Prešov District (okres Prešov) is a district in the Prešov Region of eastern Slovakia.
Until 1918, the district was part of the county of Kingdom of Hungary of Sáros.
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Population
It has a population of 176,096 people (31 December 2025).
Ethnicity
In year 2021 was 186,078 people by ethnicity 159,267 as Slovak, 9660 as Romani, 9475 as Not found out, 3414 as Rusyn, 1061 as Czech, 869 as Ukrainian, 602 as Other, 350 as Hungarian, 302 as Polish, 216 as Russian, 164 as German, 92 as Italian, 68 as English, 56 as Jewish, 56 as Bulgarian, 50 as Vietnamese, 50 as French, 48 as Irish, 44 as Moravian, 37 as Albanian, 33 as Chinese, 31 as Croatian, 29 as Canadian, 27 as Greek, 25 as Austrian, 17 as Serbian, 16 as Turkish, 11 as Romanian, 7 as Silesian and 1 as Iranian.
Note on population: The difference values of population numbers in the table "Population statistic" and in the sections "Ethnicity" & "Religion" is caused by the use of various statistical methods.
Religion
In year 2021 was 172,804 people by religion 112,645 from Roman Catholic Church, 23,255 from None, 13,529 from Greek Catholic Church, 10,238 from Not found out, 7874 from Evangelical Church, 1714 from Eastern Orthodox Church, 639 from Apostolic Church, 413 from Ad hoc movements, 403 from Christian Congregations in Slovakia, 358 from Other, 337 from Church of the Brethren, 289 from Jehovah's Witnesses, 242 from Other and not ascertained christian church, 206 from Calvinist Church, 149 from Seventh-day Adventist Church, 109 from Paganism and natural spirituality, 107 from Buddhism, 78 from Islam, 48 from United Methodist Church, 46 from Jewish community, 46 from Baptists Church, 33 from Old Catholic Church, 25 from Hinduism, 12 from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5 from Bahá'i Community, 2 from New Apostolic Church and 2 from Czechoslovak Hussite Church.
Municipalities
Population and area values are current for year 2025.