[citation needed] The foreign-born population was recorded at 1.4%[2] It was divided into three parts: England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland.
[6] The census data for England and Wales was first published online on 2 January 2002 on a site run by The National Archive.
However, by early afternoon that first day, the site had crashed due to huge demand and remained offline for 11 months[7] "Prisoners nailed for loose screws in online census".
This went on to spark huge interest in family history and many television series were made based on this and related information.
The data is mainly used by genealogists, family historians, name researchers and anyone wanting to know more about their Welsh and English ancestors in 1901.