Demographics
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the population of Lod in 2010 was 69.5 thousand people. Of these about 25 percent are Arabs, the rest Jewish Israelis. Thirty-three percent of the population are "olim", or new Jewish immigrants to Israel. See Population groups in Israel.
In 2003, an Israeli government report outlined Lod's social and demographic problems. The report noted a high rate of drug use and crime, a large number of poor and social service cases (about 10 percent of the population), and cramped and substandard living conditions among the city's Arab population.
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