Population of Population of TERRASSATERRASSA

We are going to talk about the population of Terrassa and we will explain: - Immigration- Emigration- People’s jobs- Men and women differences (number) The topic is very interesting for us because you can know what people do in Terrassa. So let’s go.In Terrassa there are a lot of people but the population is changing a lot. The population in Terrassa has increased for the last years. This is because of immigration. Terrassa has got a lot of immigrants but other cities of Europe, like Copenhagen, gave got more. There are always more women than men. The ages when there is most population are between 24 and 34 years old. In the 1543 there were 3.000 people. In 1824 there were 4.195 people and in 1857 the population had doubled. In 1960 there were 92.234 people. Five years later there were more than 100.000 people. 56.446 of these people were men and 60.119 women. In 1975 there were 161.679. 79.127 of this people were men and 81.672 women. In 1991, when we were born, there were 158.507 people, 72.233 men and 84.274 women. In this year 991 people were born. In 2003 there were 190.828 people, 94.744 men and 96.084 women. Now in Terrassa there are more than 200.000 people.

The immigrants who live in Terrassa are 50% from Morocco, 26% from Equator, 15% from China and 6% from Peru. The country where most immigrants come from is Morocco. But

there is another big group of immigrants who are the South Americans. On the whole, there are more immigrant men than women but it’s not the same in every country. From Equador,

for example, more women than men are coming.The immigration affects shops, schools, jobs… There are a lot of shops whose owner is a foreigner. In Terrassa the highest numbers of shops are the Chinese restaurants. In the

public schools there are a lot of immigrants and for that the social security services put the immigrants in semi-private school and they go there for free. The social security also pays for flat and other things. The poor immigrants often haven’t studies and they usually work in the construction sector, domestic or services. These jobs don’t give them a lot of money and they continue poor. There also the immigrants who come from rich countries and work in good jobs. A lot of times the immigrants haven’t got any contract and they change less

than normal.

There are 78.037 workers in Terrassa and 9.464 There are 78.037 workers in Terrassa and 9.464 unemployed. This represents that 89,18% of the population unemployed. This represents that 89,18% of the population is working and 1982 is unemployed. The industry workers is working and 1982 is unemployed. The industry workers and construction workers are the areas that employ most and construction workers are the areas that employ most people. On the other hand the army forces are the place people. On the other hand the army forces are the place where less people work. Almost all the population works in where less people work. Almost all the population works in the third sector and only a small group of people work in the third sector and only a small group of people work in the first and second sector. the first and second sector.

Emigration from Terrassa has increased in the last years. In Emigration from Terrassa has increased in the last years. In the year when we were born (1991), there were 745 the year when we were born (1991), there were 745 emigrants that went to other countries. That year was the emigrants that went to other countries. That year was the one that has less emigration. In the other years there were one that has less emigration. In the other years there were about 1000 or 2000 people emigrating. Now we almost about 1000 or 2000 people emigrating. Now we almost have 5499 emigrants. They usually go to other countries to have 5499 emigrants. They usually go to other countries to find a job. In Terrassa there are about 14804 emigrations find a job. In Terrassa there are about 14804 emigrations but there is more immigration than emigrations, so the but there is more immigration than emigrations, so the population, in our city, is increasing.population, in our city, is increasing.