Posted on 05/30/2023 10:52:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The latest Census figures show that there were 5,149,139 people in the State on Census night, which took place in April last year.
That is an 8% increase on April 2016 figures.
The Census population of 2022 summary results also show the average age of the population increased from 37.4 in 2016 to 38.8 in 2022, compared with 36.1 in 2011.
The number of people with dual Irish citizenship was 170,597, which represents a 63% increase from 2016.
There was a drop from 87% to 83% in the proportion of people who reported their health was good or very good since 2016.
Approximately a third of all workers (747,961 people) worked from home for at least some part of their week.
The proportion of the population who identified Roman Catholic as their religion fell from 79% in 2016 to 69% in 2022. …
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The article states a third of Irish workers work from home.
Irish Working from home: 747,961 x 3.33 = 2,492,954
Total population: 5,149,139 / 2,492,954 = 48.41% of the population is employed.
US working population is 62%
US Median age: 38.2
Ireland 37.8
Partly this is immigration, but also people leaving the religion.
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