Demographic structure of Białystok (1663 - 1948) [1.1].
| Year | Total number of citizens | Number of Jews |
| 1663 | - | 75 |
| 1765 | about 3,415 | 765 (about 22.4%) |
| 1808 | about 6,000 | about 4,000 (about 66.6%) |
| 1856 | 13,787 | 9,547 (69%) |
| 1860 | 16,544 | 11,288 (76%) |
| 1895 | 62,993 | 47,783 (76%) |
| 1913 | 89,700 | 61,500 (68.6%) |
| 1921 | about 77,551 | about 37,186–39,603 (about 49%) |
| 1929 | 89,802 | 43,150 (47,8%) |
| 1932 | 91,207 | 39,165 (60.5%) |
| 1936 | 99,720 | 42,880 (43%,) |
| 1939 | 107,063 | about 44,940 (about 42%) (according to various sources: from: 43,000 to 60,000) |
| 1941 | - | about 50,000–60,000 |
| 1945 | about 56,000 | about 1,085 |
| 1948 | about 40,000 | about 520–660 |
Footnotes
- [1.1] According to: Bialystok [entry] [in:] The Encyclopedia of Jewish …, p. 138-140; Białystok [entry] [in:] Encyclopaedia Judaica…, p. 567; P. Wróbel, Na równi pochyłej. Żydzi Białegostoku w latach 1918–1939; demografia, ekonomika, dezintegracja, konflikty z Polakami, „Studia Podlaskie”, Białystok, vol. II. 1989; Historia Żydów w Białymstoku, http://a.maszkowska.webpark.pl/historia.html, [accessed on14 August 2007], E. Rogalewska, Getto białostockie, Białystok 2008; Przewodnik po Białymstoku i okolicy, Białystok 1939, According to: http://bialystok.svasti.org/index.html?strona=http://bialystok.svasti.org/przedwojenny_bialystok_i_okolice_przewodnik_informacje_szczegolowe.htm; http://polin.org.pl/cities/266/takbylo/ [accessed on 2 February 2009]..
