Regional characteristics of foreign-born people living in the United Kingdom

Abstract

This article examines the characteristics of foreign-born people living in the UK: how they differ between regions and countries, and from people born in the UK. Demographic, social and economic characteristics are examined using data from the Annual Population Survey (APS), 2009. The article looks first at the characteristics of the foreign-born population at a national UK level and the regional differences between foreign-born populations. It then compares the foreign- born and UK-born populations at regional level for each region and country of the UK.