Zofingen District

Bezirk Zofingen has an area, as of 2009^[update], of 141.97 square kilometers (54.81 sq mi). Of this area, 55.93 km² (21.59 sq mi) or 39.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 61.82 km² (23.87 sq mi) or 43.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 23.43 km² (9.05 sq mi) or 16.5% is settled (buildings or roads).^[2]

Zofingen district has a population (as of December 2020^[update]) of 73,843.^[1] As of June 2009^[update], 20.4% of the population are foreign nationals.^[3]

In 2000^[update] there were 30,570 workers who lived in the district. Of these, 21,580 or about 70.6% of the residents worked outside the Zofingen district while 16,514 people commuted into the district for work. There were a total of 25,504 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the district.^[4]

From the 2000 census^[update], 15,245 or 26.2% were Roman Catholic, while 31,061 or 53.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 130 individuals (or about 0.22% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic faith.^[2]

Of the school age population (in the 2008/2009 school year^[update]), there are 4,351 students attending primary school, there are 1,689 students attending secondary school, there are 1,062 students attending tertiary or university level schooling, and there are 9 students who are seeking a job after school in the municipality.^[2]