In the article change of the ethnic composition of the popularity of the Saratov region at the period from 1989 to 2002 are considering. The author shows as the role of the ethnic migration in given changes. In the region a number of people from the Caucasuc and Central Asia are growing. It is revealed, that: students are rather tolerant to emigrants; they are worried about the competition for job vacancy; conflict at the cultural ground is possible; they worried about demographical situation in the Russian Federation and its emigration policy.