Košice Region

Košice Region Košický kraj
Region
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Košice Region
Country	Slovakia
Capital	Košice
Government
• Body	County Council of Košice Region
• Governor	Ratislav Trnka (Independent)
Area
• Total	6,754.32 km2 (2,607.86 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,476 m (4,843 ft)
Lowest elevation	94 m (308 ft)
Population  (2024)
• Total	778,799
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
GDP
• Total	€9.372 billion (2016)
• Per capita	€11,753 (2016)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	SK-KI
Website	www.kosice-region.sk

The Košice Region (Slovak: Košický kraj) is one of the eight regions of Slovakia. The capital is Košice.

The region has 11 districts: Gelnica, Košice–okolie, Michalovce, Rožňava, Sobrance, Spišská Nová Ves and Trebišov and 4 districts of Košice (Košice I – Košice IV, which create the city of Košice). There are 440 municipalities in the region.

Population

Population statistics (10 years)

Year:	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count:	753,849	770,508	795,565	778,799
Progress:		+2.20%	+3.25%	-2.10%

Population statistics

Year:	2023	2024
Count:	779,073	778,799
Progress:		-0.03%

Ethnic composition

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	638,664	81.64%
Hungarian	75,258	9.62%
Not found out	58,300	7.45%
Romani	53,929	6.89%
Rusyn	8252	1.05%
Total	782,216

In year 2021 was 782,216 people by ethnicity 638,664 as Slovak, 75,258 as Hungarian, 58,300 as Not found out, 53,929 as Romani, 8252 as Rusyn, 4975 as Czech, 2430 as Ukrainian, 2306 as Other, 1777 as German, 859 as Russian, 591 as Vietnamese, 560 as Polish, 279 as Jewish, 266 as English, 189 as Italian, 162 as Moravian, 136 as Serbian, 131 as Bulgarian, 117 as Chinese, 101 as Albanian, 94 as French, 84 as Greek, 81 as Austrian, 80 as Irish, 80 as Romanian, 67 as Croatian, 58 as Canadian, 50 as Turkish, 22 as Silesian, 9 as Iranian and 5 as Korean.

Note on populationThe difference between the population numbers above and in the census (here and below) is that the population numbers above are mostly made up of permanent residents, etc.; and the census should indicate the place where people actually mainly live.
For example, a student is a citizen of a village because he has permanent residence there (he lived there as a child and has parents), but most of the time he studies at a university in the city.

Religion

Census 2021 (1+ %)

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	378,520	48.39%
None	161,922	20.7%
Greek Catholic Church	74,240	9.49%
Not found out	65,442	8.37%
Calvinist Church	37,731	4.82%
Evangelical Church	29,409	3.76%
Eastern Orthodox Church	14,954	1.91%
Total	782,216

In year 2021 was 782,216 people by religion 378,520 from Roman Catholic Church, 161,922 from None, 74,240 from Greek Catholic Church, 65,442 from Not found out, 37,731 from Calvinist Church, 29,409 from Evangelical Church, 14,954 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 5363 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 3297 from Apostolic Church, 2487 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 1699 from Other, 1649 from Ad hoc movements, 1355 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 686 from Buddhism, 592 from United Methodist Church, 532 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 445 from Islam, 392 from Church of the Brethren, 374 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 372 from Baptists Church, 311 from Jewish community, 193 from Old Catholic Church, 97 from Hinduism, 54 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 48 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 36 from Bahá'i Community and 16 from New Apostolic Church.

Other websites

• Official website (in Slovak)