What We Face in the Islands

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What We Face in the Islands A Word from Our Ancestors


Decreasing Population in Futagami Jima

YEAR

POPULATION IN FUTAGAMI JIMA

1945

OVER 1000

1972

630

1996

293
All Figures from Nakajima Data Book 1996

Population for Each Island (1996)

Children at Kindergarten

Our population density is going down every year. And since the number of children are going down, some classes are started to combine students from different grades to make one big class. There are 8 elementary schools in Nakajima but now they started to talk about combining schools.

While the future of orange market is not clear and unpredictable for Nakajima people, young people in the town are moving away from their islands and wearing a tie rather than a water-proof jacket.


Overview of Our Population

YEAR

NUMBER OF FARMERS

POPULATION

1970

8,411

-

1975

7,195

10,461

1980

6,639

10,035

1985

6,000

9,183

1990

5,347

8,114

1995

4,434

7,195
All Figures from Nakajima Data Book 1996


Shape of Our Lives

Moving Into Nakajima

1 person every 2 days

Moving Out of Nakajima

1 person every 1.3 day

Birth Rate

1 baby every 15.3 days

Death Rate

1 person every 3.3 days

Marriage

1 couple every 24.4 days

Divorce

1 couple every 122 days
All Figures from Nakajima Data Book 1996
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