According to the Population and Housing Census 2011, the ethnic makeup of Zalău's population consists of the following self-reported groups:
Ethnic group |
Number of persons |
stable population - total |
56.202 |
romanians |
42.967 |
hungarians |
8.662 |
roma |
794 |
ukrainians |
10 |
germans |
27 |
turks |
* |
russians, lipovans |
5 |
tatars |
* |
slovaks |
23 |
bulgarians |
* |
greeks |
* |
italians |
26 |
jews |
* |
csango |
11 |
others |
27 |
unavailable information |
3642 |
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