Editing Sevran (section)

==Demographics==

{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|36261|Sevran}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-93071#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |326
|1800 |301
|1806 |328
|1821 |243
|1831 |299
|1836 |318
|1841 |311
|1846 |316
|1851 |309
|1856 |318
|1861 |361
|1866 |360
|1872 |365
|1876 |518
|1881 |689
|1886 |848
|1891 |873
|1896 |1028
|1901 |1073
|1906 |1378
|1911 |1923
|1921 |2691
|1926 |6058
|1931 |10071
|1936 |10147
|1946 |8889
|1954 |12956
|1962 |17969
|1968 |20253
|1975 |34221
|1982 |41809
|1990 |48478
|1999 |47063
|2007 |51110
|2012 |49442
|2017 |51016
}}

===Immigration===
{{France immigration
|collectivity_name=Sevran
|census_year=1999
|metropolitan_France=71.3
|outside_metropolitan_France=28.7
|overseas_France=4.5
|foreign_French=2.5
|EU-15=3.0
|non-EU-15=18.7
}}

As of 2013 the origins of over half of its resident are from outside France. The largest ethnic backgrounds within the foreign origins are from sub-Saharan Africa, Algeria, and Morocco.<ref name=Forgotten/>

In 2013 ''[[The Economist]]'' stated that Sevran was one of the poorest areas of the [[Paris Metropolitan Area]]. As of 2013 36% of the residents are considered to be below the poverty line. The national average is 12%. About 75% of Sevran's residents live in [[subsidized housing]]. The article also cites research that says "somebody called Mohamed, Ali or Kamel is four times more likely to be unemployed than somebody named Philippe or Alain."<ref name=Forgotten/>