2002 Polish census

Polish census of 2002 (Polish: Narodowy Spis Powszechny 2002) was a census in Poland taken from 21 May to 8 June 2002.

Censuses in Poland are conducted every 10 years. This census was scheduled to take place between 1998 and 2001 but was postponed because of the continuing transformation (legal reforms, most notoriously the 1997 Constitution and the 1999 administrative reform in Poland) and budgetary reasons. The next census was the 2011 Polish census.

The previous censuses were the 1988 Polish census, 1978 Polish census, 1970 Polish census, 1960 Polish census, 1950 Polish census, the 1931 Polish census and the 1921 Polish census, before which Poland had not yet regained independence and was subject to partitioning.

The first proper, nationwide Polish census was the 1789 Polish census before the two last partitions, although irregular, nationwide records resembling censuses began in 1520.

Results

• 96% of surveyed declared Polish ethnicity; 1,23% other and 2,03% gave no answer.

Population by voivodeships

Source:

Voivodeship	Population
	total	urban	rural
Greater Poland	3,351,915	1,934,790	1,417,125
Kuyavian-Pomeranian	2,069,321	1,288,519	780,802
Lesser Poland	3,232,408	1,626,865	1,605,543
Łódź	2,612,890	1,697,745	915,145
Lower Silesian	2,907,212	2,076,121	831,091
Lublin	2,199,054	1,025,566	1,173,488
Lubusz	1,008,954	651,045	357,909
Masovian	5,124,018	3,312,618	1,811,400
Opole	1,065,043	560,064	504,979
Podkarpackie	2,103,837	853,053	1,250,784
Podlaskie	1,208,606	711,572	497,034
Pomeranian	2,179,900	1,484,838	695,062
Silesian	4,742,874	3,751,393	991,481
Świętokrzyskie	1,297,477	595,388	702,089
Warmian-Masurian	1,428,357	860,229	568,128
West Pomeranian	1,698,214	1,180,559	517,655
Poland	38,230,080	23,610,365	14,619,715

Significant ethnic minorities

In addition to Poles, ethnic groups of more than 25,000 people compose the following:

Ethnicity	Quantity	Living mostly in
Silesians	173,153	Silesian Voivodeship, Opole Voivodeship
Germans	152,897	Silesian Voivodeship, Opole Voivodeship
Belarusians	48,737	Podlaskie Voivodeship
Ukrainians	30,957	Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
Roma	12,855	spread out evenly
Russians	6,103	Masovian Voivodeship (Warsaw)
Lemkos	5,863	Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Lithuanians	5,846	Podlaskie Voivodeship
Kashubians	5,062	Pomeranian Voivodeship
Slovaks	2,001	Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Vietnamese	1,808	Masovian Voivodeship (Warsaw)
French	1,633	Masovian Voivodeship (Warsaw)
American	1,541	spread out evenly
Greek	1,404	spread out evenly
Italian	1,367	Masovian Voivodeship (Warsaw)
Jews	1,133	Masovian Voivodeship (Warsaw)
Bulgarian	1,112	Masovian Voivodeship (Warsaw)
Armenians	1,082	Masovian Voivodeship (Warsaw)
Czechs	831	spread out evenly
British	800	Masovian Voivodeship (Warsaw)
Tatars	495	majority in Białystok and Trójmiasto

See also

• Demographics of Poland

External links

• Wyniki Narodowego Spisu Powszechnego Ludności i Mieszkań 2002 at the Wayback Machine (archived October 4, 2008) (in Polish)