Demographics of Württemberg

Based on http://www.1911encyclopedia.org:

Statistics for the former Kingdom of Württemberg's four departments (Kreise) appear below:

• Kreis: Neckar
• Area in square miles: 1286
• Population in 1900: 745,669
• Population in 1905: 811,478
• Population density per square mile in 1905: 631

• Kreis: Black Forest (Schwarzwald)
• Area in square miles: 1848
• Population in 1900: 509,258
• Population in 1905: 541,662
• Population density per square mile in 1905: 293

• Kreis: Jagst
• Area in square miles: 1985
• Population in 1900: 400,126
• Population in 1905: 407,059
• Population density per square mile in 1905: 205

• Kreis: Danube (Donau)
• Area in square miles: 2419
• Population in 1900: 514,427
• Population in 1905: 541,980
• Population density per square mile in 1905: 223

• Totals for Württemberg:
• Area in square miles: 7534
• Population in 1900: 2,169,480
• Population in 1905: 2,302,179
• Population density per square mile in 1905: 306

Settlement density concentrates in the Neckar valley from Esslingen northward.

The mean annual population increase from 1900 to 1905 amounted to 1.22%. 8.5% of the births occurred out of wedlock.

Classified according to religion circa 1905, about 69% of the population professed Protestantism, 30% Roman Catholicism, and about 0.5% Judaism. Protestants largely preponderated in the Neckar district, Roman Catholics in that of the Danube.

The people of the north-west represent Alamannic stock, those of the north-east Franconian, and those of the centre and south Swabian.

In 1910, 506,061 persons worked in the agricultural sector, 432,114 in industrial occupations, and 100,109 in trade and commerce.

The largest towns in the Kingdom of Württemberg included: Stuttgart (with Cannstadt), Ulm, Heilbronn, Esslingen, Reutlingen, Ludwigsburg, Goppingen, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Tübingen, Tuttlingen and Ravensburg.