This is a decrease from the 266,555 recorded in 2007. There were 238,789 in 2001 and 316,459 in 1996. The top twenty-five Main Places, with more than nine hundred white persons in 2011, are shown below:  The results of the 2011 census showed a Gauteng white population of 1,913,884. This is a slight decrease on the 1,923,829 recorded in 2007 but is an increase on 1,735,094 in 2001 and 1,702,343 in 1996. The top thirty-five Main Places, with more than seven hundred white persons in 2011, are shown below:  The results of the 2011 census showed a Northern Cape white population of 81,246. This is a decrease of 21% on the 102,519 recorded in 2001. Between 2001 and 2011 white population grew in absolute terms the most in Kathu, Kuruman and Orania. In that same period white population in Kimberly, Upington and Warrenton declined the most in absolute terms. The top twenty Main Places, with more than seven hundred white persons in 2011, are shown below: