Río Cuarto: population and official figures
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Río Cuarto: The unemployment rate in Río Cuarto was 6.4% in the second quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), joint 12th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; it was 5.8% a year earlier, so it is up 0.6 percentage points. The rate for all 31 survey areas was 7.9%.
- Health in Río Cuarto: 30.4% of people in Río Cuarto 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 14th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site. The figure for all 31 survey areas was 34.1%.
- Education in Río Cuarto: 96.0% of children aged 4 to 17 in Río Cuarto were attending school in the first quarter of 2026 (INDEC EPH), 10th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; the rate for all 31 survey areas was 96.8%.
- Poverty and living standards in Río Cuarto: 23.6% of people in Río Cuarto lived below the poverty line in the first half of 2026 (INDEC EPH), 4th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site; across the 31 survey areas the rate was 32.3%. That is about 44,000 people.
What is the population of Río Cuarto?
The Río Cuarto urban area, which this site calls Río Cuarto, had an estimated 185,000 residents in the second quarter of 2026 in INDEC's Permanent Household Survey (EPH), 6th smallest of 30 Argentine cities on this site. It is 0.6% of the 30,158,000 people living in the 31 urban areas the survey covers.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copyHow many people live in a household in Río Cuarto?
Río Cuarto had an estimated 69,693 private households in the first quarter of 2026, an average of 2.65 people per household, 7th smallest 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 copyHow many children live in Río Cuarto?
21.2% of residents of Río Cuarto were under 15 in the first quarter of 2026, 8th lowest of 30 Argentine cities on this site (all 31 survey areas: 22.2%).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copyHow many people work in Río Cuarto?
Of the 185,000 residents of Río Cuarto, 84,000 were in the labour force in the second quarter of 2026 (79,000 employed and 5,000 unemployed), a participation rate of 45.5%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC) · saved copyWho runs Río Cuarto?
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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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