1991
Serbs were majority 249 (82.72%), then
Croats 43 (14.28%),
Yugoslavs 2 (0.66%) and others 7 (2.32%).[6]
2011 census, 64.44% (1053) were
Croats and 34.82% (569) were
Serbs.[7]
Politics
Minority councils and representatives
Directly elected minority councils and representatives are tasked with consulting tasks for the local or regional authorities in which they are advocating for minority rights and interests, integration into public life and participation in the management of local affairs.[8] At the
2023 Croatian national minorities councils and representatives electionsSerbs of Croatia fulfilled legal requirements to elect 10 members minority council of the Municipality of Donji Kukuruzari.[9]
Religion
Serbian Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos
Serbian Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Donji Kukuruzari was completed in 1838 while its
iconostasis was painted in 1871 by painter Mihail Kutlija from
Jasenovac.[10] The church was devastated by the
Ustashe regime during the World War II
Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia.[10] The church's ring-bell was reconstructed just before the beginning of the Croatian War of Independence and it contained some of the icons originating from the nearby prominent
Komogovina School of Orthodox art.[10]