Editing Jericho (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 1536 Jericho municipality עיריית יריחו.jpg|thumb|Municipality of Jericho, 1967]]

In the first census carried out by the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS), in 1997, Jericho's population was 14,674. [[Palestinian refugee]]s constituted  43.6% of the residents or 6,393 people.<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/jer_t6.aspx Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118181551/https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/jer_t6.aspx |date=18 November 2008 }} [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS).</ref> The gender make-up of the city was 51% male and 49% female. Jericho has a young population, with nearly half (49.2%) of the inhabitants being under the age of 20. People between the ages of 20 and 44 made up 36.2% of the population, 10.7% between the ages of 45 and 64, and 3.6% were over the age of 64.<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/jer_t1.aspx Palestinian Population by Locality, Sex and Age Groups in Years] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614231532/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/jer_t1.aspx |date=14 June 2008 }} (PCBS).</ref> In the 2007 census by the PCBS, Jericho had a population of 18,346.<ref name=PCBS>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_PCBS/Downloads/book1487.pdf#page=109 2007 PCBS Census] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210081942/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_PCBS/Downloads/book1487.pdf |date=10 December 2010 }}. [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS).</ref>

In a 1945 land and population survey by [[Sami Hadawi]], 3,010 inhabitants is the figure given for Jericho, of which 94% (2840) were Arab and 6% (170) were Jews.<ref>Hadawi, 1970, [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Jerusalem/Page-057.jpg p.57]</ref> Today, the overwhelming majority of the population is [[Muslim]].<ref name=LATimes>{{Citation|first=Dan|last=Fisher|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-02-02-mn-142-story.html|title=World's Oldest City Retains Lure : Biblical Jericho: Winter Oasis for the West Bank|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2 February 1987}}</ref> The [[Palestinian Christians|Christian]] community makes up around 1% of the population.<ref name=sussi>{{cite web |title= HOLY LAND/ Jericho: A small Christian community and their school |url= http://www.ilsussidiario.net/News/English-Spoken-Here/From-the-World/2012/5/24/HOLY-LAND-Jericho-A-small-Christian-community-and-their-school/283382/ |access-date=28 August 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170910220321/http://www.ilsussidiario.net/News/English-Spoken-Here/From-the-World/2012/5/24/HOLY-LAND-Jericho-A-small-Christian-community-and-their-school/283382/ |archive-date=10 September 2017 |url-status= dead}}</ref> A large community of [[black Palestinians]] lives in Jericho.<ref name=LATimes/>