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Basic data of Kohoku Ward

Last Updated November 11, 2024

Land and weather
Population and Households
Industry and Economy
Labor
Housing
Transportation and Roads
Medical care and welfare
Education and Culture
Police, fire and city officials

Land and weather

Area

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Geographical Survey Institute (as of April 1, 2022), Census (as of October 1, 2020)
Total area	31.40㎢
Residential land area	29.51㎢
Population Concentration Area (DID)	26.91㎢

Location and highest land

Geographical Survey Institute, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, City of Yokohama, Housing and Architecture Bureau (as of January 13, 2022)
	Place name	Longitude, latitude, altitude
East end	3, Hiyoshi	139 degrees 39 minutes 30 seconds east longitude
West end	Kozukuecho	139 degrees 34 minutes 57 seconds east longitude
South end	Shinowaranishi-cho	35 degrees 29 minutes 22 seconds north latitude
Northern end	6, Shimodamachi	35 degrees 33 minutes 46 seconds north latitude
Ward office	26-1, Mamedocho	139 degrees 37 minutes 59 seconds east longitude 35 degrees 31 minutes 08 seconds north latitude
The highest land	Kozukuecho	52.5m above sea level

Urban planning area area

City of Yokohama, Housing and Architecture Bureau (as of March 31, 2024)
Urban planning area area	31.4㎢
Urbanization area	24.8㎢
Urbanization adjustment area	6.6㎢

Area by land type

Finance Bureau, Yokohama City (as of January 1, 2023)
Total area	20.08㎢
Residential land	15.37㎢
Fields and fields	1.98㎢
Forests, wilderness and ponds	1.18㎢
Hybrid land	1.53㎢

The figures are the area of taxable land, and do not include tax-exempt areas such as land owned by national or local governments or public land.

Average land price by use

City of Yokohama, Urban Development Bureau (per 1 m2 as of January 1, 2024)
	Average price	Average rate of change
Residential areas	331,100 yen	3.6％
Commercial land	761,000 yen	5.3％
Industrial areas	281,500 yen	3.1％

Weather (annual rainfall in Hiyoshi)

Yokohama Regional Meteorological Observatory (2023)
Actual Value		1351.5mm
Annual value		1607.7mm
Maximum day precipitation (date)		133.5mm (June 2)
Up to 1 hour precipitation (date)		29.0mm (September 8)
Rainfall observation days	1mm or more	85 days
	10mm or more	36th
	30mm or more	16th

Population and Households

Population and Number of Households

Estimated population based on census
	Population	Number of Households
1939 (Showa 14) Enforcement of the ward system	51,800 people	9,190 households
2023 (Reiwa 5)	362,084 people	179,364 households
2024 (Reiwa 6)	363,062	181,160 households
Men	180,873	・・・
Women	182,189 people	・・・

The municipal system is enforced on April 1, 2023 and 2024 as of January 1, 2024.

Population movement

(2023)
Natural increase	-71
Birth	2,879 people
Death	2,950 people
Number of Social Increases	1,049 people
Transfer (outside the city)	18,483
Transfer (in the city)	5,238 people
Transfer (outside the city)	16,589 people
Transfer (city)	6,238 people
Others	155 people
Number of Population Growth	978 people

Basic Resident Register Population

(As of September 30, 2024)
	Population	Composition Ratio
Total population	357,677	100.0％
0-14 years old	43,230 people	12.1％
15-64 years old	242,978 people	67.9％
65 years old or older	71,469 people	20.0％
75 years old or older	40,226 people	11.2％
Foreigners	8,475 people	2.4％
China	2,045 people	・・・
Korea	1,176 people	・・・
Vietnam	1,025 people	・・・
Philippines	792 people	・・・
Nepal	483 people	・・・

Demographics

City of Yokohama, Health and Social Welfare Bureau (in 2022, 1,000 population in parentheses)
Marriage	2,360 cases (6.5)
Divorce	460 cases (1.27)
Total fertility rate	1.23

Average life expectancy

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare “Life Table” (2020)
Men	83.1 year
Women	88.4 years

Day and night population

Census (as of October 1, 2020)
Nighttime (resident) Population	358,530 people
Influx population	93,626
Outflow population	121,198 people
Daytime population	330,958 people
Daytime and nighttime population ratio	92.3

Family type of household

Census (as of October 1, 2020)
Number of General Households	175,177 households
Single-person households	78,965 households
Nuclear family households	89,040 households
Only couples	32,248 households
Couple and Child	45,643 households
Single parents and children	11,149 households
General households with household members under the age of 18	32,969 households
General households with household members aged 65 and over	45,846 households
Single-person households	14,723 households
Only couples	13,858 households

"General households" do not include households such as student dormitories and hospitals.
Of the general households with household members aged 65 and over, households with "marriage only" are husbands 65 years or older and wife 60 years or older.

Industry and Economy

Business Sites

Economic Census (as of June 1, 2021)
	Number of Offices	Number of Employees
All industries	11,671	152,411
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries	10	57 people
Construction	872	7,517 people
Manufacturing	1,159	16,741
Electricity, gas, heat supply, water supply	15	269 people
Information and telecommunications	365	9,650 people
Transportation and postal services	176	5,643 people
Wholesale and Retail	2,496	36,294 people
Financial and insurance	156	2,608 people
Real estate and rental of goods	1,535	6,237 people
Academic research, professional and technical service	717	7,677 people
Accommodation, food and beverage service	1,036	11,693 people
Life-related services and entertainment	724	4,625 people
Education and Learning Support Business	451	9,561 people
Medical and welfare	1,232	20,421 people
Multi-service service	33	658 people
Service services (non-classified)	676	10,845 people
Public affairs	18	1,915 people

“Life-related services” include laundry, barber, beauty, and bath services.
The “combined service industry” includes post offices and agricultural cooperatives.

Commerce

Wholesale business

Economic Census (as of June 1, 2021)
	Number of Offices	Number of Employees	Annual product sales
Total	679	12,805 people	¥1,281.2 billion
Fibers, clothes, etc.	17	317 people	¥13.8 billion
Food and drink	67	1,320 people	¥140.6 billion
Building materials, minerals and metal materials, etc.	109	926 people	¥102.1 billion
Machinery and equipment	336	7,960 people	¥809.6 billion
Others	150	2,282 people	¥215.1 billion

The number of establishments is calculated for establishments where the annual product sales value is obtained.

Retailing

Economic Census (as of June 1, 2021)
	Number of Offices	Number of Employees	Annual product sales
Total	1,198	16,123 people	¥317.7 billion
Various Products	5	223 people	5.1 billion yen
Textiles, clothes, personal belongings	152	937 people	¥13.0 billion
Food and drink	427	8,588 people	¥135.2 billion
Machinery and equipment	125	1,254 people	¥55.9 billion
Others	419	4,008 people	¥78.3 billion
No store	70	1,113 people	¥30.2 billion

The number of establishments is calculated for establishments where the annual product sales value is obtained.

Number of retail stores, etc.

Economic Census (as of June 1, 2021)
Retail store	1,423
Restaurant	874
Large retail shop	53
Department Stores, General Supermarkets	1

“Large retail stores” are business establishments with more than 50 employees.
Department Stores and General Supermarkets are establishments that sell various products covering all clothing, food, and housing, and have more than 50 employees at all times.

Industry

Survey on Economic Structural Survey of Manufacturing Business Establishments (As of June 1, 2022, accounting items are actual results during 2021)
Number of Offices	652
Number of Employees	11,470 people
Amount of raw materials, fuels, power consumption, etc.	¥127.9 billion
Shipments of manufactured goods, etc.	¥252.0 billion
Value added	¥114.1 billion

Industrial Classification

Survey on Economic Structural Survey of Manufacturing Business Establishments (As of June 1, 2022, accounting items are actual results during 2021)
	Number of Offices	Shipments of manufactured goods, etc.
Food	18	¥31.7 billion
Beverage	1	x
Fibers	6	¥300 million
Wood	2	x
Furniture	9	600 million yen
Paper products	8	¥5.8 billion
Printing	13	¥2.6 billion
Chemicals	8	¥4.1 billion
Oil	1	x
Plastic	45	¥10.1 billion
Rubber	1	x
Tanned leather	2	x
Ceramics	8	¥5.4 billion
Steel	2	x
Non-ferrous	7	900 million yen
Metal products	179	¥26.3 billion
Hanging equipment	41	¥12.2 billion
Production equipment	113	¥33.7 billion
Commercial equipment	40	10 billion yen
Electronic components	25	¥12.9 billion
Electrical equipment	64	¥34.7 billion
Information Equipment	22	20.9 billion yen
Transport equipment	18	¥30.4 billion
Others	19	¥7.3 billion

Agriculture

Agriculture and Forestry Census (as of February 1, 2020)
Number of Farmers	323
Management cultivated land area (total farmers)	160ha
Agricultural workers (individual management entities)	559 people

Labor

Employment placement status

Kohoku Public Employment Security Office (FY2022)
Number of valid job seekers	118,626
Number of effective job openings	111,260 people
Ratio of active job openings to applicants	0.94 times

Labor population

Census (as of October 1, 2020)
	Men	Women
Population over 15 years old	149,819	153,060 people
Labor population	96,292 people	76,788
Employees	93,131	74,532
A completely unemployed person	3,161 people	2,256 people
Non-working population	27,101	53,257 people
Labor force ratio	78.0％	59.0％
Full unemployment rate	3.3％	2.9％

The labor force ratio is the ratio of the labor force to the population aged 15 and over (excluding "unknown labor force").
The unemployment rate is the percentage of unemployed workers in the workforce.

Number of employees (by position)

Census (October 1, 2020)
	Men	Women
Total number of employees	93,131	74,532
Employers	77,108 people	66,502 people
Regular	65,501	36,270 people
Non-regular	11,607 people	30,232 people
Executive Officers	7,663 people	2,123 people
Self-employed	6,475 people	3,388 people
Family employees	331 people	1,492 people

The total number includes unknown employee status.
“Non-regular” refers to temporary employees, part-time workers, part-time workers, and other totals.
"Self-employed business owners" include employees at home.

Number of employees (by major industry category)

Census (as of October 1, 2020)
Total number	167,663
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries	745 people
Construction	8,679 people
Manufacturing	20,384 people
Information and Communications	18,885 people
Transportation and Postal Service	6,998 people
Wholesale and Retailing	26,042 people
Finance and Insurance	6,533 people
Rental of real estate and goods	6,621 people
Academic research, specialized and technical services	12,000 people
Food, drink and accommodation	7,913
Education and Learning Support	9,075 people
Medical care and welfare	17,113 people

Housing

Housing and Land Statistics Survey (as of October 1, 2023)
Total number of homes		191,630 units
Vacancy rate		6.3％
Housing with residential households		178,910 units
Ownership ratio		48.5％
Single-family housing rate		26.2％
Wooden rate		35.2％
1 Per dedicated housing	Number of residential rooms	3.27 Rooms
1 Per dedicated housing	Total area	66.32㎡

Construction of new housing

Construction Start Statistics in Kanagawa Prefecture (FY2023)
Total number of new housing units	2,687 units
Owned house	419 units
Rent	1,206 units
Single-family detached houses	530 units
Condominiums	530 units
Total floor area	184,948㎡
Floor area per unit	68.8㎡

The total includes salary housing.

Transportation and Roads

Train riders

Average number of passengers per day

Tokyu

Toyoko Line (FY2023)
Hiyoshi	136,357 people
Tsunashima	41,410 people
Okurayama	24,302 people
Kikuna	47,384 people
Myorenji	12,140 people

New Yokohama Line (FY2023)
Shin-Yokohama	35,909 people
Shin-Tsunashima	5,829 people
Hiyoshi	35,775

Soutetsu Line

New Yokohama Line (FY2023)
Shin-Yokohama	26,506

JR East

Yokohama Line (FY2023)
Kikuna	36,274 people
Shin-Yokohama	47,580 people
A small desk	9,034 people

JR Central

Shinkansen (FY2023)
Shin-Yokohama	34,024

Yokohama Municipal Subway

Blue Line (FY2023)
Kishinekoen	5,490 people
Shin-Yokohama	35,236 people
Kitashinyokohama	6,104 people
Nippa	10,521 people

Green Line (FY2023)
Hiyoshi	36,507 people
Hiyoshihoncho	8,053 people
Takada	7,814 people

Number of registered vehicles

Kanto Transport Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Finance Bureau, Yokohama (as of March 31, 2024)
Four-wheeled vehicles	93,519 units
Passenger cars	81,203 units
Lorries	9,680 units
Shared bus	406 units
Specialty	2,230 units
Small two-wheelers	4,654 units
light motor vehicles	23,804 units

Road extension

City of Yokohama, Road and Highway Bureau (as of April 1, 2023)
National highways	－
Prefectural roads	27.3km
City streets	552.1km
Toll roads	6.1km

Medical care and welfare

Medical facilities

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare “Medical Facilities Survey” (as of October 1, 2022)
	Number of facilities	Number of beds
Hospital	6	1,320 beds
General clinics	314	151 beds
Dental clinic	206	－

Medical staff

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare “Doctors, Dentists, and Pharmacists” (as of December 31, 2022)
Doctor	771
Dentist	295 people
Pharmacist	1,072 people

social security

City of Yokohama, Health and Social Welfare Bureau (As of March 31, 2024, protection costs were in fiscal 2023)
Protected Households	2,895 households
Protected personnel	3,409 people
Protection rate (per 1,000 population)	9.4
Payment of protection expenses	3,708,230,000 yen

Nursing care insurance

City of Yokohama, Health and Social Welfare Bureau (The number of insured persons is as of March 31, 2023, and the number of certified persons requiring long-term care is as of March 31, 2024)
No. 1 Insured Person (65 years old or older)		70,840 people
Number of persons requiring certification for long-term care		14,127 people
Of these, the degree of need for nursing care is 3 or more		4,787 people

National Health Insurance

City of Yokohama, Health and Social Welfare Bureau (as of March 31, 2024)
Number of insured persons	49,642 people
Number of Insured Households	36,561 households

Nursery schools

City of Yokohama, Child and Youth Bureau (as of April 1, 2024)
Number of facilities	159
Capacity	9,727 people
Number of elementary school studenｔ	9,359 people
Under 3 years old	4,244 people
3 years and older	5,115 people

Number of business facilities related to health and hygiene

City of Yokohama, Medical Care Bureau (as of the end of 2023)
Entertainment hall	5
Hotels and Ryokans	37
Public bath	21
A barber	103
Beauty salon	414
Cleaning place	153

Education and Culture

School

School Basic Survey (as of May 1, 2023)
	Number of schools	Number of students in elementary school studenｔ	Number of faculty members (in charge)
Kindergarten	22	2,759 people	268 people
Elementary school	26	17,659 people	960 people
Junior high school	12	7,432 people	418 people
High school (full-time, night class/night school)	7	8,147 people	432 people
High school (communication system)	1	370 people	21 people
Special Needs School	1	81	70 people
Vocational school	11	3,101	158 people

Library

Kohoku Library (FY2023)
Number of books (end of the fiscal year)	146,972 books
Loan registrants	53,390 people
Lending Users	200,679 people
Number of books to borrow	655,806 books

Cultural facilities

Number of users or number of working days (FY2023)
Yokohama Arena	302 days/Occupation rate: 82.5%
Okurayama Memorial Hall	108,178 people
Kohoku public hall	73,079 people
District center (total of 6 facilities)	482,969 people
Hiyoshi	63,717
Nitta	67,123
Tsunashima	92,302 people
Kikuna	118,549 people
Jogo small desk	83,295
Shinohara	57,983

Sports facilities

Number of Users (FY2023)
Nissan Stadium	957,383
Yokohama City Sports Medical Science Center	174,515
Kohoku Sports Center	250,663 people
Small desk sports hall	13,435 people

City park

City of Yokohama, Environmental Planning Bureau (as of March 31, 2024)
	Number of points	Area
Total	168	145.6ha
Sports Park	2	81.9ha
District park	3	14.8ha
Neighboring parks	12	26.6ha
Block park	146	15.7ha
Scenic park	1	1.2ha
Green road	4	5.4ha

Police, fire and city officials

Crime

Kanagawa Police Headquarters (Kohoku Office, 2023)
Number of criminal offenses acknowledgement	1,728 cases
A violent criminal	16 cases
A violent offense	136 cases
Thieves	1,181 cases
Intelligent criminal	199 cases
Customs criminal	16 cases
Other criminal offenses	180 cases
Number of criminal offenses cleared	687 cases
Arrest rate	39.8％

Traffic accident

Kanagawa Police Headquarters (2023)
Number of cases	657 cases
Dead	－
injured	768 people

Fire

City of Yokohama, Fire Bureau (2023)
Number of fires	75 cases
Disaster households	41 households
Building burned floor area	578㎡
Amount of damage	61.67 million yen

Number of ward office staff

City of Yokohama, General Affairs Bureau (as of April 1, 2023)
Kohoku Ward Office	547 people

Inquiries to this page

Kohoku Ward General Affairs Division Statistics and Elections Section

Telephone: 045-540-2213

Fax: 045-540-2209

Email address: ko-toukeisenkyo@city.yokohama.jp

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