The 2011 census data for Lika-Senj County shows 50,927 inhabitants,[21] which is a decrease from the 53,677[22] inhabitants counted in 2001 (this is a drop of about 5.1% over the ten years and continues a decades-long depopulation trend in Lika). In 2011, 84.15% of the residents were of Croat, and 13.65% of Serb ethnicity.[21]