Jaguaribe

In the 2022 census, the municipality had a population of 33,726 inhabitants and ranked only 56th in the state that year (out of 184 municipalities),^[9] with 51.5% female and 48.5% male,^[10] resulting in a sex ratio of 94.16 (9,416 men for every 10,000 women),^[11] compared to 34,409 inhabitants in the 2010 census (67.62% living in the urban area),^[12] when it held the 53th state position.^[13] Between the 2010 and 2022 censuses, the population of Jaguaribe registered a growth of just over -2%, with an annual geometric growth rate of -0.17%.^[14] Regarding age group in the 2022 census, 67.4% of the inhabitants were between 15 and 64 years old, 19.29% were under fifteen, and 13.31% were 65 or older.^[15] The population density in 2022 was 17.97 inhabitants per square kilometer,^[16] with an average of 2.72 inhabitants per household.^[17]

The municipality's Human Development Index (HDI-M) is considered high, according to data from the United Nations Development Programme. According to the 2010 report published in 2013, its value was 0.621, ranking 172th in the state and 5,306th nationally (out of 5,565 municipalities),^[18] and the Gini coefficient rose from 0.43 in 2003^[19] to 0.54 in 2010.^[20] Considering only the longevity index, its value is 0.76, the income index is 0.580, and the education index is 0.543.^[18]

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