This article is about the political group of regions by a presidential decree. For geographical region, seeNorth Caucasus.
This article is about the federal district created in 2010. For North Caucasian Federal District created in 2000, seeSouthern Federal District. For the administrative division of Krasnodar Krai, seeKavkazsky District.
Ethnic Russians constitute less than one-third of the total population at 2,857,851 (28.83%), although they do constitute a plurality of the population.
Population pyramid of the North Caucasian Federal District as of the 2021 Russian Census
According to the 2021 Census, Russians constitute a majority of 80% inStavropol Krai and are at least 15% of the population inNorth Ossetia,Kabardino-Balkaria, andKarachay-Cherkessia. A diverse assortment of mostly MuslimNorth Caucasian speaking ethnic and tribal groups form the remainder. The North Caucasus Federal District is Russia's only Muslim-majority federal district, and is the only federal district that does not have an ethnic Russian majority.
^Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе», в ред. Указа №82 от 19 января 2010 г «О внесении изменений в перечень федеральных округов, утвержденный Указом Президента Российской Федерации от 13 мая 2000 г. N 849, и в Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 12 мая 2008 г. N 724 "Вопросы системы и структуры федеральных органов исполнительной власти"». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000On the Plenipotentiary Envoy of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District, as amended by the Decree #82 of January 19, 2010On Amending the Registry of the Federal Districts Approved by the Decree #849 of the President of the Russian Federation of May 13, 2000 and the Decree #724 of the President of the Russian Federation of May 12, 2008 "Issues of the System and the Structure of the Federal Bodies of Executive Power". Effective as of May 13, 2000.).