Demographics
In 2011, the county had a population of 396,253 and the population density was 56.1/km².
- Romanians - 93.31%
- Hungarians - 4.09%
- Romas - 1.9%
- Germans 0.25%.
Hunedoara's Jiu River Valley is traditionally a coal-mining region, and its high level of industrialisation drew many people from other regions of Romania in the period before the fall of the communist regime.
| Year | County population |
|---|---|
| 1948 | 306,955 |
| 1956 | 381,902 |
| 1966 | 474,602 |
| 1977 | 514,436 |
| 1992 | 547,950 |
| 2002 | 485,712 |
| 2011 | 396,253 |
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