Voronezh population

The development of industry in Voronezh led to the fact that the population in 1913 amounted to 94.8 thousand people ^[2] . Of these, 15 thousand worked in the industrial sector. In general, the social structure of the population of the city of Voronezh during the Soviet era was characterized by a predominance of representatives of the working class , although its share gradually decreased due to the growth of employees, and then, in post-perestroika time, due to the growth of private entrepreneurs and the unemployed. If in 1970 workers accounted for 61.0% of the adult population of the city, then in 1979 already 58.8% ^[3] .

As a result of the 2010 census, data on nationality were obtained from 877,868 people ^[4] , according to which the following people lived in Voronezh: Russians - 850,434 (96.9%), Ukrainians - 8,870 (1%), Armenians - 4,204 (0, 5%), Azerbaijanis - 1916 (0.2%), Belarusians - 1615 (0.2%), Tatars - 1019 (0.1%), the rest are less than 0.1%, - from persons for whom information about nationality. In this case, 97 505 people. nationality is not indicated in the census ballots, of which 92,536 do not have information about the nationality, 4,149 did not indicate it in the census form, and 820 refused to answer.

The following national diasporas exist in the city: Armenian, Greek, Georgian, Jewish, Yezidi-Kurdish, Uzbek, Gypsy, Chechen, etc. ^{[5] [6]} .

In 2008, about 9.5 thousand children were born in Voronezh. This is 20% more than in 2005 ^[50] . In January 2009, there were 870 babies, which is 48 more than in January 2008 ^[51]

In 2011, the natural population decline of the city amounted to 2667 people ^[52] , and the migration increase in 2011 was 14358 people ^[52] , thus the city population (according to preliminary data) reached 991 269 people by January 1, 2012. Provided that the population growth rates existing in 2011 (approximately 1 thousand people per month) were maintained, in September 2012 the population of the city could exceed 1 million, however, according to the data for the first quarter of 2012, a decrease in migration growth by 14.7% was noted, which was the result of an increase in migration outflow from the city by 57.9% (compared with the same period in 2011) ^[53] , the total population growth for the first three months of 2012 was 1,427 people ^[54] (in the first quarter of 2011 it amounted to 1, 8 thousand people ^[55] ), and the population as of April 1 2012 amounted to 992,696 people. In the first nine months of 2012, the natural population decline amounted to 1326 people, migration growth - 6574 people (15.5 percent lower than the same period in 2011). Thus, as of October 1, 2012, the number of Voronezh has not yet reached 1 million people, amounting to 996 517 people ^[56] ).

On December 17, 2012, a millionth resident was born in Voronezh ^[57]

In the language of the indigenous inhabitants of Voronezh, as well as in the Voronezh region , the fricative pronunciation of the sound [g] with the sound [x] is widespread, which is associated with the influence of South Russian dialects ^[58] .

The most populated is the Comintern district ^{[59] [60]} . The fastest growing population of the Soviet, Left-Bank, Comintern and Central districts, where mass housing construction has been launched. In the already built-up Leninsky district, the population growth rate is minimal ^[3] . Data are as of 2010.