Košice I

Košice I (Hungarian: Kassai I. járás) is a district in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia, in the city of Košice. It is bordered by the Košice II, Košice III, Košice IV and Košice-okolie districts. Until 1918, the district was part of the Hungarian county of Abaúj-Torna.^[1]

Košice I District
District
Country	Slovakia
Region (kraj)	Košice Region
Seat	Košice
Area
• Total	87 km2 (34 sq mi)
Population
• Total	68,089
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Telephone prefix	055
Vehicle registration plate[a]	KC
Boroughs	6
^ District-specific vehicle registration was discontinued in 2023.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1970	65,128	—
1980	60,643	−6.9%
1991	62,294	+2.7%
2001	68,262	+9.6%
2011	68,467	+0.3%
2021	64,453	−5.9%
Source: Censuses[2][3]

Population statistic (10 years)^[4]

Year	1994	2004	2014	2024
Count	65,057	68,089	67,842	62,603
Difference		+4.66%	−0.36%	−7.72%

Population statistic^[4]

Year	2023	2024
Count	62,965	62,603
Difference		−0.57%

It has a population of 62,603 people (31 December 2024).^[5]

Ethnicity

Census 2021 (1+ %)^[6][7]

Ethnicity	Number	Fraction
Slovak	55,307	81.04%
Not found out	6167	9.03%
Hungarian	2557	3.74%
Rusyn	1137	1.66%
Czech	810	1.18%
Total	68,242

In year 2021 was 68,242 people by ethnicity 55,307 as Slovak, 6167 as Not found out, 2557 as Hungarian, 1137 as Rusyn, 810 as Czech, 678 as Romani, 410 as Ukrainian, 406 as Other, 174 as German, 122 as Russian, 98 as Jewish, 60 as Polish, 44 as Italian, 32 as Moravian, 31 as Serbian, 28 as Vietnamese, 27 as Bulgarian, 21 as English, 20 as French, 20 as Albanian, 15 as Greek, 15 as Croatian, 14 as Romanian, 11 as Canadian, 10 as Irish, 7 as Chinese, 7 as Turkish, 7 as Austrian, 3 as Silesian, 3 as Korean and 1 as Iranian.

Note on population

The 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+ %)^[8]

Religion	Number	Fraction
Roman Catholic Church	27,507	42.68%
None	19,852	30.8%
Not found out	6740	10.46%
Greek Catholic Church	4034	6.26%
Evangelical Church	2395	3.72%
Calvinist Church	1259	1.95%
Eastern Orthodox Church	971	1.51%
Total	64,453

In year 2021 was 64,453 people by religion 27,507 from Roman Catholic Church, 19,852 from None, 6740 from Not found out, 4034 from Greek Catholic Church, 2395 from Evangelical Church, 1259 from Calvinist Church, 971 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 259 from Other, 245 from Ad hoc movements, 185 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 174 from Apostolic Church, 143 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 124 from Buddhism, 111 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 109 from Jewish community, 75 from Baptists Church, 71 from Islam, 47 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 46 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 30 from Church of the Brethren, 23 from United Methodist Church, 16 from Old Catholic Church, 12 from Hinduism, 12 from Bahá'i Community, 9 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church, 3 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and 1 from New Apostolic Church.

Boroughs

Košice I District (2020)

Municipality	Area (km2)[9]	Population[10][11]
Džungľa	.47	745 ()
Kavečany	10.49	1,377 ()
Košice-Sever	54.61	20,152 ()
Sídlisko Ťahanovce	8.25	21,748 ()
Staré mesto	4.34	20,861 ()
Ťahanovce	7.27	2,538 ()