Language
The Imperial census of 1897 produced the following statistics. Bold type marks languages spoken by more people than the state language. In 1897 3,018,299 people lived in the governorate of Podolia.
| Language | Number | percentage (%) | males | females |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian | 2 442 819 | 80.93 | ||
| Yiddish | 369 306 | 12.24 | ||
| Russian | 98 984 | 3.28 | ||
| Polish | 69 156 | 2.29 | ||
| Romanian | 26 764 | 0.89 | ||
| German | 4 069 | 0.13 | ||
| Tatar | 2 296 | 0.08 | ||
| Bashkir | 1 113 | 0.04 | ||
| Other | 3 706 | 0.12 | ||
| Persons who did not identify their native language |
73 | <0.01 |
The cities had 221,870 inhabitants, comprising about 7.35% of the total population. About 46.06% of the urban population consisted of Jews, 32.54% of Ukrainians, 15.03% of Russians, and 4.90% of Poles.
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