Editing Northern Ireland (section)

===Identity and citizenship===
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|title = National Identity of Northern Ireland residents (2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (British) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=NAT_ID_BRITISH |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023 |archive-date=20 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820073156/https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=NAT_ID_BRITISH |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (Irish) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=NAT_ID_IRISH_AGG3 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023 |archive-date=20 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820073158/https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=NAT_ID_IRISH_AGG3 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (Northern Irish) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?v=&d=PEOPLE&v=NAT_ID_NORTHERN_IRISH_AGG3 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023 |archive-date=20 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230820073158/https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?v=&d=PEOPLE&v=NAT_ID_NORTHERN_IRISH_AGG3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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{{bar percent|British|Blue|42.8}}
{{bar percent|Irish|DarkOrchid|33.3}}
{{bar percent|Northern Irish|grey|31.5}}
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{{further|British nationality law|Irish nationality law}}

In Northern Ireland censuses, respondents can choose more than one national identity. In 2021:<ref name="2021 national identity">{{cite web |title=Main statistics for Northern Ireland – Statistical bulletin – National identity |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/system/files/statistics/census-2021-main-statistics-for-northern-ireland-phase-1-statistical-bulletin-national-identity.pdf |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316223405/https://www.nisra.gov.uk/system/files/statistics/census-2021-main-statistics-for-northern-ireland-phase-1-statistical-bulletin-national-identity.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 42.8% identified as British, solely or along with other national identities
* 33.3% identified as Irish, solely or along with other national identities
* 31.5% identified as Northern Irish, solely or along with other national identities

The main national identities given in recent censuses were:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
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!colspan=4|National identity of Northern Ireland residents<ref name="2011 Census data"/><ref name="2021 national identity"/>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Identity
!rowspan="2"|2011
!rowspan="2"|2021
|- style="font-size:85%"
|-
|style="text-align:left"| British only || 39.9% || 31.9%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| Irish only || 25.3% ||29.1%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| Northern Irish only || 20.9% || 19.8%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| British & Northern Irish || 6.2% || 8.0%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| Irish & Northern Irish || 1.1%|| 1.8%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| British, Irish & Northern Irish || 1.0% || 1.5%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| British & Irish || 0.7% || 0.6%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| English, Scottish, or Welsh || 1.6% ||1.5%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| All other || 3.4%|| 6.0%
|}

As of the 2021 census, regarding national identity, four of the six traditional counties had an Irish plurality and two had a British plurality.<ref>{{cite web |title=National identity (person based) - basic detail (classification 1) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_BASIC |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023 |archive-date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818094359/https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_BASIC |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (Irish) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_IRISH_AGG3&~NAT_ID_IRISH_AGG3=1+2 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023 |archive-date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818094358/https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_IRISH_AGG3&~NAT_ID_IRISH_AGG3=1+2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (British) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_BRITISH&~NAT_ID_BRITISH=1+2 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023 |archive-date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818094353/https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_BRITISH&~NAT_ID_BRITISH=1+2 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (Northern Irish) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_NORTHERN_IRISH_AGG3&~NAT_ID_NORTHERN_IRISH_AGG3=1+2 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023 |archive-date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818094359/https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/viewdata?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&v=NAT_ID_NORTHERN_IRISH_AGG3&~NAT_ID_NORTHERN_IRISH_AGG3=1+2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
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!colspan=7|National identity of Northern Ireland residents by county
|-
!rowspan="2"|National Identity
!rowspan="2"|Antrim
!rowspan="2"|Armagh
!rowspan="2"|Down
!rowspan="2"|Fermanagh
!rowspan="2"|Londonderry
!rowspan="2"|Tyrone
|- style="font-size:85%"
|-
|style="text-align:left"| Irish only || 25.7% || 39.0% || 18.5% || 38.3% || 42.2% || 41.6%
|-
!style="text-align:left"| All Irish identities || 29.7% || 42.2% || 23.7% || 41.9% || 46.0% || 44.9%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| British only || 35.5% || 24.7%|| 37.7% || 26.2% || 24.8% || 21.0%
|-
!style="text-align:left"| All British identities || 47.4% || 32.3% || 52.5% || 32.9% || 32.2% || 27.0%
|-
|style="text-align:left"| Northern Irish only || 18.7% || 16.8%|| 21.7% || 21.3% || 19.7% || 20.5%
|-
!style="text-align:left"| All Northern Irish identities || 31.1% || 25.4% || 36.9% || 29.1% || 28.3% || 28.0%
|}