| Occupation(1930) | Ratio of Jews (%)
|
| Physician |
55.2 |
| Lawyer |
49.2 |
| Engineer |
30.4 |
| Merchant |
45.7 |
| Agent |
75.1 |
| Accountant |
59.5 |
| Bank clerk |
59.4 |
| Clerk |
19.2 |
| Scholar, scientist, writer |
31.7 |
| Painter |
14.7 |
| Musician |
25.0 |
| Actor |
26.7 |
| Sector | Ratio of the sector within the entirety of Jewish breadwinners (%) | Ratio of Jews within the sector (%) |
| Agriculture |
2.7 |
0.3 |
| Mining, metallurgy |
0.1 |
0.8 |
| Industry |
34.6 |
8.3 |
| Trade |
42.2 |
40.0 |
| Transportation |
1.9 |
3.7 |
| Public service and freelance intellectual professions |
8.1 |
8.9 |
| Military service |
0.1 |
0.4 |
| Day-laborers |
0.4 |
1.4 |
| Pensioners, building owners, perpetuity holders |
7.2 |
9.1 |
| Household employees |
0.9 |
1.0 |
| Other, unknown |
1.7 |
5.7 |
Total (%)
|
100 |
|
| Total (Nr) |
213.235 |
|
| Year of census | Total population | Number of Jews | Ratio of Jews (%) |
| 1720/35 |
1769422 |
12219 |
0.7 |
| 1787 |
6468327 |
80783 |
1.3 |
| 1805 |
6888890 |
126620 |
1.8 |
| 1825 |
8801255 |
191475 |
2.3 |
| 1830 |
8894906 |
203220 |
2.3 |
| 1840 |
9693744 |
240252 |
2.5 |
| 1846 |
9724126 |
258832 |
2.7 |
| 1850 |
9308629 |
339816 |
3.7 |
| 1869 |
11215555 |
510389 |
4.6 |
| 1880 |
13749603 |
624826 |
4.5 |
| 1890 |
15162988 |
707961 |
4.7 |
| 1900 |
16838255 |
831162 |
4.9 |
| 1910 |
18264533 |
911227 |
5.0 |
| 1920* |
7990202 |
473355 |
5.9 |
| 1930* |
8668319 |
444567 |
5.1 |
| 1941** |
14683323 |
725007 |
4.9 |
*= In the territory of Hungary after the Trianon Peace Treaty
**= In the extended territory of Hungary (1941-1944) |
| Branch | Number of parent and subsidiary communities (1896) | Number of members (1890) | Ratio of members within the Jewish population (1890) |
| Orthodox |
1295 |
387959 |
54.8 % |
| Neologue |
538 |
284161 |
40.2 % |
| Status Quo Ante |
247 |
35352 |
5 % |
| Total |
2080 |
707472 |
100 % |
a) Number of Jews applying and admitted to the medical faculty of Budapest (1920)
| Class | Applying | Admittable (based on school performance) | Admitted |
| I. |
1261 |
644 |
30 (4,6 %) |
| II-V |
4414 |
2815 |
215 (7,6 %) |
| I-V összesen |
5615 |
3459 |
245 (7,0 %) |
b) Percentage of Jewish students at the universities
| Academic year | Ratio of Jewish students (%) |
| 1917/18 – 1919/20 |
33.6 |
| 1919/20 |
5,9 |
| 1920/21-1924/25 |
12,7 |
|
Jewish groom |
Total (both genders) |
| Year | Budapest | Countryside | Hungary | Budapest |
| 1926-1930 |
17.4 |
7.7 |
12.4 |
28.4 |
| 1931-1935 |
19.3 |
9.3 |
14.9 |
30.4 |
| 1936 |
20.7 |
10.2 |
15.9 |
30.6 |
| 1937 |
19.7 |
9.0 |
14.9 |
30.4 |
| 1938 |
18.6 |
10.8 |
15.1 |
28.6 |
| 1939 |
15.2 |
6.7 |
11.1 |
23.6 |
| 1940 |
14.6 |
4.4 |
8.6 |
20.6 |
| 1941 |
15.1 |
5.8 |
10.6 |
23.8 |
| 1942* |
3.3 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
7.6 |
| 1943* |
5.0 |
? |
? |
9.5 |
* By special permission of the Minister of Justice
| Year | Number of people leaving the Jewish denomination | Number of people joining the Jewish denomination/ number of people returning to Judaism within the number of the newly joined |
| 1896 |
220 |
137/no data |
| 1897 |
252 |
83/38 |
| 1898 |
297 |
76/27 |
| 1899 |
395 |
87/38 |
| 1900 |
441 |
74/23 |
| 1901 |
544 |
76/10 |
| 1902 |
447 |
90/31 |
| 1903 |
522 |
80/33 |
| 1904 |
438 |
73/18 |
| 1905 |
429 |
88/37 |
| 1906 |
453 |
98/26 |
| 1907 |
462 |
116/17 |
| 1908 |
484 |
106/21 |
| 1909 |
545 |
102/28 |
| 1910 |
504 |
124/25 |
| 1911 |
473 |
113/34 |
| 1912 |
540 |
124/26 |
| 1913 |
517 |
140/42 |
| 1914 |
489 |
105/22 |
| 1915 |
443 |
81/13 |
| 1916 |
463 |
74/16 |
| 1917 |
677 |
67/14 |
| 1918 |
nincs adat |
no data |
| 1919 |
7146 |
137/18 |
| 1920 |
1925 |
168/37 |
| 1921 |
827 |
243/99 |
| 1922 |
499 |
340/191 |
| 1923 |
458 |
326/169 |
| 1924 |
433 |
315/180 |
| 1925 |
412 |
311/170 |
| 1926 |
451 |
271/142 |
| 1927 |
412 |
279/125 |
| 1928 |
517 |
199/62 |
| 1929 |
588 |
204/82 |
| 1930 |
655 |
184/68 |
| 1931 |
636 |
170/65 |
| 1932 |
688 |
144/51 |
| 1933 |
909 |
147/57 |
| 1934 |
1128 |
192/57 |
| 1935 |
1261 |
197/74 |
| 1936 |
1647 |
144/8 |
| 1937 |
1598 |
142/58 |
| 1938 |
8584 |
98/31 |
| 1939 |
6070 |
160/61 |
| 1940 |
3245 |
69/54 |
| 1941 |
3072 |
259/89 |
| 1942 |
3662 |
280/52 |
| Year | Hungarian (%) | German/Yiddish
(%) | Other
(%) |
| 1880 |
56.3 |
33.3 |
10.4 |
| 1890 |
63.8 |
33.0 |
3.2 |
| 1900 |
71.5 |
25.1 |
3.4 |
| 1910 |
76.9 |
21.6 |
1.5 |
| 1920* |
95.2 |
4.0 |
0.8 |
| 1930* |
97.3 |
2.2 |
0.5 |
*In the territory of Hungary after the Trianon
Peace Treaty
