Kassel - DE73

indicator	year
number of inhabitants	year 2009	1 231 503
area in square km	year 2008	8 289
Population density	year 2007	150
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	year 2007	115
Unemployment rate	year 2008	7,40
unemployment rage, male	year 2008	7,40
unemployment rate, female	year 2008	7,40
Gender difference in unemployment	year 2006	0,20
Employment rate	year 2008	54,90
employment rate, male	year 2008	61,50
employment rate, female	year 2008	49,00
Gender gap in employment rate	year 2008	11,20
Life long learning participation	year 2008	7,60
Distance from Bratislava		633 km
Distance from Košice		884 km

Value added structure

value added in euro	year 2007	32 626	100%
value added in agriculture in euro	year 2007	392	1,20%
value added in industry in euro	year 2007	8 295	25,42%
value added in services in euro	year 2007	5 699	17,47%
value added in financial services in euro	year 2007	9 057	27,76%
value added in public services in euro	year 2007	7 780	23,85%

Structure of employed by sector

employed in sectors	year 2007	595	100%
employed in agriculture	year 2007	15,00	2,52%
employed in industry	year 2007	163	27,38%
employed in services	year 2007	155	26,04%
employed in financial services	year 2007	79,70	13,39%
employed in public services	year 2007	183	30,67%

GIF

Structure of employed by education

Employment by education	year 2008	494	100%
Employment, primary education	year 2008	47,20	9,56%
Employment, secondary education	year 2008	314	63,54%
Employment, tertiary education	year 2008	133	26,89%

Source: Eurostat

sub regions Kassel : Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt, Fulda, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel, Landkreis, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Waldeck-Frankenberg and Werra-Meißner-Kreis

other regions in HESSEN : Darmstadt, Gießen and Kassel

Neighbouring regions: Unterfranken, Darmstadt, Gießen, Braunschweig, Detmold, Arnsberg and Thüringen