Broj židova u Hrvatskoj prema popisu 1857. godine

Abstract

U radu autorica uspoređuje broj Židova na području hrvatskih i slavonskih županija prema općim popisima stanovništva iz 1851. i 1857. godine. Na temelju tadašnjih statističkih publikacija kao i dosadašnjih radova o popisima stanovništva pokazano je kako se iz godine u godinu bilježi porast broja Židova u Hrvatskoj i Slavoniji. Prema popisu iz 1851. na području hrvatskih i slavonskih županija živjelo je 3841, a 1857. već 5132 Židova. Iako su jedan i drugi popis neprecizni i nepouzdani, jer ne popisuju Židove u cijeloj Hrvatskoj, prvi su koji nam pružaju podatke o broju Židova na ovim prostorima.

The Jews started settling in Croatia and Slavonia in the late 18th century, but records of their total number did not exist before the 1830s. Before the first general census of 1851, the records were imprecise and based on estimates. Not even the 1851 census, according to which there were 3,841 Jews in Croatia and Slavonia, is precise enough to show the real number of the Jewish population in Croatia. his is evident from the 1857 census which notes that there were 5,132 Jews living in Croatia and Slavonia. According to the 1857 census, the Jewish population was the most numerous in the counties of Osijek and Varaždin, while the cities with the most Jews were Zagreb and Osijek. Although the 1857 census is more detailed than records that existed before it and are the first to include information on the number of Jews, it still contains many weaknesses. If the 1851 and 1857 data on the number of Jews in the region were accepted as final, we can conclude that the official censuses showed the number of Jews immigrating to the region was increasing every year and that before the 1850s the Jews primarily settled in villages.