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The county’s total population was 369,998 according to the 2009 National Population and Housing Census. Based on this, 2018 population projection was 502,412 of which 248,880 were male, and 253,532 were female depicting a male and female ratio of about 1:1. The slightly higher female to male ratio could be because of migration of adult males to other counties in search of employment opportunities while more of adult female work within the county.

Table 3 indicates the population projections by gender and age cohorts respectively for the county.

Table 3: Populntion Projectrons by Gender and Age Cohort

Age eohort	2009 (Census)			2018 (Projeciions)			2020 (Projections)			2022 (Projections)
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Feeale	Total
0-4	30,777	30,270	60,997	41,621	41,203	82,824	44,354	43,951	88,305	47,326	46,971	94,297
5-9	29,147	28,114	57,661	39,481	38,999	78,449	42,073	41,546	83,620	44,892	44,401	89,294
10-14	26,663	26,282	52,925	36,0,9	35,774	71,863	38,489	31,160	76,619	41,035	40,783	81,818
15-19	21,080	20,388	41,468	28,554	27,752	56,305	30,429	29,603	60,0,1	32,467	31,637	64,104
20-24	15,828	17,487	333315	21,440	23,803	45,242	22,847	25,390	48,238	23,378	27,135	51,514
25-59	12,765	13,833	26,618	17,221	18,856	36,147	182426	20,114	38,540	19,661	21,496	4,,157
30-34	10,277	11,516	20,793	13,921	14,414	28,235	14,835	15,269	30,104	15,829	16,318	32,247
35-39	8,377	89296	16,673	11,347	11,222	2,,639	12,092	12,045	24,138	12,902	12,873	25,775
40-44	5,,75	5,927	11,802	7,958	8,068	16,026	8,480	8,606	17,086	9,049	9,197	18,226
45-49	5,573	5,928	11,,01	7,549	8,069	1,,618	8,045	8,607	16,652	8,584	9,119	177782
50-54	4,413	4,333	8,746	5,978	5,898	11,876	6,370	6,291	12,661	6,797	6,724	13,521
55-59	3,506	3,225	6,781	4,749	4,458	9,207	5,061	4,755	9,8,6	5,400	5,082	14,482
60-64	2,933	2,955	5,888	3,973	4,022	7,995	4,234	42291	8,524	4,517	4,585	9,003
66-69	2,007	2,367	4,374	2,719	3,222	5,440	2,897	3,437	6,334	39091	3,673	6,764
70-74	1,632	1,851	3,483	21211	2,520	4,730	2,356	2,,88	50043	2,514	2,872	5,386
75-79	1,059	1,189	24248	1,434	1,618	3,0,3	1,229	1,726	3,255	1,661	1,845	3,476
80+	1,848	2,681	4,529	2,503	3,649	6,152	2,668	39893	6,550	2,846	4,160	70006
NS	48	48	96	65	65	130	69	70	139	74	74	148
TOTAL	183,738	186,260	369,998	248,880	253,532	502,412	265,523	270,442	53,,665	282,993	289,027	572,020

Source: KNBS (2009) National Population and Housing Census

The population of the county has been grouped into three broad age groups: 0-14 years constituting children, 15-64 years the working or economically active group and the 65 years old and above constituting the aged. In the county, there is a high concentration of the population in the age group 0-14. However, the greater proportion of the population falls within the working age group indicating a high potential for labour force and a low dependency ratio.

Population Projections by Urban Centres

Urbanization is inevitable and managing its emerging trends and patterns constitutes a challenge. Rural to urban migration is the main source of increasing urbanization in the county. The main urban areas in the county are Iten, Kapsowar, Kapcherop, Chepkorio, Flax, Chebiemit, Cheptongei, Bugar, Kamwosor, Tot and Arror with a combined 2018 projected population of 56,583 as shown in table 4. These urban centres have a huge potential for growth if proper planning and investments strategies are adopted. These urban areas are anticipated to have a growth of about 64,817 by 2022 given that rural-urban migration continues to be the main cause for growth and potential areas for business and employment opportunities.

Table 4: Population Projections by UrbaneCCntres

Urban centres	2009 Census			2018 (Projections)			2020 (Projections)			2022 (Projections)
	(Census)			2018 (Projections)			2020 (Projections)			2022 (Projections)
	Male	Female	Total	Maae	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Mlle	Female	Total
Iten	3,444	3,530	6,974	4,676	4,792	9,468	5,0,4	51129	10,133	5,356	5,490	10,846
Kapsowar	3,226	3,401	6,627	4,380	4,617	8,997	4,687	4,942	9,629	5,,17	5,289	10,306
Kapcherop	2,676	2,710	5,386	3,633	3,679	7,312	3,888	3,938	7,826	4,162	4,214	8,376
Chepkorio	1,446	1,547	2,993	1,963	2,100	4,063	2,101	2,228	4,349	2,249	2,406	4,655
Flax	1,853	1,726	3,579	2,516	23343	4,859	2,692	2,,08	5,200	2,882	2,6,4	5,566
Chebiemit	15586	1,615	30201	2,153	2,192	4,346	20304	2,347	4,6,1	2,466	2,512	4,978
Cheptongei	1,902	19948	3,850	2,552	2,645	5,227	2,764	2,830	5,594	2,958	3,029	5,987
Buaar	1,1,7	1,110	2,267	1,571	1,507	3,078	1,681	1,613	3,294	19799	1,226	3,526
Kamwosor	1,242	1,235	2,477	1,686	1,667	3,363	1,805	19794	3,599	1,9,1	1,921	3,,52
Tot	1,238	1,215	2,453	1,681	1,669	3,330	19799	1,765	3,564	1,925	1,890	3,815
Arror	901	971	17872	1,223	1,318	2,541	1,309	1,411	27720	1,401	1,510	2,911
Total	20,071	20,008	41,679	28,063	282520	566583	30,335	30,025	60,560	32,146	32,671	64,817

Source: KNBS (2009) National Population and Housing Census

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