Throughout the early twentieth century, the population hovered around 50.
The town's population has hovered around 450 for the past fifty years.
The population has hovered between 35,000 and 42,000 since then, at the 2011 census it was 35,801.
Its population still hovers just under 1,000, but it is now only about 30 to 35 percent Jewish.
The population hovered around 100 throughout the 1990s and into 2000.
The town's population then hovered around 600-700 for the next several decades.
During the remainder of the twentieth century, the population hovered around 133.
During the latter half of the twentieth century, the population hovered around 220.
The current population is now hovering at an estimated 9000.
At one time, several decades ago, the total population had hovered around three million.