Statistics
According to the Lithuanian census of 2001, the Polish minority in Lithuania numbered 234,989 persons, or 6.74% of the population of Lithuania. It is the largest ethnic minority in modern Lithuania, the second largest being the Russian minority. Poles are concentrated in the Vilnius region. The vast majority of Poles live in Vilnius county (216,012 people, or 26% of the county's population); Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, has 101,526 Poles, or 19.3% of the city's population. Especially large Polish communities are found in Vilnius district municipality (61.3% of the population) and Šalčininkai (Soleczniki) district municipality (79.5%).
Lithuanian municipalities with Polish minority exceeding 1% of the total population (according to the 2011 census) are listed in the table below:
| Municipality name | County | Total population | Number of ethnic Poles | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Druskininkai municipality | Alytus | 21,803 | 755 | 3.46% |
| Varėna district municipality | Alytus | 25,377 | 1,612 | 6.35% |
| Jonava district municipality | Kaunas | 46,519 | 542 | 1.16% |
| Kaišiadorys district municipality | Kaunas | 33,786 | 351 | 1.03% |
| Ignalina district municipality | Utena | 18,386 | 1,297 | 7.05% |
| Molėtai district municipality | Utena | 20,700 | 1,313 | 6.34% |
| Zarasai district municipality | Utena | 18,390 | 1,082 | 5.88% |
| Vilnius city municipality | Vilnius | 535,631 | 88,408 | 16.50% |
| Elektrėnai municipality | Vilnius | 24,975 | 1,769 | 7.08% |
| Šalčininkai district municipality | Vilnius | 34,544 | 26,858 | 77.75% |
| Širvintos district municipality | Vilnius | 17,571 | 1,628 | 9.26% |
| Švenčionys district municipality | Vilnius | 27,868 | 7,239 | 25.97% |
| Trakai district municipality | Vilnius | 34,411 | 10,362 | 30.11% |
| Vilnius district municipality | Vilnius | 95,348 | 49,648 | 52.07% |
Read more about this topic: Poles In Lithuania
Famous quotes containing the word statistics:
“and Olaf, too
preponderatingly because
unless statistics lie he was
more brave than me: more blond than you.”
—E.E. (Edward Estlin)
“O for a man who is a man, and, as my neighbor says, has a bone in his back which you cannot pass your hand through! Our statistics are at fault: the population has been returned too large. How many men are there to a square thousand miles in this country? Hardly one.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“We ask for no statistics of the killed,
For nothing political impinges on
This single casualty, or all those gone,
Missing or healing, sinking or dispersed,
Hundreds of thousands counted, millions lost.”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)