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The Region of the Ústí-County
Population, Labour and Education
The development and structure of the population has to be strongly
considered within the context of the history of the 20th century.
Northern Bohemia is an territory which was mainly settled and
cultivated by Germans until 1945. The settlement began in the
course of the so-called eastern colonisation which reached
its highest peak between the 12th-14th century.
With the expulsion of the German people by Czechs after the end
of the Second World War in 1945, a long-lasting tradition vanished
more or less within month. The following resettlement mainly
comprised Czechs, Slovaks and Romas.
From 1948 until the 80ies a continuous growth of the population
can be determined. Except for some slight variations, the population
can be considered as constant at present time.
In the 90ies there was a shift from people from the rural villages
within the border region to bigger cities or industrial centers,
respectively. Since some years the people seem to move the other
way around.
In the county of Ústí about 819,712 habitants
life here and the density of population is with 154 h/m 2 comparable
high (Czech Republic: 129 h/m2).
Yet, the settlement is inhomogeneously distributed and concentrated
in towns like Ústí nad Labem, Decín, Teplice,
Chomutov and Most. In contrast, the higher parts of the Ceské Stredohorí Mountains
and especially those of the Krusny hory Mountains are only sparsely
populated. With an average age of 38.3 years the population is
fairly young.
| Year |
Usti County |
Czech Rep. |
| 1995 |
7,1 |
4,0 |
| 1998 |
11,7 |
6,5 |
| 1999 |
15,4 |
8,7 |
| 2000 |
16 |
8,8 |
| 2001 |
13,3 |
8,1 |
| 2002 |
12,7 |
7,3 |
| Unemployment Rate, Total in %,
Source: Statistic government of the Czech Rep. |
The unemployment rate is twice as high as in the ‚rest‘ of
the Czech Republic whereas the unemployment rate of the women
is slightly higher than of the men. A very remarkable phenomenon
is the approximate doubling of the unemployment rate between
1995 and 2002.
Many jobs are related with the coal mining and thus, after
the decline of it a new increase of unemployment must be
expected if no measures are taken before.
| Institution |
Usti County |
Czech Rep. |
| Kindergarten |
407 |
5,552 |
| Elementary School |
265 |
3,961 |
| Grammar School |
24 |
343 |
School with professional
high school leaving diploma |
73 |
800 |
| Vocational School |
48 |
556 |
| Schools & Education,
Source: Statistic government of the Czech Rep. |
About 80 % of the employees in the Ústí county
have a closed professional training. In addition, 6,664 students
were enrolled at the „Jana Evangelista Purkyne“ university
of Ústi nad Labem in the academic year of 2002/03 |
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