Karoly Kocsis and Eszter Kocsis-Hodosi : Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian Basin |
Table 16. Change in the ethnic structure of selected
Year |
Total population |
Rumanians |
Hungarians |
Germans |
Others |
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number |
% |
number |
% |
number |
% |
number |
% |
number |
% |
|
Temesvár - Timisoara |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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number |
% |
number |
% |
number |
% |
number |
% |
number |
% |
|
Marosvásárhely - Tîrgu
Mures |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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).
Karoly Kocsis and Eszter Kocsis-Hodosi : Hungarian Minorities in the Carpathian Basin |