Migration
Cumbria and Northumberland have amongst the largest Scottish born communities in the world outside Scotland. 16,628 Scottish born people were residing in Cumbria in 2001 (3.41% of the region's population) and 11,435 Scottish born people were residing in Northumberland (3.72% of the county's population); the average percentage of Scottish born people in England is 1.62%.
Read more about this topic: Anglo-Scottish Border