 The official count for 1849 indicated that there were 178,187 full-blooded Hungarians living in the whole of Jászkunság.Limits on political life were imposed during the 1850s and '60s, when cooperative societies and guilds were closely supervised by the state; their operation was further reduced by a major drought in 1863–1864.By 1870, Jazygia was the more developed area of Jászkunság, concentrating the economic power and local aristocracy.