Editing Anguilla (section)

=== Demographics ===
{{Main|Demographics of Anguilla}}
The majority of residents (90.08%) are of West African ancestry, most of whom are the descendants of enslaved people transported from Africa.<ref name="Encyclopedia Britannica – Anguilla"/> Minorities include whites at 3.74% and people of mixed race at 4.65% (figures from 2001 census). Of the population, 72% is Anguillan while 28% is non-Anguillan (2001 census). Of the non-Anguillan population, many are citizens of the United States, United Kingdom, [[St Kitts & Nevis]], the [[Dominican Republic]], and [[Jamaica]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Demography, Culture, Migration, Crime, Marital Status and Fertility of the Resident Population of Anguilla According to the May 2001 Census|url=http://www.gov.ai/statistics/census/images/Demography%20culture%20marital%20status%20and%20fertility.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190328/http://www.gov.ai/statistics/census/images/Demography%20culture%20marital%20status%20and%20fertility.pdf|archive-date=9 July 2021|access-date=12 September 2021}}</ref>

The years 2006 and 2007 saw an influx of large numbers of Chinese, Indian and [[Mexican people|Mexican]] workers, brought in as labour for major tourist developments due to the local population not being large enough to support the labour requirements.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gov.ai/documents/statistics/Anguilla_CPA_-_Main_Report_Final_(Submitted).pdf|title=Anguilla Country Poverty Assessment 2007/2009|date=n.d.|access-date=19 November 2019|archive-date=11 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711003410/http://www.gov.ai/documents/statistics/Anguilla_CPA_-_Main_Report_Final_(Submitted).pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>