Language proficiency of the population in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Set in numbers

Rosstat data. Series: 84, indicators: 10. The breakdown is by the following items: Indicated language proficiency; Languages of proficiency indicated by the population; English; Russian; Indicated other languages (not listed above) and others

The five largest values: Languages of proficiency indicated by the population (151 326), Indicated language proficiency (144 575), Russian (144 531), Persons in whose census forms language proficiency… (5 878), English (3 728). The gap between the largest and smallest is 50 442 times. The top five account for 99.4% of the sum for all items — the distribution is heavily skewed toward the top

What is visible in these numbers

Table columns: Total population; Indicated ethnic affiliation; of which — Russians; of which — Ukrainians; of which — Jews; of which — Tatars; of which — Azerbaijanis; of which — Tajiks; of which — Other nationalities; Ethnic affiliation not indicated

178 cells with numbers out of 250 (71.2%). There are many gaps — some items were observed only in certain periods; this should be taken into account when comparing

How it is calculated

Census results on ethnic composition and languages are used in planning school instruction of native languages, assessing the need for translation of public services, and ethnographic research