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Table 16. Change in the ethnic structure of selected

Year
Total population
Rumanians
Hungarians
Germans
Others

number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
Temesvár - Timisoara
1880
37,815
100.0
5,163
13.6
7,749
20.5
20,263
53.6
4,640
12.3
1910
72,555
100.0
7,566
10.4
28,552
39.3
31,644
43.6
4,793
6.7
1930
91,580
100.0
24,088
26.3
32,513
35.5
30,670
33.5
4,309
4.7
1941
110,840
100.0
44,349
40.0
20,090
18.1
30,940
27.9
15,461
14.0
1948
111,987
100.0
58,456
52.2
30,630
27.3
16,139
14.4
6,762
6.1
1956
142,257
100.0
76,173
53.5
36,459
25.6
25,494
17.9
4,131
3.0
1966
174,243
100.0
109,806
63.0
33,502
19.2
25,564
14.7
5,371
3.1
1986
325,272
100.0
219,408
67.4
65,248
20.0
24,013
7.4
16,603
5.2
1992
334,115
100.0
274,511
82.2
31,798
9.5
13,206
4.0
14,600
4.4
Kolozsvár - Cluj-Napoca
1880
29,923
100.0
3,978
13.3
23,490
78.5
1,468
4.9
987
3.3
1910
62,733
100.0
8,886
14.2
51,192
81.6
1,678
2.7
977
1.5
1930
103,840
100.0
36,981
35.6
55,351
53.3
2,728
2.6
8,780
8.5
1941
114,984
100.0
11,524
10.0
100,172
87.1
1,841
1.6
1,447
1.3
1948
117,915
100.0
47,321
40.1
67,977
57.6
360
0.3
2,257
2.0
1956
154,723
100.0
74,623
48.2
77,839
50.3
1,115
0.7
1,146
0.8
1966
185,663
100.0
105,185
56.7
78,520
42.3
1,337
0.7
621
0.3
1986
310,017
100.0
183,398
59.1
120,952
39.0
-
-
5,667
1.9
1992
328,602
100.0
248,572
75.6
74,892
22.8
1,149
0.3
3,989
1.2
Brassó - Brasov
1880
29,584
100.0
9,378
31.7
9,822
33.2
9,910
33.5
474
1.6
1910
41,056
100.0
11,786
28.7
17,831
43.4
10,841
26.4
598
1.5
1930
59,232
100.0
19,378
32.7
24,977
42.2
13,276
22.4
1,601
2.7
1941
84,557
100.0
49,463
58.5
15,114
17.9
16,210
19.2
3,770
4.4
1948
82,984
100.0
55,152
66.5
17,697
21.3
8,480
10.2
1,655
2.0
1956
123,834
100.0
88,651
71.6
24,186
19.5
10,349
8.3
648
0.6
1966
163,345
100.0
123,711
75.7
28,638
17.5
10,280
6.3
716
0.5
1986
351,493
100.0
278,733
79.3
58,700
16.7
11,950
3.4
2,110
0.6
1992
323,736
100.0
287,535
88.8
31,574
9.7
3,418
1.1
1,209
0.4
Nagyvárad - Oradea
1880
34,231
100.0
2,143
6.2
29,925
87.4
1,223
3.6
940
2.8
1910
68,960
100.0
3,779
5.5
62,985
91.3
1,450
2.1
746
1.1
1930
88,830
100.0
21,790
24.5
60,202
67.8
1,165
1.3
5,673
6.4
1941
98,622
100.0
5,135
5.2
90,828
92.1
886
0.9
1,773
1.8
1948
82,282
100.0
26,998
32.8
52,541
63.8
165
0.2
2,578
3.2
1956
98,950
100.0
34,501
34.9
62,804
63.5
373
0.4
1,272
1.2
1966
122,534
100.0
55,785
45.5
65,141
53.2
499
0.4
1.109
0.9
1986
187,744
100.0
96,204
45.0
111,286
52.0
-
-
6,356
3.0
1992
222,741
100.0
144,244
64.8
74,228
33.3
959
0.4
3,310
1.5
Arad - Arad
1880
44,320
100.0
9,440
21.3
21,148
47.7
10,770
24.3
2,962
6.7
1910
76,356
100.0
14,600
19.1
48,409
63.4
10,841
14.2
2,506
3.3
1930
86,181
100.0
30,381
36.2
41,854
48.6
11,059
12.8
2,887
2.4
1941
95,287
100.0
42,862
44.7
27,344
28.5
14,146
14.8
10,935
12.0
1948
87,291
100.0
45,819
52.5
35,326
40.5
2,234
2.5
3,912
4.5
1956
106,460
100.0
59,050
55.5
37,633
35.3
8,089
7.6
1,688
1.6
1966
126,000
100.0
81,005
64.3
33,800
26.8
9,456
7.5
1,739
1.4
1986
187,744
100.0
116,501
62.0
54,089
28.8
7,439
3.9
9,715
5.3
1992
190,114
100.0
151,438
79.7
29,832
15.7
4,142
2.2
4,702
2.5


cities and towns of Transylvania (1880 - 1992)

Year
Total population
Rumanians
Hungarians
Germans
Others

number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
Marosvásárhely - Tîrgu Mures
1880
12,883
100.0
677
5.2
11,363
88.2
524
4.1
319
2.5
1910
25,517
100.0
1,717
6.7
22,790
89.3
606
2.4
404
1.6
1930
38,517
100.0
9,493
24.6
25,359
65.8
735
1.9
2,930
7.7
1941
44,946
100.0
1,725
3.8
42,449
94.4
436
1.0
336
0.8
1948
47,043
100.0
11,007
23.4
34,943
74.3
72
0.1
1,021
2.2
1956
65,194
100.0
14,315
21.9
50,174
77.0
45
0.1
660
1.0
1966
80,912
100.0
22,072
27.3
58,208
71.9
441
0.5
191
0.3
1986
158,998
100.0
56,834
35.7
96,551
60.7
-
-
5,613
3.6
1992
161,216
100.0
74,549
46.2
83,249
51.6
554
0.3
2,864
1.8
Nagybánya - Baia Mare
1880
11,183
100.0
4,549
40.7
6,266
56.0
225
2.0
143
1.3
1910
16,465
100.0
5,546
33.7
10,669
64.8
191
1.2
59
0.3
1930
16,630
100.0
8,456
50.8
6,515
39.2
294
1.8
1,365
8.2
1941
25,841
100.0
6,415
24.8
18,642
72.1
127
0.5
657
2.6
1948
20,959
100.0
9,081
43.3
11,257
53.7
10
0.0
611
3.0
1956
35,920
100.0
18,768
52.2
16,747
46.6
96
0.3
309
0.9
1966
62,658
100.0
40,959
65.4
21,265
33.9
197
0.3
237
0.4
1986
139,704
100.0
94,605
67.7
43,699
31.3
-
-
1,400
1.0
1992
148,363
100.0
118,882
80.1
25,940
17.5
1,008
0.7
2,533
1.7
Szatmárnémeti - Satu Mare
1880
19,708
100.0
982
5.0
17,511
88.8
758
3.8
457
2.4
1910
34,892
100.0
986
2.8
33,094
94.8
629
1.8
183
0.6
1930
51,495
100.0
13,941
27.1
30,308
58.8
669
1.3
6,577
12.8
1941
52,006
100.0
2,387
4.6
47,914
92.1
264
0.5
1,441
2.8
1948
46,519
100.0
13,571
29.2
30,535
65.6
83
0.2
2,330
5.0
1956
52,096
100.0
15,809
30.3
35,192
67.5
149
0.3
946
1.9
1966
68,246
100.0
29,345
43.0
38,330
56.2
284
0.4
287
0.4
1986
130,082
100.0
57,434
44.1
69,335
53.3
-
-
3,313
2.6
1992
130,584
100.0
71,502
54.8
53,917
41.3
3,681
2.8
1,484
1.1
Zilah - Zalãu
1880
5,961
100.0
358
6.0
5,535
92.8
-
-
68
1.2
1910
8,062
100.0
529
6.6
7,477
92.7
-
-
56
0.7
1930
8,340
100.0
2,058
24.7
5,931
71.1
-
-
351
4.2
1941
8,546
100.0
720
8.4
7,749
90.7
-
-
77
0.9
1948
11,652
100.0
4,982
42.7
6,566
56.3
-
-
104
1.0
1956
13,378
100.0
6,442
48.1
6,875
51.4
-
-
61
0.5
1966
14,380
100.0
7,580
52.7
6,766
47.1
13
0.1
21
0.1
1986
57,283
100.0
36,131
63.0
20,345
35.5
-
-
807
1.5
1992
67,977
100.0
53,547
78.8
13,638
20.1
92
0.1
700
1.0
Csíkszereda - Miercurea Ciuc
1880
4,390
100.0
14
0.3
4,297
97.9
-
-
79
1.8
1910
6,831
100.0
44
0.6
6,678
97.8
-
-
109
1.6
1930
8,306
100.0
656
7.9
7,395
89.0
-
-
255
3.1
1941
8,870
100.0
45
0.5
8,723
98.3
-
-
102
1.2
1948
6,143
100.0
748
12.2
5,280
85.9
-
-
115
1.9
1956
11,996
100.0
668
5.5
11,247
93.7
-
-
81
0.8
1966
8,459
100.0
781
9.2
7,652
90.5
17
0.2
9
0.1
1986
46,494
100.0
10,385
22.3
35,424
76.2
-
-
685
1.5
1992
45,769
100.0
7,488
16.4
37,972
83.0
73
0.2
236
0.5

Sources: 1880, 1910: Hungarian census data (mother/native tongue), 1930, 1948, 1956, 1966: Rumanian census data ( mother/native tongue), 1941: Brassó, Temesvár, Arad = Rumanian census data (ethnic origin);
other cities and towns = Hungarian census data (mother/native tongue), 1986: calculations of K.Kocsis (mother/native tongue), 1992: Rumanian census data (ethnicity).

Remark: All data were calculated for the present administrative territory of the cities and towns excluding their "village components" (except in 1948).

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