Issue No. 1921 28 Apr - 4 May 2022
Almeria gets bigger ALMERIA Province had a registered population of 739,293 on January 1 this year, the Institute of Na‐ tional Statistics (INE) an‐ nounced. The province’s 1 per cent growth spurt of 7,501 new inhabitants in only 12 months was the second‐largest in Spain, just behind Malaga whose registered popula‐ tion increased by 1.2 per cent. The pandemic was re‐ sponsible for a fall in for‐ eign residents registered on their municipal Padron, prompting many to return to their coun‐ tries of origin. This trend has now been reversed, as more than half of the newly‐ registered residents are from outside Spain. Twenty‐two per cent of Almeria Province’s popu‐ lation are non‐Spanish, a proportion that is double the national average, the INE’s figures revealed. Although the INE report did not specify where Almeria’s new residents are living, these are locat‐ ed principally in the province's largest munici‐ palities.
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