Karoly Kocsis and Eszter Kocsis-Hodosi : Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian Basin |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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