Today the Office for National Statistics uses the term "white" as an ethnic category. The terms "white British", "White Irish", "White Scottish" and "White Other" are used. These classifications rely on individuals' self-identification, since it is recognised that ethnic identity is not an objective category. Socially, in the UK "white" usually refers only to people of native British, Irish and European origin. As a result of the 2011 census the white population stood at 85.5% in England (White British: 79.8%), at 96% in Scotland (White British: 91.8%), at 95.6% in Wales (White British: 93.2%), while in Northern Ireland 98.28% identified themselves as white, amounting to a total of 87.2% white population (or White British and Irish).