Introduction
This publication presents an up-to-date and concise picture of Jerusalem and trends for change that have taken place in a broad range of spheres, including population, employment, education, tourism and construction.

 

For many areas comparisons are presented between the Jewish and Arab populations in Jerusalem, but there are other spheres where statistics for the Arab population are not available, and therefore no comparison was made between the two groups.

 

The primary source for the data appearing in this publication is the Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem, which is published on an annual basis by the Jerusalem Municipality and the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies. Data in the Jerusalem Statistical Yearbook are collected from many varied sources, mainly the Central Bureau for Statistics and the Jerusalem Municipality. At this point allow us to thank all those who provided us with data for their tremendous contribution to the publication of the Yearbook and this publication.

 

Additional contributors include Yair Assaf-Shapira – graphic design, Lior Glick – proofreading, Hamutal Appel – preparation for printing, and Esti Boehm – production. To all of you we express our gratitude and appreciation.

 

Dr. Maya Choshen, Michal Korach