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According to the 2011 census, less than half of Londoners (45%) are "White British" - which implies that the city's white population is overwhelmingly of "old-stock" English descent. But while the US and Canadian censuses have separate ancestry and race questions, in the UK they're combined (White British, White Irish, Other Whites, Black Caribbean, Black African, etc.) and it seems obvious that pretty much every white person fills in "White British" after the second generation. For instance, it's obvious that FAR more than 2% of Londoners have Irish ancestry - and I'm sure it's higher than in New York. The vast majority of Jews - who would fill out Polish, Russian, Romanian, etc. in the US are also counted as White British; only Jews by religion get a census count. It would be interesting to know the number of Londoners with French, Italian, German, Greek, etc. ancestry as well. On paper, London appears much more homogeneous than NYC, Toronto, etc., but at least part of that seems to be explained by
Also the Black Caribbean population is now smaller than the Black African population - is that due to immigration or are British-born Blacks of Caribbean descent identifying as something else?
I have no idea how I could answer your question as i'd only have access to the same data that you have. You could, I imagine, phone or e:mail all of the respective community and ethnic associations in the Greater London area for some more information and maybe some of the London Borough Councils could help you garner some information. Maybe you could publish a paper on your findings to aid others undergoing similar types of research. I'm sure some would find it riveting.
I have to admit that i've not a high enough level of interest to do the research myself but be assured that I wish you all good fortune in your quest for more knowledge on this subject.
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