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Osaka Population and Employment by Ku

Ku KM2 Square
Miles
2000
Population
2001 Employment Employment/
Population
Ratio
Abeno-ku 5.99 2.31 103,973 57,464 0.55
Asahi-ku 6.30 2.43 99,231 34,775 0.35
Chuo-ku 8.88 3.43 55,324 565,538 10.22
Fukushima-ku 4.67 1.80 55,733 68,215 1.22
Higashinari-ku 4.55 1.76 78,580 51,481 0.66
Higashisumiyoshi-ku 9.75 3.76 139,593 50,851 0.36
Higashiyodogawa-ku 13.26 5.12 183,888 58,957 0.32
Hirano-ku 15.30 5.90 201,722 72,135 0.36
Ikuno-ku 8.38 3.23 142,743 67,586 0.47
Joto-ku 8.42 3.25 157,936 64,866 0.41
Kita-ku 10.33 3.99 91,952 426,113 4.63
Konohana-ku 15.45 5.96 65,037 45,429 0.70
Minato-ku 7.90 3.05 87,262 50,008 0.57
Miyakojima-ku 6.05 2.33 97,253 55,781 0.57
Naniwa-ku 4.37 1.69 50,188 73,486 1.46
Nishi-ku 5.20 2.01 63,402 173,559 2.74
Nishinari-ku 7.35 2.84 136,813 49,446 0.36
Nishiyodogawa-ku 14.23 5.49 92,465 53,043 0.57
Suminoe-ku 20.77 8.01 135,437 73,982 0.55
Sumiyoshi-ku 9.34 3.60 161,047 47,344 0.29
Taisho-ku 9.21 3.55 75,042 35,912 0.48
Tennoji-ku 4.80 1.85 58,812 73,118 1.24
Tsurumi-ku 8.16 3.15 101,971 41,597 0.41
Yodogawa-ku 12.64 4.88 163,370 150,715 0.92
Osaka-shi 221.30 85.38 2,598,774 2,441,401 0.94
           
Outside Osaka-shi 14,676.53 5,662.24 14,401,272 5,897,302 0.41
           
Metropolitan Area 14,897.83 5,747.62 17,000,046 8,338,703 0.49
           
Calculated from Japan Statistics Bureau and Statistics Center    

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