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Healthy Ireland for Louth Plan 2018-2022
Appendix A: Socio-Economic Profile
This Socio-Economic Profile is based upon the County Louth Local Economic and
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Community Plan 2016-2022 .
In 2016 Co. Louth was the sixteenth largest county (measured by population) in the
State at 128,884 (CSO Census of Population). The county was the smallest of the
32 counties in area (827 sq. km). In 2016, the county had a population density of
156 persons per sq. km, compared to the state at 70 persons per sq. km.
Co. Louth’s population growth during the period 2002-2006 (26.6%) was stronger
than that of the State at 8.2%. In the intercensal period 2011-2016, the population
of the county grew by 4.9% compared to the State at 3.8% (slowest rate of growth
in twenty years).
Quality road and rail networks that provide arterial connections to Dublin City,
some 70 km distant, serve Co. Louth, placing it within commuting distance of the
city. Belfast City is approximately 80 km distant.
Map 2: Co. Louth Electoral Divides
Source: CSO Census of Population 2016 Co. Louth Local Community Development Committee (LCDC)
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