Facts and Figures
Residents |
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| Residents of the city of Giessen (communal statistics 06/2017) |
84,677 |
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Residents of the district of Giessen |
262,505 |
| Residents of the administrative region (statistics of Hesse 12/2015) |
1,040,091 |
| Resident population of the city of Giessen (statistics of Hesse 12/2015) |
Men: 48.94 % Women: 51.06 % Non-Germans: 16.97 % |
| Key trade indices for the city of Giessen (©Michael Bauer Research GmbH, 2016) |
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| Buying power index | 90,4 |
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Centrality index |
192,7 |
| Overnight stays in the city of Giessen (statistics of Hesse, 2017) |
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| Overnight stays 2016 | 165,586 |
| Tax assessments of the city of Giessen |
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| Business tax collection rate | 420 % |
| Property tax rate A | 330 % |
| Property tax rate B | 600 % |
| Employees in the city of Giessen subject to social security contributions (Agentur für Arbeit 07/2017) |
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| Total | 47,449 |
| Industry | 11.2 % |
| Trade, hospitality and transportation | 19.6 % |
| Company-related services | 18.6 % |
| Public and private services | 50.3 % |
| Others | 0.3 % |
| Labour market of the city of Giessen (Agentur für Arbeit 11/2018) | |
| Unemployed | 3,355 (7.4 %) |
|
Open positions |
1,450 |
| Labour market of the district of Giessen (Agentur für Arbeit 11/2018) | |
| Unemployed | 7,163 (5.0 %) |
| Open positions | 2,941 |
| Business in the city of Giessen (communal statistics 12/2016) |
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| Total | 6,145 |
| Business registrations 2016 | 644 |
| Business deregistrations 2016 | 636 |
| Largest private companies in the city of Giessen / approx. number of employees (IHK; own information; Helaba Study) |
| Trade and Services |
| Universitätsklinikum Gießen-Marburg GmbH Standort Gießen |
4,300 |
| Volksbank Mittelhessen eG | 1,300 |
| Sparkasse Giessen | 500 |
| Mittelhess. Druck- und Verlags-GmbH | 400 |
| Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH | 300 |
| Industrial and construction companies |
| Tucker GmbH | 900 |
| Mettler Toledo GmbH | 500 |
| Poppe GmbH & Co. KG | 370 |
| Werth Messtechnik GmbH | 300 |
| Canon Gießen GmbH | 250 |
| Heyligenstaedt GmbH | 230 |
| Faber & Schnepp (construction) | 200 |
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| Universities | |
| Student density 2018 | About 39,000 students (highest student density in Germany) |
| Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen (JLU statistics) | |
| Number of students winter term 2018 | 28,298 |
| Of which female | 17,586 |
| Of which foreign students | 2,717 |
| Technical University Giessen-Friedberg (THM statistics) | |
| Number of students winter term 2018 | 18,677 |
| Of which are female | 5,673 |
| Of which are foreign students | 2,879 |
| Of which Campus Giessen | 11,276 |
| Verwaltungsfachhochschule (administration; 12/2018) | |
| Students at the Giessen site | 414 |
Hesse-wide information: Statistical Office of Hesse
