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Region Košice fold and Torysa river
consists of counties:

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 2024-12-01, for population are fore yar 2023.
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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![]() Prešov | 82 286 53 513 | 1 816 913 643 | 3.4 % 3.4 % 1.2 % |
![]() Košice-Západ | 36 621 23 233 | 807 438 260 | 3.5 % 3.7 % 1.1 % |
![]() Košice-Dargovských hrdinov | 24 397 14 938 | 413 207 118 | 2.8 % 2.7 % 0.8 % |
![]() Košice-Nad jazerom | 21 998 14 141 | 441 215 140 | 3.1 % 3.1 % 1 % |
![]() Košice-Sídlisko KVP | 21 675 14 909 | 469 248 164 | 3.1 % 3.2 % 1.1 % |
![]() Košice-Juh | 20 724 12 236 | 346 165 111 | 2.8 % 2.7 % 0.9 % |
![]() Košice-Sídlisko Ťahanovce | 20 081 15 399 | 544 292 193 | 3.5 % 3.7 % 1.3 % |
![]() Košice-Staré Mesto | 20 137 12 496 | 424 234 138 | 3.4 % 3.8 % 1.1 % |
![]() Košice-Sever | 18 424 11 725 | 420 222 141 | 3.6 % 3.8 % 1.2 % |
![]() Sabinov | 12 169 8 130 | 501 265 245 | 6.2 % 6.5 % 3 % |
![]() Moldava nad Bodvou | 10 254 6 692 | 397 233 188 | 5.9 % 6.9 % 2.8 % |
![]() Košice-Luník IX | 7 146 4 940 | 188 102 98 | 3.8 % 4.1 % 2 % |
![]() Veľký Šariš | 6 909 4 546 | 246 147 118 | 5.4 % 6.5 % 2.6 % |
![]() Lipany | 6 451 4 093 | 299 149 162 | 7.3 % 7.5 % 4 % |
![]() Košice-Krásna | 6 179 4 143 | 114 65 38 | 2.8 % 3.2 % 0.9 % |
![]() Košice-Šaca | 5 744 4 109 | 143 75 52 | 3.5 % 3.7 % 1.3 % |
![]() Medzev | 4 124 2 626 | 178 102 80 | 6.8 % 8 % 3 % |
![]() Košice-Barca | 3 710 2 429 | 57 40 18 | 2.3 % 3.4 % 0.7 % |
![]() Košice-Košická Nová Ves | 3 154 2 056 | 54 27 14 | 2.6 % 2.7 % 0.7 % |
![]() Košice-Vyšné Opátske | 2 760 1 808 | 39 18 10 | 2.2 % 2 % 0.6 % |
![]() Košice-Myslava | 2 683 1 747 | 59 30 27 | 3.4 % 3.5 % 1.5 % |
![]() Košice-Ťahanovce | 2 195 1 571 | 61 34 29 | 3.9 % 4.4 % 1.8 % |
![]() Košice-Pereš | 2 168 1 453 | 41 24 19 | 2.8 % 3.3 % 1.3 % |
![]() Košice-Kavečany | 1 361 912 | 25 13 9 | 2.7 % 2.9 % 1 % |
![]() Košice-Poľov | 1 193 796 | 24 15 7 | 3 % 3.8 % 0.9 % |
![]() Košice-Lorinčík | 1 155 763 | 17 11 5 | 2.2 % 2.9 % 0.7 % |
![]() Košice-Šebastovce | 772 521 | 15 4 4 | 2.9 % 1.5 % 0.8 % |
![]() Košice-Džungľa | 767 500 | 33 17 9 | 6.6 % 7.2 % 1.8 % |
Villages with over 2000 inhabitants are Jarovnice (7447), Čaňa (5930), Valaliky (4468), Veľká Ida (3985), Kecerovce (3853), Ľubotice (3744), Turňa nad Bodvou (3686), Jasov (3597), Chminianske Jakubovany (2875), Pečovská Nová Ves (2807), Družstevná pri Hornáde (2796), Šarišské Michaľany (2734), Poproč (2667), Rozhanovce (2606), Svinia (2441), Široké (2426), Drienovec (2387), Ostrovany (2360), Drienov (2242), Fintice (2237), Seňa (2189), Kapušany (2167), Čečejovce (2107), Lemešany (2014), Kendice (2009).
villages by number of inhabitants | ||||||
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total | up to 300 | 300 to 500 | 500 to 1000 | 1000 to 1500 | over 1500 | |
242 | 38 | 47 | 72 | 39 | 46 |
Unemployment

rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of unemployed | 47 736 | 44 998 | 36 694 | 23 604 | 21 695 | 25 801 | 27 463 | 24 272 | 21 689 | 20 527 |
number of long-term unemployed | 24 844 | 25 890 | 20 131 | 11 407 | 9236 | 9796 | 13 198 | 12 247 | 10 317 | 9510 |
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 |
number of activational workers | 8362 | 8150 | 6512 | 4152 | 3433 | 3112 | 3110 | 3385 | 1141 | 2181 |
unemployment rate | 11.4 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 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 |
vacancies | 180 | 565 | 2170 | 3950 | 4307 | 2942 | 2564 | 2635 | 2076 | 2603 |
Demographics

2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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number of inhabitants | 590 333 | 593 588 | 598 293 | 603 128 | 605 565 | 607 296 | 590 489 | 591 800 | 593 282 | 593 282 |
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 |
demographic dependency | 18.7 | 20.2 | 22.0 | 23.9 | 24.9 | 25.7 | 26.6 | 27.5 | 28.2 | |
number of employed foreigners | 1148 | 1065 | 2078 | 3195 | 3556 | 3249 | 2902 | 3817 | 4882 | 5892 |

Number of unemployed
rok | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
less than 24 years | 11 443 | 8289 | 5570 | 3121 | 2921 | 3568 | 3660 | 3232 | 2917 | 2787 |
25 to 39 years | 20 824 | 16 883 | 13 683 | 8391 | 7709 | 9142 | 9452 | 8432 | 7422 | 7170 |
40 to 54 years | 17 042 | 14 393 | 12 372 | 8203 | 7303 | 8521 | 9179 | 8209 | 7480 | 7151 |
55 years and more | 5765 | 5433 | 5068 | 3889 | 3761 | 4570 | 5172 | 4398 | 3870 | 3418 |
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 - 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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