Population development in Hamm

This article shows the population development of Hamm in tabular form.

Population development

 

Population development in Hamm. Above from 1618 to 2017. Below an excerpt from 1871. The steep rise in 1975 resulted from incorporations

In the Middle Ages and early modern times , only a few hundred to a few thousand people lived in Hamm. The population grew very slowly and kept falling due to the numerous wars, epidemics and famine. Only with the beginning of industrialization in the 19th century did population growth accelerate. In 1819 the city only had 4,657 inhabitants, in 1900 there were already more than 30,000. In 1925 the population exceeded the limit of 50,000.

The effects of the Second World War are clearly visible . 60 percent of the city was destroyed by 55 Allied air strikes. The population fell from 59,035 in 1939 by 13.7 percent to 50,971 in December 1945. After the end of the war, the population of the city rose to more than 70,000 by 1961 due to the influx of numerous refugees and displaced persons from the eastern German regions .

The incorporation of the communities of Berge and Westtünnen and most of the community of Wiescherhöfen on January 1, 1968 brought an increase from around 12,000 people to 86,000 inhabitants. On January 1, 1975, the following places were incorporated (population as of December 31, 1973): City of Bockum-Hövel (26,109), municipality of Pelkum (25,402), city of Heessen (19,383), municipality of Uentrop (12,075) and municipality of Rhynern . Overall, the population increased by 89,866 people to 172,210 inhabitants. Hamm thus caught up with the big cities .

In 2003 the population reached its historic high of 184,961. On December 31, 2006, the “ official number of inhabitants ” for Hamm was 183,672 according to an update by the State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia (only main residences and after comparison with the other state offices ). Anticyclically, the population of Hamm increased by approx. 9,000 inhabitants or more than 6%, while in other large cities in the Ruhr area the population decreased by an average of well over 10% in the same period.

The following overview shows the number of inhabitants according to the respective territorial status. Up to 1798 these are mostly estimates, then census results (¹) or official updates by the city administration (until 1970) and the State Statistical Office (from 1971). From 1871, the information relates to the “local population”, from 1925 to the resident population and since 1987 to the “population at the location of the main residence”. Before 1871, the number of inhabitants was determined according to inconsistent survey procedures.

From 1618 to 1944

(respective territorial status)

Year / date Residents 1618 1,000 1719 3,250 1798 3,065 December 1, 1819 1 4,657 3 December 1831 1 5,167 3 December 1840 1 5,151 3 December 1855 1 6.352 3 December 1858 1 10,022 3 December 1861 1 11,600 3 December 1867 1 16,000 December 1, 1871 1 16,924 December 1, 1875 1 18,877 December 1, 1880 1 20,800 December 1, 1885 1 22,523

date Residents 0December 1, 1890 1 24,969 0December 2, 1895 1 28,589 01 December 1900 1 31,371 0December 1, 1905 1 38,429 0December 1, 1910 1 43,663 0December 1, 1916 1 40,776 0December 5, 1917 1 40,516 0October 8, 1919 1 45,756 June 16, 1925 1 49,777 December 31, 1930 53,201 June 16, 1933 1 53,532 December 31, 1935 54,152 May 17, 1939 1 59,035 December 31, 1940 58,900

¹ census result

From 1945 to 1970

(respective territorial status)

date Residents December 31, 1945 50,971 October 29, 1946 1 49,751 December 31, 1947 54.194 September 13, 1950 1 59,866 December 31, 1951 62,429 December 31, 1952 63,446 December 31, 1953 64,797 September 25, 1956 1 66,327 0June 6, 1961 1 70,641 December 31, 1961 70,872

date Residents December 31, 1962 71,719 December 31, 1963 72,088 December 31, 1964 72,531 December 31, 1965 73,520 December 31, 1966 74.214 December 31, 1967 73,865 December 31, 1968 86,397 December 31, 1969 87,236 May 27, 1970 1 84,942 December 31, 1970 84,139

¹ census result

Source: Hamm city administration

From 1971

(respective territorial status)

date Residents December 31, 1971 84,869 December 31, 1972 84,633 December 31, 1973 83,715 December 31, 1974 82,820 December 31, 1975 172.210 December 31, 1976 171,765 December 31, 1977 171,489 December 31, 1978 171.140 December 31, 1979 171,595 December 31, 1980 171,869 December 31, 1981 171.183 December 31, 1982 170.307 December 31, 1983 169.152 December 31, 1984 166,641 December 31, 1985 166.379 December 31, 1986 165,957 May 25, 1987 1 171.170 December 31, 1987 171,592 December 31, 1988 173.611 December 31, 1989 179.109

date Residents December 31, 1990 179,639 December 31, 1991 180.323 December 31, 1992 182,640 December 31, 1993 182,390 December 31, 1994 184.020 December 31, 1995 183,408 December 31, 1996 182.213 December 31, 1997 181.194 December 31, 1998 180.719 December 31, 1999 181,804 December 31, 2000 182.427 December 31, 2001 183,805 December 31, 2002 184,578 December 31, 2003 184,961 December 31, 2004 184,926 December 31, 2005 184,239 December 31, 2006 183,672 December 31, 2007 183.065 December 31, 2008 182,459 December 31, 2009 181.741

date Residents December 31, 2010 181.783 0May 9, 2011 1 176.037 December 31, 2011 176.474 December 31, 2012 176,440 December 31 2013 176.048 December 31, 2014 176,580 December 31, 2015 179.397 December 31, 2016 179,571 December 31, 2017 179.185 December 31, 2018 179.111

¹ census result

Source: State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia

Townships

Population development in the city districts

The table shows the population of the city districts and the city as a whole. The 1987 numbers are those from the census at that time. The data for the city from 2002 onwards differ from those of the State Statistical Office of North Rhine-Westphalia.

From 2002 to 2010 and in 2012 Hamm-Bockum-Hövel was the most populous urban district. In 2011 and since 2013 this has been the Hamm-Mitte district.

In the districts of Rhynern and Pelkum, the order in relation to the number of inhabitants was changed twice during the reporting period.

Only in the Hamm-Mitte district is the population larger in 2014 than in 2002.

Only in the Hamm-Heessen district is the population lower in 2014 than in 1987.

year	Bockum-Hövel	Heessen	Herringen	center	Pelkum	Rhynern	Uentropic	City of Hamm
1987	34,033	24,418	19,921	35,123	18,136	16,566	22,973	171.170
2002	35,952	23,499	21,615	34,398	19,319	18,518	28,119	181.420
2003	35,814	23,614	21,516	34,518	19,351	18,431	28,325	181,569
2004	35,807	23,745	21,405	34,437	19,262	18,508	28,368	181,532
2005	35,624	23,779	21,279	34,404	19.008	18,578	28,177	180.849
2006	35,468	23,639	21,077	34,407	18,974	18,648	28,122	180.335
2007	35,274	23,564	20,871	34,447	18,899	18,737	28,061	179,853
2008	35,076	23,345	20,650	34,468	18,697	18,781	27,957	178,974
2009	34,976	23,266	20,530	34,432	18,492	18,754	27,690	178.140
2010	34,863	23,270	20,326	34,752	18,644	18,695	27,548	178,098
2011	34,720	23,483	20,442	34,833	18,727	18,658	27,501	178,364
2012	34,883	23,512	20,336	34,767	18,695	18.603	27,353	178.149
2013	34,703	23,768	20.209	35,076	18,769	18,540	27,242	178,000
2014	34,898	23,461	20.184	35,261	18,777	18,389	27,148	178,425
2015	35,254	23,999	20,252	35.906	19.002	18,408	27,100	179,921
2016	35,508	23,961	20,168	36,289	19,320	18,332	27.273	180.851
2017	35,540	23,886	20,118	36,301	19,223	18,225	27,242	180,535

Source: City of Hamm

Population structure

population	As of December 31, 2006
Residents with main residence	183,672
of which male	91.160
Female	92,512
German	158,757
Foreigners	24,915
Proportion of foreigners in percent	13.6

Source: State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia

age structure

The following overview shows the age structure as of December 31, 2006 (main residences).

Age from ... to	population	Percentage
0 - 5	9,835	5.4
7th6-17	25,374	13.8
18 - 24	14,756	8.0
25-29	10,917	5.9
30-39	25,650	14.0
40-49	28,857	15.7
50 - 59	23,808	13.0
60-64	9.126	5.0
over 65	35,349	19.2
All in all	183,672	100.0

Source: State Office for Data Processing and Statistics North Rhine-Westphalia

literature

• Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Dieterici (ed.): Communications from the Statistical Bureau in Berlin , 1848–1861
• Imperial Statistical Office (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook for the German Empire , 1880–1918
• Statistisches Reichsamt (Ed.): Statistical yearbook for the German Reich , 1919–1941 / 42
• German Association of Cities (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook of German Communities , 1890 ff.
• Federal Statistical Office (Ed.): Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany , 1952 ff.
• Bertelsmann Stiftung (Ed.): Guide to Demographic Change 2020. Analyzes and action plans for cities and municipalities. Bertelsmann Stiftung Publishing House, Gütersloh 2006, ISBN 3-89204-875-4

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Main page to the quarterly statistics with the number of inhabitants for each December 31st ( memento of the original from December 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ residents 2017

Web links

• State Office for Information and Technology North Rhine-Westphalia (IT.NRW)
• City administration Hamm: facts and figures
• Bertelsmann Stiftung: Guide to Demographic Change