1 Area (Oct. 1, 1998)
City area 741.51 km² Naka Ward 15.34 km² Higashi Ward 39.38 km² Minami Ward 25.68 km² Nishi Ward 35.58 km² Asaminami Ward 117.04 km² Asakita Ward 353.39 km² Aki Ward 94.02 km² Saeki Ward 61.08 km² City planning jurisdiction Urbanization Promotion Area 150.82 km² Urbanization Control Area 213.63 km² Total 364.45 km²
2 Climate (1998)
Temperature Average 17.6 °C Highest 34.9 °C (Aug. 11) Lowest -3.7 °C (Jan. 25) Precipitation Annual total 1,508.0 mm Daily maximum 114.5 mm (Oct. 17) Weather Clear 27 days Rainy 119 days Cloudy 145 days
3 Population
Population changes April 1, 1889 (date of Hiroshima's municipalization) 83,387 Nov. 1, 1945 (minimum postwar population) 137,197 March 31, 1985 (population surpasses 1 million) 1,024,072 Population by census Date of Census Population Households Oct. 1, 1995 1,108,888 434,647 Oct. 1, 1990 1,085,705 405,415 Daytime population (Oct. 1, 1995) 1,151,314 In-comings 104,975 (to work: 84,382, to school: 20,593) Out-goings 60,424 (to work: 50,703, to school: 9,721) Ratio of daytime population to resident population 104.0 Most recent population count (Sept. 30, 1999, based on Basic Resident Registers and Foreign Resident Registers) Total population 1,122,586 Number of males 547,610 Number of females 574,976 Number of households 465,467 Population and household count, by ward Population Households Population Households Naka Ward 122,503 62,977 Higashi Ward 123,631 50,293 Minami Ward 135,196 61,801 Nishi Ward 177,881 79,018 Asaminami Ward 200,185 77,891 Asakita Ward 160,073 57,564 Aki Ward 75,838 28,893 Saeki Ward 127,279 47,030 Population count, by age group (based on Basic Resident Registers) 0-14 years old 174,831 65+ years old 151,704 15-64 years old 782,097 Total 1,108,632 Average age (Sept. 30, 1999) 39.22 years old (Male 37.99 years old Female 40.39 years old) Average life span (1998, taken from national average) Male 77.16 years old Female 84.01 years old Vital statistics (1998) Live births 11,914 (33 per day) Deaths 6,817 (19 per day) Marriages 7,938 (22 per day) Divorces 2,272 ( 6 per day) Population flow (1998, excluding intracity migration) To the city 49,152 From the city 48,370
4 Economy
Business establishments (Oct. 1, 1996) Total number 60,604 Number of employees 628,326 Breakdown of private establishments Number Number of employees Single-unit enterprise 41,556 235,646 Head establishment 3,359 114,160 Branch establishment 14,662 233,741 Commerce (June 1, 1997) Number Employees Annual sales Wholesale trade 5,342 65,292 8.40 trillion yen Retail trade 10,873 68,543 1.57 trillion yen Eating and drinking 5,061 23,109 0.13 trillion yen places (Oct. 1, 1992) Manufacturing (Dec. 31, 1998) Establishments with more than 4 employees 1,946 Persons engaged 59,151 Value of manufactured goods shipments, etc. 1.96 trillion yen Agriculture (Feb. 1, 1995) Farm households 8,642 (full-time: 1,978) Persons at work 13,379 Area of cultivated land in operation 2,786 ha Fishery (Nov. 1, 1998) Fishery establishments 442 Average annual value of fish catch 9.85 million yen (per fishery establishment) Fishing boats 680 Employed persons, by industry (Oct. 1, 1995) Primary industries Agriculture 9,211 Forestry 194 Fishery 501 Subtotal 9,906 Secondary industries Mining 198 Construction 65,533 Manufacturing 82,983 Subtotal 148,714 Tertiary industries Utilities 4,179 Transportation and communication 38,444 Wholesale trade, retail trade, and 164,622 eating and drinking establishments Finance and insurance 20,474 Real estate 8,057 Services 151,162 Government 21,705 Subtotal 408,643 Unclassifiable industries 5,476 Total 572,739 Central wholesale market (1998, in billions of yen, rounded figures) Marine products 41.9 Meat 7.9 Vegetables 37.8 Flowers 9.1 Fruits 19.4 Total transaction value 116.1 Foreign trade at Hiroshima Port (1998, in billions of yen) Total value of imports 95.4 Total value of exports 729.5 Finance (Dec. 31, 1998) Banks 166 establishments, 34 companies Deposits 4.33 trillion yen Outstanding loans and discounts 5.23 trillion yen Clearance of bills (1998) 8.14 trillion yen Economic indexes (1997 F.Y.) Nominal growth rate -0.4 % Real growth rate -1.7 % Gross domestic product in Hiroshima City 5.03 trillion yen Annual civic income 3.85 trillion yen Annual income per capita 3.44 million yen
5 Construction, Water Supply, and Sewerage (April 1, 1999)
Roads Total length 3,844 km Total area 26.3 km² Percentage of paved roads 93.7 % Bridges Number 2,662 Total length 47,938 m Rivers Number 556 Total length 696.6 km Parks Number 941 Total area 798.48 ha Area per capita 7.15 m² Housing (Oct. 1, 1998) Total number of houses 494,300 Percentage of owned houses 47.7 % Percentage of vacant houses 13.5 % Water supply and sewerage Diffusion rate of water supply (population) 96.3 % Daily water supply per capita 376 liter Diffusion rate of sewerage (population) 84.1 %
6 Transportation
Number of passengers per day (1998 F. Y. ) Bus 225,000 Streetcar 118,000 Streetcar (Miyajima Line) 43,000 JR train 186,000 Hiroshima Station 71,000 Yokogawa Station 15,000 Astramline(New transit system) 52,000 Taxi and hired car 95,000 Hiroshima Airport 8,131 Hiroshima-Nishi Airport 334 Hiroshima Port(1998) 10,032 Registered motor vehicles (March 31, 1999) Passenger cars 359,000 Motorcycles 11,000 Compact cars 143,000 Other 15,000 Trucks 65,000 Total 592,000 Number of motor bikes or mopeds (April 1, 1999) 138,000
7 Education and Culture
Designated cultural properties (Aug. 31, 1999) National 23 (including 1 National Treasure) Prefectural 33 Municipal 77 Libraries (March 31, 1999) Municipal 10 Stock of books 1,550,000 Prefectural 2 Stock of books 580,000 Schools (May 1, 1999) Number Students enrolled Colleges and universities 12 30,584 Junior colleges 9 4,859 Senior high schools 45 43,432 Junior high schools 72 39,589 Elementary schools 139 69,051 Kindergartens 116 18,707 Special training schools 48 10,432 Miscellaneous schools 16 2,865 Schools for disabled children 5 497 Number of tourists (1998) 9,260,000 (including 160,000 from abroad) Number of visitors to major sightseeing spots (1998 F. Y. ) Hiroshima Castle 140,000 Peace Memorial Museum 1,250,000
8 Welfare, Health, and Sanitation
Social welfare institutions (Oct. 1, 1998) Institutions under the Protection Law 1 For children 246 (including 133 day-care centers) For mother-and-child and widow households - For the aged 100 For the physically disabled 8 For the mentally disabled 20 Households that received public livelihood aid 6,489 (1998 F. Y. monthly average) Total number of deceased A-bomb victims, as stated 212,116 in the register (Aug. 6, 1999) Number of persons insured by National Health Insurance(March 31, 1999) 311,186 Number of persons insured by National Pension(March 31, 1999) 294,605 Number of pensioners (March 31, 1999) 116,192 Causes of deaths (1998) Cancer 2,198 Cerebrovascular disease 905 Heart disease 1,027 Other 2,687 Total 6,817 Number of medical institutions (Oct. 1, 1998) Hospitals 94 (Beds 15,103) Clinics 1,150 Dental clinics 598 Refuse(1998 F. Y.) Refuse collected 438,505 tons Raw sewage collected 170,749 kl
9 Labor (1998 average)
Placement service (in Hiroshima, Hiroshima-Higashi, Kabe Public Employment Security Offices) Ratio of registered job openings to registered job 0.54 applications (excluding recent graduates and part-time workers) Recruitment rate (number of recruits to job openings x 100) 11.3 % Employment rate (number of employees to job applications x 100) 5.2 % Cash earnings and working hours of regular workers (in Hiroshima Prefecture) Preliminary Counts Average monthly cash earnings 360,910 yen Monthly hours worked 157.2 hours (including 9.8 hours of overtime) Wage index (1995=100) Preliminary Counts 102.1
10 Price Indexes and Household Economy