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Do not fill this in! ===Census data=== {{Historical populations|1950|5,166,140|1960|6,761,837|1970|8,416,170|1980|9,919,781|1990|11,147,566|2000|12,503,871|2010|14,245,871|2019|15,057,273|align=right|footnote=for Buenos Aires Agglomeration:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/buenos-aires-population/ |title=Buenos Aires population |access-date=5 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006000218/http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/buenos-aires-population/ |archive-date=6 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} In the census of 2010, there were 2,891,082 people residing in the city.<ref name="indec4701">{{cite web|url = http://www.censo2010.indec.gov.ar/preliminares/cuadro_caba.asp|title = Censo 2010|access-date = 20 October 2015|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202027/http://www.censo2010.indec.gov.ar/preliminares/cuadro_caba.asp|archive-date = 23 September 2015|df = dmy-all}}</ref> The population of Greater Buenos Aires was 13,147,638 according to 2010 census data.<ref>{{cite web|title = Censo 2010 Argentina|url = http://www.censo2010.indec.gov.ar/preliminares/cuadro_resto.asp|website = www.censo2010.indec.gov.ar|access-date = 20 October 2015|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151008110227/http://www.censo2010.indec.gov.ar/preliminares/cuadro_resto.asp|archive-date = 8 October 2015|df = dmy-all}}</ref> The population density in Buenos Aires proper was {{convert|13,680|/km2|/mi2|disp=preunit|inhabitants |inhabitants|sp=us}}, but only about {{convert|2,400|/km2|/mi2|abbr=on}} in the suburbs.<ref name="Pop">{{cite web|url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/buenos-aires-population/|title=Buenos Aires Population 2018 (Demographics, Maps, Graphs)|website=Worldpopulationreview.com|access-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006000218/http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/buenos-aires-population/|archive-date=6 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Buenos Aires' population has hovered around 3 million since 1947, due to low birth rates and a slow migration to the suburbs. However, the surrounding districts have expanded over fivefold (to around 10 million) since then.<ref name=indec4701/> The [[National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina|2001 census]] showed a relatively aged population: with 17% under the age of fifteen and 22% over sixty, the people of Buenos Aires have an age structure similar to those in most European cities. They are older than Argentines as a whole (of whom 28% were under 15, and 14% over 60).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indec.mecon.ar?censo2001s2_2/ampliada_index.asp?mode=02 |title=Indec:Instituto Nacional De Estadistica Y Censos De La Republica Argentina |publisher=Indec.mecon.ar?censo2001s2_2 |access-date=1 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914001556/http://www.indec.mecon.ar/?censo2001s2_2%2Fampliada_index.asp%3Fmode=02 |archive-date=14 September 2016 }}</ref> Two-thirds of the city's residents live in apartment buildings and 30% in single-family homes; 4% live in sub-standard housing.<ref name=censo>{{cite web |url=http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/2/p020201.xls |title=2001 Census |access-date=9 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113154311/http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/2/p020201.xls |archive-date=13 November 2009 }}</ref> Measured in terms of income, the city's [[poverty threshold|poverty rate]] was 8.4% in 2007 and, including the metro area, 20.6%.<ref name=buestat>{{cite web|url=http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar/areas/hacienda/sis_estadistico/buscador.php?tipopubli=1&anio=&mes=&palabras= |title=Buenos Aires Statistical Monthly, June 2008 |publisher=Buenosaires.gov.ar |access-date=9 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919191834/http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar/areas/hacienda/sis_estadistico/buscador.php?tipopubli=1&anio=&mes=&palabras= |archive-date=19 September 2009 }}</ref> Other studies estimate that 4 million people in the metropolitan Buenos Aires area live in poverty.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.mercopress.com/2009/06/19/four-million-live-in-poverty-in-metropolitan-buenos-aires |title=Four million live in poverty in metropolitan Buenos Aires |publisher=En.mercopress.com |access-date=9 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831185559/http://en.mercopress.com/2009/06/19/four-million-live-in-poverty-in-metropolitan-buenos-aires |archive-date=31 August 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The city's resident labor force of 1.2 million in 2001 was mostly employed in the services sector, particularly social services (25%), commerce and tourism (20%) and business and financial services (17%); despite the city's role as Argentina's capital, public administration employed only 6%. Manufacturing still employed 10%.<ref name=censo/> {{Panorama |image =File:Buenos Aires Panorama.jpg |fullwidth= |fullheight= |caption={{center|Panorama of [[Buenos Aires CBD|downtown]]. On the left is the [[Congressional Plaza]] and the [[RΓo de la Plata|river]] and skyscrapers are far in the back of the panorama.}} |alt =daytime skyline of a city |height =220px }} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page