Town population:
The end of the 16th century – over 300, 1674 - ca. 100, 1777 - ca. 370, 1808 - 364, 1810 - 426, 1825 - 655, 1857 - 971, 1881 – 1,928, 1910 – 3,542, 1921 – 11,254, 1931 – 15,800, 1961 – 19,234, 1995 – 24,962, 2006 – 27,174

The number and the proportion of the Jewish population
1765 - 157, 1797 - 125 (51.2%), 1800 - 301 (82.9%), 1808 - 317 (87.1%), 1827 - 636 (82.7%), 1857 - 786 (80.9%), 1921 – 2,756 (24.5%), 1939 - about 3,600, August 1940 – 3,793, November 1940 – 4,500, February 1941 - about 6,000