What share of people in Formosa are over 65?

10.7% of residents of Formosa were aged 65 or over in the first quarter of 2026, 7th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site on that measure (all 31 survey areas: 12.7%).

Formosa: population and official figures

Population of the urban area (INDEC EPH, Q2 2026)

268,000

Q2 2026

In depth

Economy, jobs and prices in Formosa: The unemployment rate in Formosa was 4.8% in the second quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), 8th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; it was 4.4% a year earlier, so it is up 0.4 percentage points. The rate for all 31 survey areas was 7.9%.
Health in Formosa: 47.4% of people in Formosa had no health cover that they pay for or that is deducted from their pay (no social insurance, private plan or public plan) in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH); that is 2nd highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site. The figure for all 31 survey areas was 34.1%.
Education in Formosa: 90.6% of children aged 4 to 17 in Formosa were attending school in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), 2nd lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the rate for all 31 survey areas was 96.8%.
Poverty and living standards in Formosa: 29.9% of people in Formosa lived below the poverty line in the first half of 2026 (INDEC EPH), 12th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; across the 31 survey areas the rate was 32.3%. That is about 80,000 people.

What is the population of Formosa?

The Formosa urban area, which this site calls Formosa, had an estimated 268,000 residents in the second quarter of 2026 in INDEC's Permanent Household Survey (EPH), 12th smallest of 30 Argentine cities on this site. It is 0.9% of the 30,158,000 people living in the 31 urban areas the survey covers.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copy

How many people live in a household in Formosa?

Formosa had an estimated 81,331 private households in the first quarter of 2026, an average of 3.28 people per household, 2nd largest of 30 Argentine cities on this site on household size; the figure for all 31 survey areas is 2.95.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copy

How many children live in Formosa?

22.5% of residents of Formosa were under 15 in the first quarter of 2026, 10th highest of 30 Argentine cities on this site (all 31 survey areas: 22.2%).

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copy

How many people work in Formosa?

Of the 268,000 residents of Formosa, 119,000 were in the labour force in the second quarter of 2026 (113,000 employed and 6,000 unemployed), a participation rate of 44.4%.

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copy

Who runs Formosa?

In Argentina, cities and towns are run by provinces: Governor and provincial legislature directly elected; Buenos Aires City elects its own head of government (jefe de gobierno) and legislature. Write their own constitutions, run police, schools, hospitals, courts and set the rules for their municipalities.

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Sources

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC): Mercado de trabajo. Tasas e indicadores socioeconómicos (EPH), segundo trimestre de 2026 (Tables 3.2 and 3.3), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 b0a700bac4db…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC): Encuesta Permanente de Hogares (EPH): bases de microdatos usuarias, individual y hogar, primer trimestre de 2026 (figures computed with the survey weights), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 d9d23945d4b1…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC): Incidencia de la pobreza y la indigencia en 31 aglomerados urbanos, primer semestre de 2026 (Tables 4.1 and 4.2), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 d944f84c823a…)

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