White Polish is an ethnicity classification used in Scotland at the 2011 United Kingdom Census. In the census, the White Polish population was 571,762, 61,201 of which are in Scotland which equates to 1.16% of the total population in Scotland. In England and Wales, the category is not its own section like Scotland meaning write in answers for "White Polish" are designated under the broader Other White group. The Scottish Government's policy since 2011, however, has been to include "White Polish" as a specific subgrouping of the 5,084,407 white people recorded in Scotland at the last UK census. Other subgroupings in Scotland's census are "White Scottish", "White Other British", "White Irish", "White Gypsy / Traveller", and "White Other White". Terminology Local government, NHS and police Outside of the national census, many county councils additionally use the "White Polish" category in local statistics, as do Police Scotland, and regional health boards of NHS Scotland. Some of the local governments that use the category include Angus Council and Dundee City Council. Demographics Population and distribution The distribution of people who consider themselves to be White Polish is most concentrated in North East Scotland, with up to 3 percent in Aberdeen at the 2011 census. Edinburgh had around a 3 percent White Polish populace, and Dundee a 1.4 percent, at the latest census. As of June 2015, around 3,000 people who identified with the category resided in Fife, which amounted to 0.8% the county's population. Despite there being a long history of Polish immigration to Scotland, and therefore Polish ancestry within the country, data from the 2011 census suggests that the Scottish-born White Polish population were overwhelming the children of recent Polish migrants. Analyzed in Scottish Affairs, 80 percent of White Polish infants were under the age of 3, suggesting that Scottish residents with Polish ancestry dating further back (such as the significant migrations of Poles during and after World War II) were most likely identifying as White Scottish. As the category was introduced in 2011, in statistical research White Polish data is sometimes compared with the category of Other White for pre-2011 analysis. Economic status and language In the 2011 census results, at 56 percent; White Polish people were most likely to be working as a full-time employee. The data also showed that people who self-identified as White Polish were most likely to be economically active in Scotland, at rate of 86