Demographics
| Ukrainians | 77.8% | |||
| Russians | 17.3% | |||
| Belarusians | 0.6% | |||
| Moldovans | 0.5% | |||
| Crimean Tatars | 0.5% | |||
| Bulgarians | 0.4% | |||
| Hungarians | 0.3% | |||
| Romanians | 0.3% | |||
| Poles | 0.3% | |||
| Other | 1.7% | |||
According to the Ukrainian Census of 2001, ethnic Ukrainians make up 77.8% of the population. Other significant ethnic groups are the Russians (17.3%), Belarusians (0.6%), Moldovans (0.5%), Crimean Tatars (0.5%), Bulgarians (0.4%), Hungarians (0.3%), Romanians (0.3%), Poles (0.3%), Jews (0.2%), Armenians (0.2%), Greeks (0.2%) and Tatars (0.2%). The industrial regions in the east and southeast are the most heavily populated, and about 67.2 percent of the population lives in urban areas.
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