Rusyns of Romania

The Rusyns (Rusíni in Rusyn, Ruteni in Romanian) are an ethnic minority in Romania. The 2002 Romanian census counted 61,091 of the related Ukrainian ethnicity, some of whom may be Rusyns (though they did not declare themselves as such). Members of this group live primarily in northwestern Romania, with the largest populations found in Satu Mare and Maramureş counties.

As an officially-recognised ethnic minority, Rusyns have one seat reserved in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, currently held by the Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania.

Ethnic groups in Romania According to the 2002 census Officially recognised minorities Hungarians (1,431,807) Romani (535,140) Ukrainians (61,098) Germans (59,764) Lipovans (35,791) Turks (32,098) Crimean Tatars (23,935) Serbs (22,561) Slovaks (17,226) Bulgarians (8,025) Croats (6,807) Greeks (6,472) Jews (5,785) Arabs (5,000) Czechs (3,941) Poles (3,559) Italians (3,288) Armenians (1,780) Macedonians (731) Albanians (520) Rusyns (262) Extinct ethnic groups Dobrujan Cherkess (approximately 10,000 in the 19th century) Seljuq Turks (several hundred in the 13th century) Dobrujan Arabs (145 in 1850) Other minorities or recent immigrants Aromanians (26,500 in 2006) Arabs (5,000) Hutsuls (3,890) Chinese (2,243) Pomaks (approx. 2,100) Csangos (1,266) Megleno-Romanians (approx. 1,200) Banat French Persians (610) Székelys (532) Krashovani (207) Slovenes (175) Gagauz (45)