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Table 4. Change in the number and percentage of the Hungarian minorities in
different regions of the Carpathian Basin (1880-1991)

Year
Slovakia
Transcarpathia (Ukraine)
Transylvania (Rumania)
Vojvodina
(Serbia)
Croatia
Transmura Region (Slovenia)
Burgenland
(Austria)

number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
1880 574,862 23.1 M 105,343 25.7 M 1,045,098 26.1 M 265,287 22.6 M 49,560 1.9 M 13,221 17.7 M 11,162 4.2 M
1910 881,326 30.2 M 185,433 30.6 M 1,658,045 31.7 M 425,672 28.1 M 119,874 3.5 M 20,737 23.0 M 26,225 9.0 M
1930 585,434 17.6 N 116,584 15.9 N 1,480,712 25.8 M 376,176 23.2 M 66,040 1.7 M 15,050 - 10,442 3.5 M
1941 761,434 21.5 M 233,840 27.3 M 1,711,851 28.9 M 456,770 28.5 M 64,431 - 16,510 20.1 M - -
1950 354,532 10.3 N 139,700 17.3 N 1,481,903 25.7 M 418,180 25.8 N 51,399 1.4 N 10,246 10.8 N 5,251 1.9 U
1961 518,782 12.4 N 146,247 15.9 N 1,616,199 25.9 M 442,560 23.9 N 42,347 1.0 N 9,899 11.0 N 5,642 2.1 U
1970 552,006 12.2 N 151,122 14.5 N 1,625,702 24.2 M 423,866 21.7 N 35,488 0.8 N 9,064 10.0 N 5,673 2.1 U
1980 559,801 11.2 N 158,446 13.7 N 1,691,048 22.5 N 385,356 18.9 N 25,439 0.6 N 8,617 9.5 N 4,147 1.5 U
1991 567,296 10.8 N 155,711 12.5 N 1,604,266 20.8 N 339,491 16.9 N 22,355 0.5 N 7,636 8.5 N 6,763 2.8 U

Source: Census data (Slovakia: 1880, 1910, 1930, 1941, 1950, 1961, 1970, 1980, 1991;
Transcarpathia:1880, 1910, 1930, 1941, 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989;
Transylvania : 1880, 1910, 1930, 1941, 1948, 1956, 1966, 1977, 1992;
Vojvodina, Croatia, Transmura Region: 1880, 1910, 1931, 1941, 1948, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991;
Burgenland: 1880, 1910, 1934, 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991).

Remark: Hungarians include the Székelys (Secui) and Csángós (Ceangãi).

Abbreviations: M- mother (native) tongue, N- ethnicity, E- ethnic origin, U- every-day language ("Umgangssprache")

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