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Table 20. Change in the number and percentage of the Hungarians in Vojvodina, Croatia and Slovenia (1880-1991)


 VOJVODINA
CROATIA
SLOVENIA
Year
Hungarians
Hungarians
total
Hungarians in Baranya
Hungarians
total
Hungarians in Transmura Region

number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
1880
265,287
22.6
49,560
1.9
14,740
32.9
..
..
13,221
17.7
1910
425,672
28.1
119,874
3.5
20,313
40.0
..
..
20,737
23.0
1921
363,450
23.8
76,346
2.3
16,638
33.8
14,489
1.4
14,065
17.7
1931
376,176
23.2
66,040
1.7
15,717
30.2
..
..
15,050
16.6
1941
465,920
28.5
64,431
..
18,585
36.4
..
..
16,510
20.1
1948
428,554
26.1
51,399
1.4
16,945
31.7
10,579
0.8
10,246
10.8
1953
435,179
25.6
47,711
1.2
16,012
31.5
11,019
0.7
10,581
11.3
1961
442,560
23.8
42,347
1.0
15,303
27.3
10,498
0.6
9,899
11.0
1971
423,866
21.7
35,488
0.8
13,473
23.9
9,785
0.6
9,064
10.0
1981
385,356
18.9
25,439
0.5
9,920
18.6
9,496
0.5
8,617
9.5
1991
339,491
16.9
22,355
0.5
8,956
16.5
8,499
0.4
7,636
8.5

Sources: 1880, 1910: Hungarian census data (mother/native tongue), 1921, 1931: Yugoslav census data (mother/native tongue), 1941: Hungarian census data in Bácska/Baèka, Baranya and Transmura Region (mother/native tongue), Croatian data in Croatia (mother/native tongue), estimation of K.Kocsis for Banat and Szerém/Srem, 1948- 1991: Yugoslav census data (ethnicity).

Remarks: All data were calculated for the present territory of the given regions (except for Croatia in 1880 and 1910 excluding Dalmatia and Istria, in 1921, 1931, 1941 excluding Istria). Baranya = Commune of Pélmonostor/Beli Manastir, Transmura Region = Communes of Alsólendva/Lendava and Muraszombat/Murska Sobota.

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