Historic Population
The historical population is given in the following chart:
| Historic Population Data | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total Population | German Speaking | French Speaking | Catholic | Protestant | Other | Jewish | Islamic | No religion given | Swiss | Non-Swiss |
| 1850 | 37,724 | 11,123 | 26,446 | 29,203 | 8,521 | ||||||
| 1870 | 60,004 | 27,092 | 35,064 | 39,012 | 24,507 | ||||||
| 1888 | 75,709 | 10,806 | 61,429 | 32,168 | 41,605 | 1,330 | 654 | 47,482 | 28,227 | ||
| 1900 | 97,359 | 11,703 | 77,611 | 44,958 | 49,875 | 1,918 | 1,055 | 58,376 | 38,983 | ||
| 1910 | 115,243 | 14,566 | 86,697 | 53,248 | 55,474 | 4,267 | 2,170 | 67,430 | 47,813 | ||
| 1930 | 124,121 | 18,717 | 93,058 | 49,531 | 66,016 | 4,584 | 2,224 | 92,693 | 31,428 | ||
| 1950 | 145,473 | 20,603 | 111,314 | 58,556 | 74,837 | 6,164 | 2,642 | 118,863 | 26,610 | ||
| 1970 | 173,618 | 19,657 | 111,553 | 90,555 | 65,393 | 22,591 | 3,128 | 959 | 6,164 | 115,107 | 58,511 |
| 1990 | 171,042 | 9,610 | 112,419 | 79,575 | 34,492 | 39,227 | 2,444 | 4,753 | 29,747 | 98,812 | 72,230 |
| 2000 | 177,964 | 7,050 | 128,622 | 66,491 | 26,020 | 34,972 | 2,601 | 8,698 | 41,289 | 99,935 | 78,029 |
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