# Black ethnic group share: highest and lowest councils in West Midlands (2021)

Birmingham had the highest share of residents in the Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African ethnic group of West Midlands’s 30 councils in 2021, at 11.0%.

Staffordshire Moorlands had the lowest, at 0.2%. The middle council, Stafford, had 1.1%.

| Rank | Area | Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Birmingham](https://openindex.co.uk/birmingham) | 11.0% |
| 2 | [Wolverhampton](https://openindex.co.uk/wolverhampton) | 9.3% |
| 3 | [Coventry](https://openindex.co.uk/coventry) | 8.9% |
| 4 | [Sandwell](https://openindex.co.uk/sandwell) | 8.7% |
| 5 | [Walsall](https://openindex.co.uk/walsall) | 4.6% |
| 6 | [Telford and Wrekin](https://openindex.co.uk/telford-and-wrekin) | 2.9% |
| =7 | [Rugby](https://openindex.co.uk/rugby) | 2.7% |
| =7 | [Stoke-on-Trent](https://openindex.co.uk/stoke-on-trent) | 2.7% |
| 9 | [Dudley](https://openindex.co.uk/dudley) | 2.5% |
| =10 | [Nuneaton and Bedworth](https://openindex.co.uk/nuneaton-and-bedworth) | 1.8% |
| =10 | [Solihull](https://openindex.co.uk/solihull) | 1.8% |
| =12 | [Redditch](https://openindex.co.uk/redditch) | 1.2% |
| =12 | [Worcester](https://openindex.co.uk/worcester) | 1.2% |
| =14 | [East Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-staffordshire) | 1.1% |
| =14 | [Stafford](https://openindex.co.uk/stafford) | 1.1% |
| =14 | [Warwick](https://openindex.co.uk/warwick) | 1.1% |
| 17 | [Newcastle-under-Lyme](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-under-lyme) | 1.0% |
| 18 | [South Staffordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-staffordshire) | 0.9% |
| 19 | [Bromsgrove](https://openindex.co.uk/bromsgrove) | 0.8% |
| =20 | [Lichfield](https://openindex.co.uk/lichfield) | 0.6% |
| =20 | [North Warwickshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-warwickshire) | 0.6% |
| =20 | [Tamworth](https://openindex.co.uk/tamworth) | 0.6% |
| 23 | [Cannock Chase](https://openindex.co.uk/cannock-chase) | 0.5% |
| =24 | [Stratford-on-Avon](https://openindex.co.uk/stratford-on-avon) | 0.4% |
| =24 | [Wyre Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre-forest) | 0.4% |
| =26 | [Herefordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/herefordshire) | 0.3% |
| =26 | [Malvern Hills](https://openindex.co.uk/malvern-hills) | 0.3% |
| =26 | [Shropshire](https://openindex.co.uk/shropshire) | 0.3% |
| =26 | [Wychavon](https://openindex.co.uk/wychavon) | 0.3% |
| 30 | [Staffordshire Moorlands](https://openindex.co.uk/staffordshire-moorlands) | 0.2% |

Source: Census 2021, England and Wales, ONS Census 2021. Covers England and Wales. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [England and Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/england)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/east-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/ethnic-group-black)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/ethnic-group-black)

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