Jews in Lithuania are an ethnic minority in the country. According to the census in 2011, there were 3,050 people, or 0.10% of the population. [one]
Content
Strength and Share
Censuses
The number and proportion of Jews according to the census over the years: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [1]
| Number | % | |
| 1959 | 24,672 | 0.90 |
| 1970 | 23,538 | 0.75 |
| 1979 | 14,644 | 0.43 |
| 1989 | 12 314 | 0.33 |
| 2001 | 4,007 | 0.11 |
| 2011 | 3 050 | 0.10 |
The number of Jews according to the census for these years, by counties : [6] [1]
| 2001 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 4,007 | 3 050 |
| Alytus County | sixteen | 12 |
| Vilnius County | 2 896 | 2 205 |
| Kaunas County | 457 | 335 |
| Klaipeda County | 364 | 269 |
| Marijampole County | eleven | 13 |
| Panevezys County | 27 | 29th |
| Taurage County | ten | - |
| Telsiai County | 23 | 21 |
| Utena County | 46 | 46 |
| Šiauliai County | 157 | 118 |
The proportion of Jews according to the census for these years, by counties (%): [6] [1]
Ostzey Jews living in the borderlands of modern Lithuania and Belarus in some historical census documents were referred to as “baltġudiai”, or “baltgud исходя” based on archival materials, this ethnic group was assimilated by the processes of polonization at the beginning of the 19th century. In modern census sources, they can be listed as representatives of Polish nationality. [7]
| 2001 | 2011 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lithuania | 0.115 | 0.100 |
| Alytus County | 0.008 | 0.007 |
| Vilnius County | 0.340 | 0.272 |
| Kaunas County | 0.065 | 0.055 |
| Klaipeda County | 0.094 | 0.079 |
| Marijampole County | 0.005 | 0.008 |
| Panevezys County | 0.009 | 0.011 |
| Taurage County | 0.007 | - |
| Telsiai County | 0.012 | 0.013 |
| Utena County | 0.024 | 0.030 |
| Šiauliai County | 0.042 | 0.039 |
Jewish Periodicals
The Soviet periodical in Yiddish by 1941 in Lithuania was represented by the publications Der Emes and Wilner Emes [8] .
See also
- Lithuanian population
- Holocaust in Lithuania
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Ethnic composition: 2011 census . pop-stat.mashke.org. Date of treatment October 20, 2016.
- ↑ 1959 All-Union Census. The national composition of the population in the republics of the USSR. Lithuanian SSR . demoscope.ru. Date of treatment October 20, 2016.
- ↑ 1970 All-Union Census. The national composition of the population in the republics of the USSR. Lithuanian SSR . demoscope.ru. Date of treatment October 20, 2016.
- ↑ 1979 All-Union Census. The national composition of the population in the republics of the USSR. Lithuanian SSR . demoscope.ru. Date of treatment October 20, 2016.
- ↑ 1989 All-Union Population Census. The national composition of the population in the republics of the USSR. Lithuanian SSR . demoscope.ru. Date of treatment October 20, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Ethnic composition: 2001 census . pop-stat.mashke.org. Date of treatment October 20, 2016.
- ↑ Residents of Lithuania: structure and demographic development. p. 74 . docs.google.com Date of appeal April 16, 2019.
- ↑ Karpenkina Y. V. Sovietization of the Jewish population of Western Belarus (1939-1941). Diss ... cand. East. HSE. - M.: B.I., 2018 .-- S. 123.
Links
- About Vilnius Jewish Community
- Vilnius Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia
- XIV-XX centuries From the book LITHUANIA: information about the country, facts, figures, useful information / comp. Arvydas Valenis; per. from English Birutu Sinochkina. Vilnius: Artlora, 2005, p. 106-109.
- Solomonas Atamukas Jews in Lithuania of the XIV-XX centuries. In Vilna. 1922-1939