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Table 22. Change in the number and percentage of ethnic Hungarians in
selected cities and towns of Vojvodina (Serbia) (1880-1991)

Year
Újvidék / Novi Sad
Szabadka / Subotica
Zenta / Senta
1880
5,702
26.7 %
31,592
50.5 %
18,706
88.2 %
1910
13,343
39.7 %
55,587
58.8 %
27,221
91.8 %
1931
17,000
30.0 %
41,401
41.4 %
25,924
81.1 %
1941
31,130
50.4 %
61,581
59.9 %
29,463
91.7 %
1953
21,810
28.4 %
32,194
50.6 %
21,238
83.2 %
1971
22,998
16.3 %
43,068
48.5 %
20,548
83.1 %
1981
19,262
11.3 %
44,065
43.8 %
18,863
79.6 %
1981*
25,368
14.9 %
56,729
56.4 %
20,840
88.0 %
1991
15,778
8.8 %
39,749
39.6 %
17,888
78.4 %

Magyarkanizsa / Kanjia
Óbecse / Beèej
Bácstopolya / Balka Topola
1880
12,481
95.5 %
9,101
60.5 %
9,244
97.3 %
1910
16,655
97.9 %
12,488
64.5 %
12,339
98.9 %
1931
19,108
87.4 %
12,459
60.7 %
12,839
85.3 %
1941
18,849
97.5 %
14,576
68.8 %
13,420
95.0 %
1953
10,015
88.7 %
14,883
63.8 %
12,580
88.8 %
1971
10,177
90.5 %
15,815
59.2 %
13,112
82.0 %
1981
10,466
89.0 %
14,772
54.5 %
12,617
74.1 %
1981*
11,273
95.9 %
15,789
58.3 %
14,186
83.3 %
1991
10,183
88.2 %
13,464
50.6 %
11,176
66.9 %

Zombor / Sombor
Kula / Kula
Temerin / Temerin
1880
5,318
21.5 %
3,822
47.2 %
6,765
86.0 %
1910
10,078
32.9 %
3,679
40.3 %
9,499
97.2 %
1931
5,852
18.1 %
3,381
32.8 %
8,718
77.2 %
1941
11,502
35.8 %
5,620
48.8 %
10,067
91.2 %
1953
7,494
22.3 %
4,500
38.4 %
9,378
80.7 %
1971
7,115
16.1 %
4,461
25.9 %
9,945
73.2 %
1981
5,857
12.1 %
3,969
21.1 %
9,781
65.8 %
1981*
7,160
14.8 %
4,498
23.9 %
10,186
68.5 %
1991
4,736
9.7 %
3,362
17.4 %
9,495
55.9 %

Törökkanizsa / Novi Kneevac
Törökbecse / Novi Bezej
Nagybecskerek / Zrenjanin
1880
2,727
50.5 %
5,473
42.2 %
3,777
19.3 %
1910
4,821
61.0 %
7,586
45.1 %
12,395
42.1 %
1931
3,621
52.2 %
6,432
39.4 %
12,249
33.7 %
1953
4,291
53.9 %
6,644
40.8 %
16,683
37.7 %
1971
4,148
49.8 %
6,074
37.8 %
18,521
25.9 %
1981
3,559
43.6 %
5,422
33.7 %
17,085
21.0 %
1981*
4,082
50.0 %
6,228
38.7 %
20,740
25.5 %
1991
3,119
38.7 %
4,657
30.2 %
14,312
17.6 %

Sources: 1880, 1910, 1941: Hungarian census data (mother/native tongue), 1931: Yugoslav census data (mother /native tongue), 1953-1991: Yugoslav census data (ethnicity). 1981*: Yugoslav census data (exclusively or partly Hungarian speaking persons in the family).

Remarks: All data were calculated for the present territory of the cities and towns (except for Szabadka, Zenta and Magyarkanizsa between 1880 and 1941).


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