Demographics
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1870 | 56,901 | — |
| 1880 | 59,143 | +3.9% |
| 1890 | 68,924 | +16.5% |
| 1900 | 82,803 | +20.1% |
| 1910 | 96,063 | +16.0% |
| 1920 | 100,175 | +4.3% |
| 1930 | 108,448 | +8.3% |
| 1941 | 110,740 | +2.1% |
| 1949 | 104,867 | −5.3% |
| 1960 | 117,515 | +12.1% |
| 1970 | 145,312 | +23.7% |
| 1980 | 164,437 | +13.2% |
| 1990 | 169,930 | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 168,273 | −1.0% |
| 2011 | 170,285 | +1.2% |
Ethnic groups (2001 census):
- Hungarians - 93.5%
- Roma - 0.7%
- Germans - 0.5%
- Serbs - 0.2%
- Romanians - 0.2%
- Croats - 0.1%
- Slovaks - 0.1%
- No answer (unknown) - 4.7%
Religions (2001 census):
- Roman Catholic - 54.5%
- Calvinist - 6.7%
- Lutheran - 1.6%
- Greek Catholic - 0.6%
- Others (Christian) - 1.3%
- Others (non-Christian) - 0.4%
- Atheist - 21.8%
- No answer (unknown) - 13.1%
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