Territorial concentration of ethnic group in Saint-Petersburg

Abstract

The ethnic structure of the population of St. Petersburg has undergone significant changes over the past 10 years. As a result of the assimilation, the quantity of population and proportion of a number of several ethnic groups (Ukrainians, Belarusians, Tatars, Jews, etc.) in the city has dropped significantly. At the same time, the influx of migrants from outside Russia led to a significant increase of the number of representatives of the peoples from the South Caucasus and Central Asia. This paper considers the placement of the territory of St. Petersburg of representatives of the ten most numerous (after Russians) national diasporas. The analysis is performed on 108 municipalities of St. Petersburg according to the 2010 census. As an indicator of the uneven distribution of population authors developed an ethnic localization ratio, calculated as the deviation of the proportion of members of a certain ethnic group from the average rate over the city. The paper shows the differences in the territorial preferences of choosing a place of residence of representatives of different ethnic groups; the correlation coefficients according to territorial concentration of national diasporas were calculated. The authors suggest a typology of municipalities based on the preferences of the most numerous ethnic diasporas of St. Petersburg to settlement priorities.