2 Population

　After the war, the population, which had continued to increase, declined temporarily after peaking at 260,777 in July 1968, and fell to 229,945 in April 1981, but continued to increase thereafter, and in 2020, both population and households have reached a record high. As of December 1, 2023, the population of Tsurumi Ward is 295,724 and the number of households is 148,482.

Materials: Census (estimated population as of October 1, 1927 as of December 31, 2023, estimated population as of December 1, 2023)

　The population of Tsurumi Ward has been changing rapidly. In the latter half of the 1940s, the population decreased significantly due to the fact that the number of migrants exceeded the number of migrants (social decline). Although the population increased due to the shift to social growth in the latter half of the 1950s, the social decline and the population continued to decline again in 1992 after the bubble period. Then, in 2000, society increased.·The trend of population growth continued, and in 2021 it turned to social decline and population decline, but in 2023 it was once again increasing in society and population. In addition, the number of fatalities has exceeded the number of births since 2018, turning to natural decline.

Materials: Yokohama City Statistical Report and demographics of Yokohama and Population by Age

　One of the characteristics of the Tsurumi Ward's human ropyramid is that the birth rate declined before and after the end of World War II (★1), followed by the first baby boom (★2) and the second baby boom (★3). In addition, the large dent (★ 4) in the meantime has decreased birth due to noon in 1966 (Showa 41). In addition, the population during the second baby boom period in the late 40s depicts a mountain larger than the population during the first baby boom period in the early 70s.

Materials: Population age of Yokohama (each age, 5 year old class), population by gender, Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (each age), population by gender and demographic ratio-total population, Japanese population

　Looking at the population by age group, the elderly population is increasing, and in 2000, the young population under the age of 15 and the elderly population over the age of 65 were reversed, and the difference tends to spread in recent years .

※Excluding age "unknown"

Materials: Census (as of October 1, each year)

　The densely populated towns in Tsurumi Ward are Shirite 1-chome, Shirite 3-chome, Ichibafujimicho, Ichibakamicho and Honchodori. In addition, the population density around Tsurumi Station and the city border between Kawasaki City tends to be high.
※Daikoku futo and Ougishima are omitted.
※Anything that may identify an individual by showing the data is referred to as "secure".

Materials: Basic Resident Register (as of September 30, 2023) and Yokohama Municipal Area Handbook (as of June 2016), Civic Affairs Bureau

　As of March 31, 2024, there were 15,613 foreign residents living in Tsurumi Ward (an increase of 1,485 from the previous year). This is the second largest number in the city following Naka Ward.

Materials: Yokohama City Statistical Report (as of March 31, 2024)

　The number of foreign residents in Tsurumi Ward by nationality is as follows: China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Korea and Korea, and Brazil. Compared to Yokohama City as a whole, Tsurumi Ward has a larger percentage of Brazilian nationals.

Materials: Yokohama City Statistical Report and Basic Resident Register Foreign Population (as of the end of March each year)

　Tsurumi Ward has the largest number of workers in the tertiary, secondary and primary industries, with the largest number of workers in wholesale and retail industries at 19,890.

Materials: 2020 National Census

　Tsurumi Ward's workforce is 176,428, the second largest after Kohoku Ward. Tsurumi Ward's labor force ratio is 70.1%, ranking second among the 18 wards.
※Labor force ratio = Percentage of the working population (total of employed and unemployed) to those aged 15 and over
※Based on unknown complementary value

Materials: 2020 National Census

　The number of employees and students aged 15 and over who live in Tsurumi Ward is 202,654, of which 83,072 (41.0%) work or go to school in other wards of Yokohama, accounting for 29,259 (14.4%). Outside Yokohama City, 57,228 people (28.2%) work or go to Tokyo.

※Based on unknown complementary value

Materials: 2020 National Census

　In 2020, the daytime population of Tsurumi Ward was 253,976 and nighttime population was 297,437. Since 1990, the nighttime population has exceeded the daytime population. In addition, the daytime and nighttime population ratio was 85.4%, peaking at 106.1% in 1980, and continues to decline.

※Based on unknown complementary value

Materials: 2020 National Census

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