Eritreans in the United Kingdom are an ethnic group that consist of Eritrean immigrants to the United Kingdom as well as their descendants. The 2001 Census recorded 6,561 Eritrean-born people residing in the UK. According to the 2011 UK Census, there were 16,921 Eritrean-born residents in England, 361 in Wales, 399 in Scotland, and 24 in Northern Ireland. Of this total of 17,705 Eritrean-born residents, 10,198 lived in Greater London, 1,977 in the West Midlands, 1,901 in Yorkshire and the Humber and 1,249 in North West England.