# Black ethnic group share: highest and lowest councils in Yorkshire and The Humber (2021)

Leeds had the highest share of residents in the Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African ethnic group of Yorkshire and The Humber’s 15 councils in 2021, at 5.6%.

East Riding of Yorkshire had the lowest, at 0.3%. The middle council, Rotherham, had 1.1%.

| Rank | Area | Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Leeds](https://openindex.co.uk/leeds) | 5.6% | – |
| 2 | [Sheffield](https://openindex.co.uk/sheffield) | 4.6% | Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed. |
| 3 | [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees) | 2.3% | – |
| 4 | [Bradford](https://openindex.co.uk/bradford) | 2.0% | – |
| 5 | [Kingston upon Hull](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-hull) | 1.9% | – |
| 6 | [Wakefield](https://openindex.co.uk/wakefield) | 1.3% | – |
| 7 | [Doncaster](https://openindex.co.uk/doncaster) | 1.2% | – |
| 8 | [Rotherham](https://openindex.co.uk/rotherham) | 1.1% | – |
| =9 | [Barnsley](https://openindex.co.uk/barnsley) | 0.7% | Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed. |
| =9 | [Calderdale](https://openindex.co.uk/calderdale) | 0.7% | – |
| =9 | [York](https://openindex.co.uk/york) | 0.7% | – |
| =12 | [North East Lincolnshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-east-lincolnshire) | 0.5% | – |
| =12 | [North Lincolnshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-lincolnshire) | 0.5% | – |
| 14 | [North Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-yorkshire) | 0.4% | Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed. |
| 15 | [East Riding of Yorkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-riding-of-yorkshire) | 0.3% | – |

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)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/west-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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