Editing Cheboksary (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations|1897|5000|1926|9000|1939|30996|1959|104374|1970|216139|1979|307599|1989|419592|2002|440621|2010|453721|2021|497807|type=|footnote=Source: Census data}}Population: {{ru-census|p2010=453721|p2002=440621|p1989=419592|p2021=497807}}

The city of Cheboksary together with the satellite city Novocheboksarsk forms a polycentric agglomeration with a population of more than 680 thousand people.

===Ethnic composition===
The population of Cheboksary consists mainly of the two following ethnic groups; the [[Chuvash people|Chuvash]] (62%), and ethnic [[Russians]] (34%).<ref>[http://gov.cap.ru/hierarhy.asp?page=./299/2899/759080/808912/808956 Национальный состав населения районов и городов Чувашской Республики по данным переписи населения 2002 года]</ref> Mixed marriages are quite common.