Population

Horsens, DEN
Population

Number of citizens

With a population of 58061, Horsens is on top 10 in Denmark, a “smaller large city”. The city is growing, facing a new popularity as a centrally placed city in Jutland, in the geografically heart of Denmark, only 30 mins. travel from Aarhus, the second largest city of Denmark.

Population by 1. January 2004 by sex and age.
	Men	Women	TOTAL
0 – 17	6350	6242	12592
18 – 64	19148	18110	37258
65 -	3410	4801	8211
TOTAL	28908	29153	58061

Employment

Historically, Horsens is an industrial city, with electronic-, agricultural- and large- and small-scale industries. The world economy affects Horsens in the way, that when world conjunctures are good, Horsens is doing better, and opposite, low conjunctures make the situation worse in Horsens. In Vejle County, where Horsens is one of four major cities, 6.1 % of the labour force is unemployed, which is slightly lower than the national level, 6.3%.

Level of education

Horsens has Polytechnic and Business Shools, and the geografic situation makes it easy to get universital education in Aarhus, Odense and Esbjerg.

Educational level, Horsens
Primary	Secondary	Tertiary
(10 years)	(11 –14 years)	(more than 14 years)
47%	37%	15%

Families

There are 14 936 double-parent families in Horsens and 1433 single-parent families. Families in Horsens live in their own one-family houses in a large area around the city-centre or in rented flats concentrated to the centre and in three different housing-areas.

Last Updated on Friday, 05 October 2007 14:37