The following table shows the numbers of prisoners by each ethnicity in all prison establishments including young offender institutions, which are indicated, in England and Wales as at 30 June 2009 (latest published figures).
These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.
White Mixed Asian or Asian British Black or Black British Chinese or Other Not stated Unrecorded 1991 census codes Total All 60,770 2,852 6,011 12,017 1,412 159 14 219 83,454 Altcourse 1,160 21 58 49 18 2 0 6 1,314 Askham Grange 101 4 9 6 2 0 0 0 122 Acklington 890 9 27 10 4 0 0 0 940 Albany 461 6 16 68 0 1 1 1 554 Ashfield1 239 30 16 50 0 1 0 2 338 Ashwell 141 4 26 24 4 0 0 0 200 Aylesbury1 209 34 29 154 4 1 0 1 433 Belmarsh 508 36 73 252 25 0 0 3 897 Buckley Hall 304 7 34 30 1 1 0 0 377 Blundeston 303 22 42 139 6 1 0 1 514 Bedford 309 29 48 70 5 0 0 0 461 Blantyre House 86 1 2 25 2 1 0 1 118 Bristol 502 19 16 56 11 1 0 2 607 Birmingham 908 68 181 263 21 2 0 1 1,444 Bullingdon 769 47 90 147 21 3 0 4 1,081 Brinsford1 340 32 67 77 5 0 0 0 521 Bullwood Hall 51 4 49 73 52 0 0 0 229 Brixton 346 30 71 331 13 0 0 1 792 Bronzefield 308 20 13 80 16 2 0 0 439 Chelmsford 497 22 48 113 11 0 0 1 692 Cardiff 705 24 33 31 17 5 0 5 819 Camp Hill 371 22 32 133 7 1 0 0 566 Cookham Wood1 63 4 0 18 1 0 0 0 86 Coldingley 317 17 27 138 4 3 0 0 506 Castington1 343 5 6 8 6 0 0 3 371 Channings Wood 643 11 15 51 2 0 0 0 722 Canterbury 84 6 55 96 53 0 0 0 295 Dartmoor 526 15 18 56 2 3 0 0 620 Dovegate 590 29 67 153 6 3 0 0 848 Drake Hall 181 12 5 57 6 0 0 0 261 Durham 863 8 17 19 47 0 0 4 958 Doncaster 900 21 68 74 16 2 0 22 1,103 Dorchester 196 3 6 15 3 0 0 3 226 Deerbolt1 395 11 14 11 0 0 0 1 431 Dover 22 0 78 130 80 0 0 0 310 Downview 176 20 16 115 10 3 0 0 340 Erlestoke 364 13 17 70 2 1 0 1 468 Sheppey Cluster (Standford Hill) 304 14 33 86 8 2 0 4 450 East Sutton Park 43 7 3 31 4 0 0 0 88 Everthorpe 582 14 48 28 1 0 0 1 674 Eastwood Park 250 17 14 27 10 0 0 0 317 Exeter 502 6 5 15 0 1 0 3 531 Sheppey Cluster (Elmley) 788 21 38 97 8 1 0 1 954 Forest Bank 911 25 110 87 10 0 0 1 1,144 Ford 355 15 51 102 4 1 0 1 529 Foston Hall 190 8 6 11 2 0 0 0 217 Frankland 627 19 23 54 7 4 0 0 734 Feltham1 188 75 61 322 22 7 0 5 680 Full Sutton 421 26 41 75 3 11 0 0 577 Featherstone 470 28 77 103 4 0 0 0 682 Garth 679 19 58 52 9 0 0 0 817 Gloucester 238 7 12 24 2 0 0 4 287 Guys Marsh 435 22 17 95 4 0 0 1 575 Grendon/Spring Hill 368 27 50 68 0 2 0 0 516 Glen Parva1 576 69 39 95 10 1 0 4 793 Gartree 513 16 54 80 11 3 0 1 678 Hollesley Bay 238 9 17 67 4 0 0 0 334 Huntercombe1 111 26 26 93 3 0 0 1 260 Moorland Open 185 9 31 13 3 0 0 0 241 Hewell 998 39 121 165 20 1 0 0 1,344 Holme House 884 7 29 19 7 0 0 2 948 Hindley1 250 12 12 10 0 0 0 5 289 Hull 934 14 33 18 13 0 0 6 1,018 High Down 659 36 75 278 17 1 0 6 1,073 Highpoint 514 38 79 276 18 3 0 1 930 Haslar 31 4 49 49 18 1 0 0 151 Haverigg 558 10 41 18 2 1 0 0 629 Holloway 259 24 14 106 23 0 0 2 428 Kirkham 489 14 43 19 1 1 0 1 568 Kennet 321 3 1 10 1 0 0 0 336 Kirklevington Grange 216 4 40 9 1 0 0 0 270 Lancaster 208 2 14 5 0 0 0 0 228 Leicester 240 12 62 33 7 0 0 2 357 Leeds 897 38 131 58 22 1 9 1 1,157 Lancaster Farms1 408 29 20 29 1 0 0 6 493 Lowdham Grange 445 32 69 122 15 2 0 0 685 Lindholme 736 38 144 159 35 2 0 0 1,114 Lincoln 609 8 8 24 18 0 0 2 670 Long Lartin 327 23 69 108 6 3 0 1 537 Latchmere House 87 12 23 68 3 0 0 0 193 Low Newton 294 3 1 9 4 0 0 0 311 Liverpool 1,101 25 82 92 35 0 0 2 1,337 Littlehey 526 27 52 97 6 3 0 0 711 Lewes 567 11 17 63 5 0 0 1 664 Leyhill 387 12 37 44 7 0 0 5 492 Moorland Closed 599 37 53 73 5 3 0 0 771 Morton Hall 132 18 8 154 16 1 0 0 328 Manchester 916 38 120 123 18 1 0 10 1,226 Maidstone 409 8 35 125 9 2 0 1 590 Mount (The) 343 46 87 257 24 6 0 0 763 Edmunds Hill 215 14 42 87 11 0 0 0 369 New Hall 326 9 8 14 13 0 0 0 370 Nottingham 393 20 48 69 9 1 0 6 545 Northallerton1 207 8 11 5 1 0 0 0 232 North Sea Camp 250 10 24 18 2 0 0 0 303 Norwich 410 8 17 56 8 0 1 2 502 Onley 491 39 61 96 2 3 0 0 692 Peterborough 740 33 50 101 25 1 0 1 950 Portland1 316 35 29 161 7 1 0 3 553 Parkhurst 346 16 31 86 5 6 0 2 491 Preston 659 9 57 11 7 0 0 3 746 Parc 1,040 27 29 56 9 1 0 13 1,175 Kingston (Portsmouth) 139 7 12 16 1 0 0 0 175 Pentonville 507 47 146 365 34 0 1 7 1,105 Rochester1 340 40 49 210 9 0 0 0 647 Reading1 188 17 14 15 6 0 0 2 242 Rye Hill 406 24 59 153 8 2 0 1 654 Ranby 749 37 108 149 10 0 0 1 1,054 Risley 875 24 90 78 11 1 0 1 1,080 Send 209 8 12 42 7 0 0 0 278 Stafford 572 23 73 58 6 3 0 0 735 Stoke Heath1 460 28 40 50 1 1 0 0 580 Stocken 617 33 63 85 8 1 0 0 807 Sheppey Cluster (Swaleside) 463 29 74 246 9 3 0 2 826 Shepton Mallet 167 1 1 17 1 1 0 0 188 Swinfen Hall1 406 56 43 105 3 1 0 1 616 Styal 381 8 12 28 19 1 0 1 450 Sudbury 379 21 81 85 2 3 0 0 570 Swansea 368 5 11 10 3 0 0 1 398 Shrewsbury 250 2 14 19 5 0 0 0 290 Thorn Cross1 243 13 29 12 1 0 0 3 301 Usk/Prescoed 392 3 9 20 2 1 0 0 426 Verne (The) 235 11 39 287 17 0 0 0 589 Wellingborough 369 28 47 172 8 3 0 0 628 Winchester 588 21 24 40 14 0 1 1 689 Wakefield 588 23 40 70 6 9 0 0 735 Wealstun 394 20 64 37 2 1 0 0 517 Woodhill 581 46 55 104 14 1 1 8 809 Warren Hill1 125 13 9 40 2 0 0 0 188 Wayland 703 39 50 189 18 0 0 1 1,000 Wymott 979 18 70 53 6 1 0 0 1,127 Werrington1 93 14 10 12 1 0 0 0 130 Wolds 338 11 18 20 0 0 0 0 388 Whitemoor 231 26 46 129 8 3 0 1 444 Wormwood Scrubs 606 62 191 399 30 1 1 3 1,293 Whatton 730 6 54 45 3 2 0 0 840 Wandsworth 947 58 158 435 64 6 0 7 1,675 Wetherby1 299 24 15 14 5 0 0 3 360 1 Establishments which serve as Young Offender Institutions