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Košice
consists of counties:

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 2023-09-01, for population are fore yar 2021.
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 |
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![]() Košice-Západ | 37 331 23 800 | 873 488 267 | 3.7 % 4 % 1.1 % |
![]() Košice-Dargovských hrdinov | 24 993 15 897 | 460 254 137 | 2.9 % 3.1 % 0.9 % |
![]() Košice-Nad jazerom | 22 376 14 280 | 491 239 151 | 3.4 % 3.4 % 1.1 % |
![]() Košice-Sídlisko KVP | 22 025 16 051 | 546 324 185 | 3.4 % 3.9 % 1.2 % |
![]() Košice-Juh | 21 085 12 537 | 374 180 118 | 3 % 2.9 % 0.9 % |
![]() Košice-Sídlisko Ťahanovce | 20 556 16 145 | 603 341 197 | 3.7 % 4.1 % 1.2 % |
![]() Košice-Staré Mesto | 20 050 12 417 | 420 228 149 | 3.4 % 3.7 % 1.2 % |
![]() Košice-Sever | 18 969 12 092 | 419 233 157 | 3.5 % 3.8 % 1.3 % |
![]() Košice-Luník IX | 7 086 4 757 | 203 106 124 | 4.3 % 4.4 % 2.6 % |
![]() Košice-Krásna | 6 010 4 000 | 130 75 33 | 3.2 % 3.8 % 0.8 % |
![]() Košice-Šaca | 5 701 4 059 | 172 94 61 | 4.2 % 4.7 % 1.5 % |
![]() Košice-Barca | 3 676 2 396 | 52 24 19 | 2.2 % 2.1 % 0.8 % |
![]() Košice-Košická Nová Ves | 2 931 1 915 | 51 27 14 | 2.7 % 2.9 % 0.7 % |
![]() Košice-Vyšné Opátske | 2 671 1 763 | 39 19 19 | 2.2 % 2.2 % 1.1 % |
![]() Košice-Myslava | 2 615 1 719 | 46 24 25 | 2.7 % 2.8 % 1.5 % |
![]() Košice-Ťahanovce | 2 234 1 591 | 101 50 47 | 6.3 % 6.5 % 3 % |
![]() Košice-Pereš | 2 112 1 434 | 43 18 16 | 3 % 2.5 % 1.1 % |
![]() Košice-Kavečany | 1 336 907 | 27 12 10 | 3 % 2.6 % 1.1 % |
![]() Košice-Poľov | 1 172 788 | 28 16 6 | 3.6 % 4.1 % 0.8 % |
![]() Košice-Lorinčík | 992 654 | 21 13 2 | 3.2 % 4.1 % 0.3 % |
![]() Košice-Šebastovce | 778 532 | 17 8 6 | 3.2 % 3 % 1.1 % |
![]() Košice-Džungľa | 759 494 | 27 14 11 | 5.5 % 5.8 % 2.2 % |
Unemployment

rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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number of unemployed | 13 056 | 12 057 | 9619 | 6088 | 5618 | 7036 | 7580 | 6052 | 5208 |
number of long-term unemployed | 5334 | 5330 | 4288 | 2344 | 1807 | 1988 | 2929 | 2538 | 1872 |
number of people receiving social benefits | 12 510 | 10 429 | 6739 | 4459 | 4078 | 4019 | 3751 | 4408 | 4773 |
number of activational workers | 732 | 502 | 435 | 322 | 245 | 204 | 153 | 182 | 72.7 |
unemployment rate | 7.5 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
long-term unemployment rate | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
Demographics

2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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number of inhabitants | 240 164 | 239 464 | 239 141 | 238 757 | 238 593 | 238 138 | 227 458 | 226 212 | 226 212 |
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demographic dependency | 19.8 | 21.9 | 24.5 | 27.1 | 28.4 | 29.4 | 31.0 | 32.1 | 32.5 |


Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
less than 24 years | 2754 | 1999 | 1219 | 644 | 593 | 744 | 720 | 563 | 503 |
25 to 39 years | 5931 | 4633 | 3634 | 2130 | 1976 | 2422 | 2534 | 2005 | 1692 |
40 to 54 years | 4562 | 3777 | 3280 | 2157 | 1903 | 2378 | 2629 | 2178 | 1861 |
55 years and more | 1848 | 1649 | 1487 | 1157 | 1146 | 1492 | 1697 | 1307 | 1162 |
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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