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

Table 17. Change in the ethnic structure of population of
selected counties of Transylvania (1910 - 1992)

Year	Total population		Rumanians		Hungarians		Germans		Others
	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
SZATMÁR - SATU MARE county (megye - judet)
1910	267,310	100.0	92,412	34.6	167,980	62.8	6,690	2.5	228	0.1
1956	337,351	100.0	173,122	51.3	158,357	46.9	3,355	1.0	2,517	0.8
1977	393,840	100.0	227,630	57.8	152,738	38.8	6,395	1.6	7,077	1.8
1992	400,789	100.0	234,541	58.5	140,394	35.0	14,351	3.6	11,503	2.9
MÁRAMAROS - MARAMURE county (megye - judet)
1910	299,764	100.0	189,643	64.6	61,217	20.9	28,215	9.6	20,689	4.9
1956	367,114	100.0	284,900	77.6	51,944	14.1	2,749	0.7	27,521	7.6
1977	492,860	100.0	394,350	80.0	58,568	11.9	3,495	0.7	36,447	7.4
1992	540,099	100.0	437,997	81.1	54,906	10.2	3,416	0.6	43,780	8.1
SZILÁGY - SALAJ county (megye - judet)
1910	223,096	100.0	136,874	61.3	67,348	30.2	..	..	18.874	8.5
1956	271,989	100.0	200,391	73.7	67,474	24.8	..	..	4,124	1.5
1977	264,569	100.0	194,420	73.5	64,017	24.2	..	..	6,132	2.3
1992	266,797	100.0	192,552	72.2	63,159	23.7	146	0.1	10,940	4.1
BIHAR - BIHOR county (megye - judet)
1910	475,847	100.0	242,299	51.0	218,372	45.9	3,407	0.7	11,769	2.4
1956	574,488	100.0	359,043	62.5	204,657	35.6	858	0.1	9,930	1.8
1977	633,094	100.0	409,770	64.7	199,615	31.5	1,417	0.2	22,292	3.6
1992	638,863	100.0	425,097	66.5	181,706	28.4	1,593	0.2	30,467	4.8
ARAD - ARAD county (megye - judet)
1910	509,968	100.0	295,510	57.9	130,892	25.7	59,257	11.6	24,309	4.8
1956	488,612	100.0	339,772	71.4	89,229	18.8	42,711	9.0	16,900	0.8
1977	512,020	100.0	375,486	73.3	74,098	14.5	39,702	7.8	22,734	4.4
1992	487,617	100.0	392,600	80.5	61,022	12.5	9,392	1.9	24,603	5.1
TEMES - TIMI county (megye - judet)
1910	526,875	100.0	213,888	40.6	91,390	17.3	175,128	33.2	46,469	8.9
1956	568,881	100.0	327,295	57.5	84,551	14.9	116,674	20.5	40,361	7.1
1977	696,884	100.0	472,912	67.9	77,525	11.1	98,296	14.1	48,151	6.9
1992	700,033	100.0	561,200	80.2	62,888	9.0	26,722	3.8	49,223	7.0
KOLOZS - CLUJ county (megye - judet)
1910	391,303	100.0	229,487	58.6	151,723	38.8	3,965	1.0	6,128	1.6
1956	580,344	100.0	407,401	70.2	165,978	28.6	1,435	0.2	5,530	1.0
1977	715,409	100.0	532,543	74.4	171,431	24.0	1,818	0.3	9,617	1.3
1992	736,301	100.0	571,275	77.6	146,210	19.9	1,407	0.2	17,409	2.4
MAROS - MURES county (megye - judet)
1910	365,076	100.0	144,317	39.5	183,453	50.2	27,177	7.4	10,129	2.9
1956	513,261	100.0	255,641	49.5	234,698	45.4	20,341	3.9	2,581	1.2
1977	605,380	100.0	297,205	49.1	268,251	44.3	18,807	3.1	21,117	3.5
1992	610,053	100.0	317,541	52.1	252,685	41.4	4,588	0.8	35,239	5.8
HARGITA - HARGHITA county (megye - judet)
1910	241,184	100.0	15,061	6.2	223,215	92.5	1,969	0.8	939	0.5
1956	273,694	100.0	22,916	8.3	248,310	90.4	246	0.1	2,222	1.2
1977	326,310	100.0	44,794	13.7	277,587	85.1	281	0.1	3,648	1.1
1992	348,335	100.0	48,948	14.1	295,243	84.8	199	0.1	3,945	1.1
KOVÁSZNA - COVASNA county (megye - judet)
1910	148,933	100.0	17,035	11.4	130,300	87.5	626	0.4	972	0.7
1956	172,509	100.0	30,330	17.7	140,091	81.6	472	0.3	1,616	0.4
1977	199,017	100.0	38,948	19.6	156,120	78.4	276	0.1	3,673	1.9
1992	233,256	100.0	54,586	23.4	175,464	75.2	252	0.1	2,954	1.3
BRASSÓ - BRASOV county (megye - judet)
1910	241,160	100.0	132,094	54.8	54,597	22.6	48,362	20.0	6,107	2.6
1956	373,941	100.0	272,983	72.8	59,885	16.0	40,129	10.7	944	0.5
1977	582,863	100.0	457,570	78.5	72,956	12.5	38,623	6.6	13,714	2.4
1992	643,261	100.0	553,101	86.0	63,612	9.9	10,059	1.6	16,489	2.6

Sources: 1910: Hungarian census data (mother/native tongue), 1956: Rumanian census data (mother /native tongue), 1977, 1992: Rumanian census data (ethnicity).

Remark: Census data of 1910 and 1956 for the present territories of the counties were calculated by K.Kocsis. Rumanians with Aromunians and Macedorumanians; Hungarians with Székelys and Csángós; Germans with Saxons and Swabians.

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