]] e o suroeste de Inglaterra pertencía a unha minoría étnica.<ref>[http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/commentaries/ethnicity.asp title=Census 2001 - Ethnicity and religion in England and Wales Office for National Statistics]</ref> Segundo o censo de [[2007]], o 22% dos estudantes de primaria e o 17,7% de secundaria asistentes a escolas públicas en Inglaterra, pertencían a minorías étnicas.<ref>{{Cita web |url=http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000744/UPDATEDSFR30_2007.pdf |título=Schools and Pupils in England, January 2007 |data-acceso=05 de outubro de 2008 |urlarquivo=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108212411/http://www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000744/UPDATEDSFR30_2007.pdf |dataarquivo=08 de xaneiro de 2009 |urlmorta=si }}</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/27/nschools127.xml One fifth of children from ethnic minorities The Daily Telegraph]</ref>
