Editing Ferrara (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations|1861|64204|1871|67306|1881|70442|1901|81301|1911|95721|1921|106768|1931|115628|1936|119265|1951|133949|1961|152654|1971|154066|1981|149453|1991|138015|2001|130992|2011|132545|2021|129872|type=|align=right|widths=50px|heights=50px|footnote=Source: [[Istituto Nazionale di Statistica|ISTAT]]}}In 2007, there were 135,369 people residing in Ferrara, of whom 46.8% were male and 53.2% were female. Minors (children ages 18 and younger) totalled 12.28% of the population compared to pensioners who number 26.41%. This compares with the Italian average of 18.06% (minors) and 19.94% (pensioners). The average age of Ferrara residents is 49, compared to the Italian average of 42. In the five years between 2002 and 2007, the population of Ferrara grew by 2.28%, while Italy as a whole grew by 3.85%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://demo.istat.it/bil2007/index.html |title=Statistiche demografiche ISTAT |publisher=Demo.istat.it |access-date=2009-05-05}}</ref> The current birth rate of Ferrara is 7.02 births per 1,000 inhabitants compared to the Italian average of 9.45 births. Ferrara is known as the oldest Italian city with a population over 100,000, as well the city with lowest birth rate.

{{As of|2006}}, 95.59% of the population was [[Italian people|Italian]]. The largest immigrant group was other European nations with [[Ukraine]] and [[Albania]]: 2.59% followed by North Africa: 0.51%, and [[East Asia]]: 0.39%. The city is predominantly [[Roman Catholic]], with small [[Orthodoxy#Christianity|Orthodox Christian]] adherents. The historical [[Jewish]] community is still surviving.