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Košice
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Towns
Region Košice contains cities Košice-Barca, Košice-Dargovských hrdinov, Košice-Džungľa, Košice-Juh, Košice-Kavečany, Košice-Košická Nová Ves, Košice-Krásna, Košice-Lorinčík, Košice-Luník IX, Košice-Myslava, Košice-Nad jazerom, Košice-Pereš, Košice-Poľov, Košice-Šaca, Košice-Šebastovce, Košice-Sever, Košice-Sídlisko KVP, Košice-Sídlisko Ťahanovce, Košice-Staré Mesto, Košice-Ťahanovce, Košice-Vyšné Opátske, Košice-Západ and 0 villages. More on oma.sk. Statistics on city level on unemployment are for the period of 2026-04-01, for population are fore yar 2025.
name | number of inhabitants in economically active age | number of unemployed number of unemployed women number of long-term unemployed | unemployment rate unemployment rate of women long-term unemployment rate |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() Košice-Západ | 35 899 22 832 | 785 408 261 | 3.4 % 3.5 % 1.1 % |
![]() Košice-Dargovských hrdinov | 23 822 14 520 | 461 245 110 | 3.2 % 3.4 % 0.8 % |
![]() Košice-Nad jazerom | 21 391 13 924 | 463 215 129 | 3.3 % 3.2 % 0.9 % |
![]() Košice-Sídlisko KVP | 21 356 13 891 | 463 263 158 | 3.3 % 3.7 % 1.1 % |
![]() Košice-Juh | 20 442 12 196 | 411 217 112 | 3.4 % 3.6 % 0.9 % |
![]() Košice-Staré Mesto | 20 200 12 630 | 401 200 130 | 3.2 % 3.2 % 1 % |
![]() Košice-Sídlisko Ťahanovce | 19 596 14 678 | 532 287 188 | 3.6 % 3.8 % 1.3 % |
![]() Košice-Sever | 18 073 11 521 | 400 207 135 | 3.5 % 3.6 % 1.2 % |
![]() Košice-Luník IX | 7 236 5 053 | 218 106 90 | 4.3 % 4.2 % 1.8 % |
![]() Košice-Krásna | 6 396 4 316 | 96 52 23 | 2.2 % 2.4 % 0.5 % |
![]() Košice-Šaca | 5 679 4 067 | 139 71 46 | 3.4 % 3.6 % 1.1 % |
![]() Košice-Barca | 3 623 2 383 | 55 25 23 | 2.3 % 2.2 % 1 % |
![]() Košice-Košická Nová Ves | 3 142 2 039 | 72 39 17 | 3.5 % 3.9 % 0.8 % |
![]() Košice-Vyšné Opátske | 2 871 1 912 | 50 26 9 | 2.6 % 2.8 % 0.5 % |
![]() Košice-Myslava | 2 687 1 727 | 62 31 21 | 3.6 % 3.6 % 1.2 % |
![]() Košice-Pereš | 2 226 1 459 | 43 30 13 | 2.9 % 4.1 % 0.9 % |
![]() Košice-Ťahanovce | 2 189 1 594 | 50 25 15 | 3.1 % 3.1 % 0.9 % |
![]() Košice-Kavečany | 1 388 918 | 31 13 9 | 3.4 % 2.8 % 1 % |
![]() Košice-Lorinčík | 1 290 876 | 18 13 5 | 2.1 % 2.9 % 0.6 % |
![]() Košice-Poľov | 1 196 810 | 20 11 6 | 2.5 % 2.7 % 0.7 % |
![]() Košice-Šebastovce | 787 542 | 17 7 5 | 3.1 % 2.5 % 0.9 % |
![]() Košice-Džungľa | 797 520 | 29 16 11 | 5.6 % 6.6 % 2.1 % |
Unemployment
| rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number of unemployed | 13 056 | 12 057 | 9619 | 6088 | 5618 | 7036 | 7580 | 6052 | 5159 | 4932 | 4795 | 4910 |
| number of long-term unemployed | 5334 | 5330 | 4288 | 2344 | 1807 | 1988 | 2929 | 2538 | 1844 | 1682 | 1539 | 1525 |
| number of people receiving social benefits | 12 510 | 10 429 | 6739 | 4459 | 4078 | 4019 | 3751 | 4408 | 4754 | 4326 | 3773 | 3677 |
| number of activational workers | 732 | 502 | 435 | 322 | 245 | 204 | 153 | 182 | 60.6 | 128 | 134 | 26.6 |
| unemployment rate | 7.5 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| long-term unemployment rate | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| vacancies | 105 | 284 | 875 | 2008 | 2363 | 1630 | 1368 | 1550 | 1478 | 1709 | 1579 | 1814 |
Demographics
| 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number of inhabitants | 240 164 | 239 464 | 239 141 | 238 757 | 238 593 | 238 138 | 227 458 | 226 212 | 225 044 | 223 678 | 222 286 | 222 286 |
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| demographic dependency | 19.9 | 22 | 24.5 | 27.1 | 28.4 | 29.4 | 31 | 32.1 | 33.2 | 34.1 | 35.1 | |
| number of employed foreigners | 856 | 544 | 947 | 1783 | 2143 | 1966 | 1745 | 2314 | 2938 | 3542 | 4008 | 3947 |
Number of unemployed
| rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| less than 24 years | 2814 | 1999 | 1219 | 644 | 593 | 744 | 720 | 563 | 504 | 500 | 524 | 500 |
| 25 to 39 years | 6069 | 4633 | 3634 | 2130 | 1976 | 2422 | 2534 | 2005 | 1682 | 1703 | 1652 | 1646 |
| 40 to 54 years | 4665 | 3777 | 3280 | 2157 | 1903 | 2378 | 2629 | 2178 | 1824 | 1775 | 1747 | 1847 |
| 55 years and more | 1895 | 1649 | 1487 | 1157 | 1146 | 1492 | 1697 | 1307 | 1150 | 954 | 872 | 938 |
Other regions
- Basic data on Slovak regions
- Labour market indicators of slovak regions.
- Region Bratislava and surroundings
- Region Kopanice
- Region Danube river
- Region lower Vah river
- Region middle Vár river
- Region upper Nitra river
- Region lower Nitra river
- Region Mining cities
- Region Kysuce a Orava
- Region upper Vah river – Liptov
- Region Spiš cities
- Region upper Hron river
- Region Juhoslovenská kotlina
- Region Košice fold and Torysa river
- Region upper Zemplín
- Region lower Zemplín
Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Regions of Slovakia - Košice, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/kosice

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