Editing Stuttgart (section)

== Demographics ==
{{Historical populations|1400|4000|1707|16000|1837|36041|1900|166699|1920|315796|1930|377461|1940|454600|1950|497677|1961|637539|1971|632947|1981|583001|1991|579988|2001|587152|2011|585890|2022|610458|footnote=Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions.
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.statistik-bw.de/SRDB/?H=BevoelkGebiet |title=Regionaldaten |access-date=16 July 2019 |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611050309/https://www.statistik-bw.de/SRDB/?E=GS |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

Stuttgart has a population of about 630,000 and is the 6th largest city in Germany. Stuttgart reached its population peak of over 100,000 in 1874. In 1946, when Stuttgart became the capital of [[Baden-Württemberg]] state, it had a population of about 415,000. In 1960s the industrialization boomed in Stuttgart due to its automobile companies [[Mercedes-Benz]] and [[Porsche]] and other companies came to Stuttgart. It also saw the growth of foreign population, mostly from Turkey, Greece, India, Italy and former Yugoslavian countries. The population of Stuttgart hasn't changed a lot since then due to its high rent of the city where many people moved to neighbouring municipalities.

{|class="wikitable floatright"
|+ Largest groups of foreign residents, 2022<ref name="stuttgart_de">{{cite web |title=Stuttgart in Zahlen |url=https://www.stuttgart.de/img/mdb/item/648939/133391.pdf |publisher=Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-date=6 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406120131/https://www.stuttgart.de/img/mdb/item/648939/133391.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{update inline|reason=numbers are from 2022 but the citation is from 2018|date=June 2023}}
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! Nationality||Population
|-
|{{flag|Turkey}} ||17,900
|-
|{{flag|Croatia}} ||15,468
|-
|{{flag|Italy}} ||14,021
|-
|{{flag|Greece}} ||13,757
|-
|{{Flag|Ukraine}} ||8,138
|-
|{{flag|Romania}} ||6,121
|-
|{{flag|Serbia}} ||5,844
|-
|{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} ||4,963
|-
|{{flag|Syria}} ||4,585
|-
|{{flag|Portugal}} ||4,172
|-
|{{flag|Poland}} ||4,162
|-
|{{flag|India}} ||3,624
|-
|{{flag|Kosovo}} ||3,363
|-
|{{flag|Spain}} ||3,233
|-
|{{flag|France}} ||3,212
|-
|{{flag|China}} ||3,134
|-
|{{flag|Iraq}} ||3,099
|-
|{{flag|Bulgaria}} ||3,041
|-
|{{Flag|Hungary}} ||2,738
|-
|{{Flag|Austria}} ||2,643
|}

=== Immigrants ===
More than half of the population today is not of [[Swabia]]n background, as many non-Swabian Germans have moved here due to the employment situation, which is far better than in most areas of Germany. Since the 1960s, many foreigners have also immigrated to Stuttgart to work here (as part of the "[[Gastarbeiter]]" program); another wave of immigrants came as refugees from the [[Wars in Yugoslavia]] in the 1990s. Thus, as of 2022, 47% of the city's population is of foreign background. In 2000, 22.8% of the population did not hold [[German nationality law|German citizenship]], in 2022 this had increased to 27.6%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stuttgart in Zahlen |url=https://www.stuttgart.de/service/statistik-und-wahlen/stuttgart-in-zahlen.php |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart |language=de}}</ref> By end of 2018 the largest groups of foreign nationals were [[Turkish people|Turks]] (17,900), [[Greeks]] (13,757), [[Italian people|Italians]] (14,021), [[Croats]] (15,268), [[Serbs]] (5,844) followed by immigrants from Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Poland, France, Austria, Morocco and Cameroon. 39% of foreign nationals come from the European Union (mostly Italy, Greece, and Poland).<ref name="stuttgart_de" />

=== Religion ===
The religious landscape in Stuttgart changed in 1534 as a direct result of the [[Protestant Reformation|Reformation]].{{sfn|Schlaich|Heckel|Heun|1997|p=28}} Since this time [[Württemberg]] has been predominantly [[Protestantism|Protestant]]. However, since 1975 the number of Protestants in Stuttgart has dropped from around 300,000 to 200,000. In 2014, 26.2% of inhabitants were [[Protestantism|Protestant]] and 24.0% were Roman Catholic. 49.8% of the population fell into other categories: Muslims, Jews and those who either followed no religion or one not accounted for in official statistics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://servicex.stuttgart.de/lhs-services/komunis/documents/10717_1_Religioese_Vielfalt_in_einer_wachsenden_Stadt_2014___Kirche_und_Religion_in_Stuttgart_im_Zeitverlauf.PDF |title=Religiöse Vielfalt in einer wachsenden Stadt – Kirche und Religion in Stuttgart im Zeitverlauf |access-date=14 October 2018}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== Unemployment ===
Unemployment in the [[Stuttgart Region]] is above the average of [[Baden-Württemberg]], but very low compared to other metropolitan areas in Germany. In November 2008, before the annual winter rise, unemployment in the Stuttgart Region stood at 3.8%, 0.1% lower than the rate for Baden-Württemberg, in February 2009 it was 4.7%. Unemployment in the actual city of Stuttgart during the same periods stood at 5.2% and 6.0% (8 November and 9 February respectively). By comparison: unemployment for the whole of Germany stood at 7.1% (8 Nov) and 8.5% (9 Feb).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stuttgart-journal.de/tp/pool/nachrichten-stuttgart/sj/2008/11/28/news/zahlen-der-arbeitlosen-in-der-region-stuttgart-1/ |title=Stuttgart Journal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714225002/http://www.stuttgart-journal.de/tp/pool/nachrichten-stuttgart/sj/2008/11/28/news/zahlen-der-arbeitlosen-in-der-region-stuttgart-1/ |archive-date=14 July 2009 |access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref><ref>Stuttgart Zeitung 27 February 2008, regional unemployment figures</ref>

=== Crime rates ===
Stuttgart ranks as one of the safest cities in Germany. In 2003, 8535 crimes were committed in Stuttgart for every 100,000 inhabitants (versus the average for all German cities of 12,751).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stuttgart.de/lhs-services/komunis/documents/4034_1.PDF |title=Kriminalität im Großstadt- und Regionalvergleich 2003 |access-date=14 October 2018 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028222737/http://www.stuttgart.de/lhs-services/komunis/documents/4034_1.PDF |archive-date=28 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Figures for 2006 indicate that Stuttgart ranked second behind [[Munich]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hamburg.de/stadt-staat/ |title=City of Hamburg website |publisher=Hamburg.de |access-date=14 October 2018 |language=de |archive-date=15 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515001225/http://fhh.hamburg.de/stadt/Aktuell/senat/welt/konsulate/start.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 60% of Stuttgart crimes were solved in 2003, ranking second behind [[Nuremberg]].