 After the fall of the Communism in 1989, the industry nearly collapsed and many people lost their jobs.However, today the crisis seems to be over and Békéscsaba remained one of the most important centers of the Hungarian food industry.According to the 2011 census the total population of Békéscsaba were 62,050, of whom 61,912 people (99.8%) speak Hungarian, 10,140 (16.3%) English, 4,821 (7.8%) German and 3,399 (5.5%) speak Slovak.