Jor (woreda) - Demographics

Demographics

Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the CSA, this woreda has a total population of 9,366, an increase of 32.00% over the 1994 census, of whom 4,360 are men and 5,006 women; with an area of 3,342.31 square kilometers, Jor has a population density of 2.80, which is less than the Zone average of 4.83 persons per square kilometer. Reportedly 633 or 6.76% are urban inhabitants. A total of 1,808 households were counted in this woreda, which results in an average of 5.2 persons to a household, and 1,766 housing units. The majority of the inhabitants said they were Protestant, with 75.91% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 7.93% were Catholic, 7.71% practiced traditional religions, and 4.54% of the population practised Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity, 1.48% were Muslim.

According to the 1994 national census, the woreda's population was reported to be 7,093 in 936 households, of whom 3,271 were men and 3,822 women; no urban inhabitants were recorded. (This total also includes an estimate for four kebeles which were not counted; these were estimated to have 2,866 inhabitants, of whom 1,337 were men and 1,529 women.) The largest ethnic group in Jor was the Anuak (99.69%), and Anuak was spoken as a first language by 99.81% of the inhabitants interviewed. The majority of the inhabitants said they were Protestant, with 56.3% of the population reporting they practiced that belief, while 33.57% practiced traditional beliefs.