Ras Ijerri

راس إيجيري

Rural commune in the cercle of Agourai, province of El Hajeb, Fès-Meknès.

Population, 2024: 6,707
Since 2014: +3.2%from 6,502 in 2014
Density: 158people per km², 42.5 km²
Households: 1,744
Rank: 1,0441,044th most populous of 1,503 communes13th of 16 in its province

Next door in Ait Mimoune, 16.5% of households have running water. Here, it’s 60.4%.

Since 2014, households with running water went from 31.0% to 60.4%. Across Morocco, the rise was 10 points.

Its closest match elsewhere in Morocco: Marchouch. Unemployment: 10.2% here, 13.1% there; aged 0 to 14: 25.7% here, 26.3% there; read French: 57.1% here, 55.5% there.

Compare it with Marchouch

Where it is

Its province, shaded by density, and where that sits in Morocco.

Bordering communes

Postcode

51032

How it changed

Every commune, by how much it grew or shrank between the censuses. The line is Ras Ijerri.

Ras Ijerri +3.2%

Morocco +8.8%

People and homes

What the census found about the people and their homes. What each figure means · Glossary

Can’t read or write: 40.0%aged 10 and over46.6% in 201451.0% among women24.8% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.2%10.5% in 201418.0% among women21.3% across Morocco
In the labour force: 35.8%aged 15 and over46.1% in 20146.6% among women41.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 6 to 11: 97.4%in 2023/2495.8% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.08children per woman2.05 in 20141.97 across Morocco
Disability: 5.7%of people7.3% in 20144.8% across Morocco
Household size: 3.8people on average4.8 in 20143.9 across Morocco
Running water: 60.4%of settled households31.0% in 201482.9% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Ras Ijerri: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.1%	75 and over	4.1%
2.4%	70–74	2.7%
3.5%	65–69	3.4%
5.5%	60–64	4.6%
6.0%	55–59	5.7%
6.6%	50–54	5.7%
7.6%	45–49	7.4%
6.6%	40–44	7.8%
6.6%	35–39	7.2%
5.9%	30–34	6.6%
5.7%	25–29	5.4%
6.4%	20–24	6.1%
8.2%	15–19	7.8%
9.5%	10–14	10.6%
8.8%	5–9	8.2%
7.7%	0–4	6.7%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

Darija98.9%
Tamazight48.2%
Tarifit4.9%
Tachelhit1.3%
Hassania0.1%

More census figures

Languages read and written

By those aged 10 and over who can read.

Arabic99.5%
French57.1%
English10.5%
Amazigh, in Tifinagh0.7%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot40.7%
Informal transport15.1%
Employer’s transport14.4%
Doesn’t travel to work11.2%
Bike or motorcycle6.9%
Private car5.9%
Animal2.7%
Taxi2.3%
Bus0.5%
Another way0.2%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Can’t read or write: 46.6%aged 10 and over40.0% in 202459.9% among women32.2% across Morocco
Unemployment: 10.5%10.2% in 202422.5% among women16.2% across Morocco
In the labour force: 46.1%aged 15 and over35.8% in 202410.6% among women47.6% across Morocco
At school, aged 7 to 12: 93.4%95.1% across Morocco
Fertility: 2.05children per woman2.08 in 20242.22 across Morocco
Disability: 7.3%of people5.7% in 20245.1% across Morocco
Household size: 4.8people on average3.8 in 20244.6 across Morocco
Running water: 31.0%of settled households60.4% in 202473.0% across Morocco

Age

Men and women by age, each as a share of their own.

Ras Ijerri: men and women by age, as a share of each
Men	Age
3.3%	75 and over	3.4%
1.7%	70–74	2.7%
1.8%	65–69	2.4%
3.2%	60–64	3.4%
4.1%	55–59	3.3%
5.7%	50–54	5.3%
6.6%	45–49	6.0%
6.9%	40–44	7.1%
7.7%	35–39	7.9%
7.0%	30–34	7.0%
7.5%	25–29	8.5%
9.9%	20–24	8.0%
8.7%	15–19	8.5%
8.4%	10–14	8.6%
8.2%	5–9	8.5%
9.2%	0–4	9.3%

Local languages used

Many people use more than one, so these add up to more than 100%.

Darija97.1%
Tamazight66.8%
Tarifit6.1%
Tachelhit0.5%
Hassania0.0%

More census figures

Languages read and written

Each person who can read counts once, under what they read and write.

Arabic and French52.1%
Arabic only35.7%
Arabic, French and English10.8%
Other combinations1.4%

Getting to work

How employed people get to work.

On foot69.1%
Private car8.0%
Taxi7.2%
Bike or motorcycle4.6%
Not stated4.0%
Works at home2.3%
Another way2.0%
Employer’s transport1.8%
Bus0.9%
Train0.1%
Tram0.0%

Where people work

Where employed people work, asked in 2014.

Their own neighbourhood68.3%
No fixed place9.1%
Another in the commune7.6%
Another province6.8%
Not stated3.8%
At home2.3%
Another commune1.3%
Somewhere else0.8%

What people did

The work employed people did in 2014. The 2024 census doesn’t publish this by commune.

Farm and fishing labour43.8%
Farming and fishing19.7%
Crafts and skilled trades10.4%
Labouring and small trades6.5%
Clerical work6.4%
Trade and broking5.6%
Machine operating3.7%
Not classified2.1%
Managers and senior professionals1.0%
Technicians0.8%

Highest diploma

What people aged 10 and over had qualified in by 2014, in general education. Vocational training is counted apart.

No diploma70.6%
Primary19.9%
Lower secondary6.6%
Upper secondary2.0%
DEUG or Licence0.9%
Master’s or doctorate0.0%
Not declared0.0%

Business and jobs

Every establishment the census mapped, and the businesses among them. What each count covers · Glossary

Establishments: 18227.1 per 1,000 people35.4 across Morocco
Businesses: 13473.6% of the establishments
Permanent jobs: 2381.8 per business
Public services: 43
Associations: 5in premises of their own
Weekly souks: 1counted outside the total

More business figures

Businesses by sector

Every sector but agriculture.

Commerce55.2%
Services28.4%
Industry12.7%
Construction3.7%

Businesses by the people they employ

By how many people work there.

One person52.2%
2 to 341.8%
4 to 95.2%
10 to 490.7%
50 and over0.0%

When the businesses were founded

The year the business was set up.

2020 or later39.6%
2011–201932.1%
2001–201016.4%
1991–20007.5%
1981–19902.2%
1956–19802.2%
Before 19560.0%

Douars

Ras Ijerri’s villages and hamlets, as the 2024 census counted them: 14 douars in 4 fractions, with 6,707 people. What each figure counts

Douar	Kind	Households	People	Distance from home, km
Douar	Kind	Households	People	Paved road	Primary school	Health centre
رأس جيري المركزRas Jiri Centre5 douars · 4,237 people
مركز رأس جيريCentre Ras Jiri	Grouped	842	3,191	0.6	1.1	1.1
التعاونية الإدريسيةCoopérative El Idrissia	In parts	111	457	1.0	2.9	3.7
التعاونية العيساويةCoopérative El Aissaouia	In parts	57	243	1.0	1.1	4.5
زيانZiyane	Grouped	80	332	1.0	2.2	2.2
طريق الحد (مدام)Trik El Had (Mdam)	Dispersed	4	14	—	—	—
رأس جيري لوطاRas Jiri Louta5 douars · 1,821 people
أيت يحيىAit Yahya	Dispersed	85	302	2.8	2.7	11.2
آيت ويسعدنAit Ouissaaden	In parts	37	154	5.9	4.7	11.4
آيت إيروحAit Iroh	Grouped	83	308	0.6	3.5	6.7
آيت حدو أوشعيبAit Haddou Ou Chaayb	In parts	214	804	0.3	1.2	2.4
آيت زوݣى مولاي الشريفAit Zougua Moulay Cherif	In parts	59	253	4.2	3.4	10.3
رأس جيري الجبلRas Jiri Jbel3 douars · 638 people
أبرديAberdi	In parts	73	276	6.2	5.0	20.1
مولاي ادريس الجرفMoulay Driss Jorf	Dispersed	58	193	7.6	3.6	26.0
أشماسAchmas	Dispersed	38	169	12.4	7.4	40.0
مشيخة خارج الجماعةFraction outside the commune1 douar · 11 people
آيت الحاج علاAit El Haj Alla	In parts	3	11	—	—	—

Names in italics are spelt from the Arabic. How douars get their names

— HCP doesn’t publish the figures of a douar with fewer than 30 households.

In the data

Files and code

Code: 03.171.03.07
As digits: 031710307
Slug: ras-ijerri
Record: /api/communes/03.171.03.07.json
Boundary: /api/communes/03.171.03.07/boundary.geojson
Census figures: /api/communes/03.171.03.07/indicators.json
Business and jobs: /api/communes/03.171.03.07/economy.json
Bordering communes: /api/communes/03.171.03.07/neighbours.json
Neighbourhoods and postcodes: /api/communes/03.171.03.07/neighbourhoods.json
Douars: /api/communes/03.171.03.07/douars.json
OpenStreetMap: 2808110

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