Table I.

Ethnic structure and population number of indigenous people of Chukotsky district

	1970		1979		1989
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Indigenous	2678		2952		3432
Chukchi	2384	89.0	2620	88.8	3067	89.4
Eskimo	290	10.8	323	10.9	340	9.9
Evens	4	0.1	7	0.2	15	0.4
Male	1282		1397		1668
Chukchi	1151	89.8	1242	88.9	1491	89.4
Eskimo	131	10.2	151	10.8	168	10.1
Evens	0	0	3	0.2	4	0.2
Female	1396		1555		1764
Chukchi	1233	88.3	1378	88.6	1576	89.3
Eskimo	159	11.4	172	11.1	172	9.8
Evens	4	0.3	4	0.3	11	0.6