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Table 25. Ethnic structure of the population on the present territory of Burgenland (1880-1991)

Year
Total population
"Germans"
Hungarians
Croats
Others

number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
number
%
1880
265,772
100
209,322
78.8
11,162
4.2
42,789
16.1
2,499
0.9
1910
291,800
100
217,072
74.4
26,225
9.0
43,633
15.0
4,870
1.6
1920
294,849
100
221,185
75.0
24,867
8.4
44,753
15.2
4,044
1.4
1923
286,179
100
226,995
79.3
15,254
5.3
42,011
14.7
1,919
0.7
1934
299,447
100
241,326
80.6
10,442
3.5
40,500
13.5
7,179
2.4
1951
276,136
100
239,687
86.8
5,251
1.9
30,599
11.1
599
0.2
1961
271,001
100
235,491
86.9
5,642
2.1
28,126
10.4
1,742
0.6
1971
272,119
100
241,254
88.7
5,673
2.1
24,526
9.0
666
0.2
1981
269,771
100
245,369
91.0
4,147
1.5
18,762
7.0
1,493
0.5
1991
270,880
100
239,097
88.3
6,763
2.8
19,460
8.1
5,560
0.8

Sources: 1880, 1910, 1920: Hungarian census data (mother/native tongue), 1923, 1934: Austrian census data (mother/native tongue), 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991: Austrian census data (every-day language /"Umgangssprache").

Remark: "Germans": German speeking Austrians.

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