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Region Košice fold and Torysa river

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Towns

Region Košice fold and Torysa river 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, Lipany, Medzev, Moldava nad Bodvou, Prešov, Sabinov, Veľký Šariš and 242 villages. Statistics on city level on unemployment are for the period of 2026-06-01, 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
Prešov	81 223 51 892	1 956 1 039 600	3.8 % 4 % 1.2 %
Košice-Západ	35 899 22 832	825 449 262	3.6 % 3.9 % 1.1 %
Košice-Dargovských hrdinov	23 822 14 520	456 256 116	3.1 % 3.5 % 0.8 %
Košice-Nad jazerom	21 391 13 924	469 236 119	3.4 % 3.5 % 0.9 %
Košice-Sídlisko KVP	21 356 13 891	465 271 153	3.3 % 3.8 % 1.1 %
Košice-Juh	20 442 12 196	431 224 112	3.5 % 3.7 % 0.9 %
Košice-Staré Mesto	20 200 12 630	417 206 133	3.3 % 3.3 % 1.1 %
Košice-Sídlisko Ťahanovce	19 596 14 678	580 317 178	4 % 4.2 % 1.2 %
Košice-Sever	18 073 11 521	435 230 138	3.8 % 4 % 1.2 %
Sabinov	11 981 7 926	504 299 240	6.4 % 7.6 % 3 %
Moldava nad Bodvou	10 284 6 587	395 231 185	6 % 7 % 2.8 %
Košice-Luník IX	7 236 5 053	207 102 94	4.1 % 4 % 1.9 %
Veľký Šariš	7 035 4 645	250 139 97	5.4 % 6 % 2.1 %
Lipany	6 475 4 048	315 157 161	7.8 % 8.1 % 4 %
Košice-Krásna	6 396 4 316	108 63 24	2.5 % 3 % 0.6 %
Košice-Šaca	5 679 4 067	132 72 49	3.2 % 3.6 % 1.2 %
Medzev	4 181 2 625	150 86 83	5.7 % 6.7 % 3.2 %
Košice-Barca	3 623 2 383	68 35 21	2.9 % 3 % 0.9 %
Košice-Košická Nová Ves	3 142 2 039	67 37 17	3.3 % 3.7 % 0.8 %
Košice-Vyšné Opátske	2 871 1 912	45 23 11	2.4 % 2.5 % 0.6 %
Košice-Myslava	2 687 1 727	64 31 21	3.7 % 3.6 % 1.2 %
Košice-Pereš	2 226 1 459	42 27 13	2.9 % 3.7 % 0.9 %
Košice-Ťahanovce	2 189 1 594	53 30 15	3.3 % 3.8 % 0.9 %
Košice-Kavečany	1 388 918	43 24 11	4.7 % 5.3 % 1.2 %
Košice-Lorinčík	1 290 876	22 16 4	2.5 % 3.6 % 0.5 %
Košice-Poľov	1 196 810	24 14 4	3 % 3.4 % 0.5 %
Košice-Šebastovce	787 542	18 8 5	3.3 % 2.9 % 0.9 %
Košice-Džungľa	797 520	32 16 12	6.2 % 6.6 % 2.3 %

Villages with over 2000 inhabitants are Jarovnice (8261), Čaňa (6102), Valaliky (4549), Veľká Ida (4232), Ľubotice (4103), Kecerovce (4076), Jasov (3740), Turňa nad Bodvou (3686), Chminianske Jakubovany (3215), Pečovská Nová Ves (2903), Družstevná pri Hornáde (2852), Šarišské Michaľany (2695), Svinia (2673), Poproč (2647), Rozhanovce (2632), Fintice (2550), Ostrovany (2511), Drienovec (2486), Široké (2445), Drienov (2275), Seňa (2228), Kapušany (2156), Župčany (2139), Čečejovce (2119), Kendice (2082), Ďurkov (2066), Lemešany (2046), Víťaz (2040), Petrovany (2036), Malá Ida (2010).

villages by number of inhabitants
total	up to 300	300 to 500	500 to 1000	1000 to 1500	over 1500
242	39	46	64	46	47

Unemployment

rok	2012	2014	2016	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
number of unemployed	47 736	44 998	36 694	23 604	21 695	25 801	27 463	24 272	21 689	20 527	19 694	20 197
number of long-term unemployed	24 844	25 890	20 131	11 407	9236	9796	13 198	12 247	10 317	9510	8690	8594
number of people receiving social benefits	51 415	47 001	35 075	26 028	23 198	22 624	20 569	22 143	22 103	20 763	19 011	19 079
number of activational workers	8362	8150	6512	4152	3433	3112	3110	3385	1141	2181	2291	379
unemployment rate	11.4	10.8	8.9	5.8	5.3	6.4	7.1	6.3	5.6	5.3	5.1	5.3
long-term unemployment rate	6.0	6.2	4.9	2.8	2.3	2.4	3.4	3.2	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.2
vacancies	180	565	2170	3950	4307	2942	2564	2635	2076	2603	2679	3887

Demographics

demographic pyramid Košice fold and Torysa river

	2012	2014	2016	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
number of inhabitants	590 333	593 588	598 293	603 128	605 565	607 296	590 489	591 800	593 282	594 441	595 282	595 282
assignation tax	75 717 050	82 944 452	101 274 935	123 154 769	140 157 775	145 972 207	141 421 601	159 157 207	179 018 039	181 038 186	146 028 369	158 840 049
demographic dependency	18.8	20.2	22	23.9	24.9	25.7	26.6	27.5	28.5	29.3	30.2
number of employed foreigners	1148	1065	2078	3195	3556	3249	2902	3817	4882	5892	6753	6778

number of inhabitants – Košice fold and Torysa river

Number of unemployed

rok	2012	2014	2016	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
less than 24 years	11 747	8289	5570	3121	2921	3568	3660	3232	2917	2787	2720	2798
25 to 39 years	21 316	16 883	13 683	8391	7709	9142	9452	8432	7422	7170	6845	6898
40 to 54 years	17 429	14 393	12 372	8203	7303	8521	9179	8209	7480	7151	6888	7072
55 years and more	5905	5433	5068	3889	3761	4570	5172	4398	3870	3418	3242	3466

least developed regions

Other regions

Košice fold and Torysa river number of inhabitants, unemployed for longer than 4 years, low educated unemployed

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Regions of Slovakia - Region Košice fold and Torysa river, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/regions-of-slovakia/kosice-fold-and-torysa-river

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