Demographics
| Historical population | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1912 | 12,877 | — |
| 1930 | 13,904 | +8.0% |
| 1948 | 20,959 | +50.7% |
| 1956 | 35,920 | +71.4% |
| 1966 | 62,658 | +74.4% |
| 1977 | 100,985 | +61.2% |
| 1992 | 149,205 | +47.7% |
| 2002 | 137,976 | −7.5% |
| 2004 | 141,253 | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 114,925 | −18.6% |
| Source: Census data | ||
As of 2011 census data, Baia Mare has a population of 114,925, a decrease from the figure recorded at the 2002 census. The ethnic composition of the city is as follows:
- Romanian: (84.11%)
- Hungarian: (12.25%)
- Roma: (2.76%)
- German:(0.24%)
- Ukrainian: (0.16%)
- Jews: (0.02%)
and 642 others, including Greeks, Turks, Italians, Lippovans, Poles and Slovaks.
Before the Second World War, Baia Mare had a community of more than 1.000 Jews, out of which only 30 still live in the city, due to the emigration of the Jews. Along with Rădăuţi, Gura Humorului and others, Baia Mare was one of the country's shtetls. There is a synagogue dating from 1885.
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