"Figure 2: Economic inactivity rates by ethnic group, England and Wales, 2001 to 2014 (LFS April to June)","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. People aged between 16 to 64 2. Uses April to June Labour Force Survey datasets 3. Harmonised question introduced in the LFS in 2011 to bring the question in line with the census data collection. Chinese moved from Other ethnic group to the Asian category in 2011 therefore for the purpose of this analysis Chinese has been included under Asian for the years preceding 2011; New tick boxes were also introduced for Gypsy or Irish Traveller under White and Arab under Other ethnic group" "Unit","Percentages" "","" "","White","Mixed / Multiple Ethnic Groups","Asian / Asian British","Black / African / Caribbean / Black British","Other ethnic group","All" "2001","22","29","40","30","42","24" "2002","22","30","38","30","42","23" "2003","22","28","38","31","41","23" "2004","22","31","37","30","36","24" "2005","22","29","38","32","37","24" "2006","22","26","34","27","36","23" "2007","22","30","36","27","33","24" "2008","22","29","36","28","33","23" "2009","22","31","34","30","34","23" "2010","22","30","32","28","34","24" "2011","22","30","33","28","33","23" "2012","21","29","33","27","35","23" "2013","21","29","33","27","35","23" "2014","21","27","32","28","36","22"