My Tho City Population in 1996 was 165,074, accounting for 9.95% of the population of the province of Tien Giang. Structure, urban population accounted for 74.76% of the population in the agricultural sector accounted for 76.73%. Tho city has population growth rate of the lowest natural Tien Giang province, with 1.31%, but people receiving a mechanical output of about 0.5% of the population, making the average population increase, in 1995 is 1.84%. This rate was lower than average rate of increase in the period under 1990 - 1995 is 1.90% / year.
Rate of increase in urban population in 05 years very rapidly, reaching 3.89% / year. Average density of My Tho City in 1995 was 3,352 people per km2, but the average density of 08 urban wards up to 14,380 people per km2, the population density standard of grade II (from 12,000 or more. Private Ward 7, population density, up to 36,263 people per km2, suggesting the need to expand the existing urban area as well as the development of satellite towns to avoid the negative effects due to population too high in inner-city residents is essential.
My Tho City Population structure young, with 31.37% from 15 to 29 years, the unemployment rate in age accounted for 58.55% of the population. Most have jobs, but not the unemployment rate steady employment to about 10% is a big pressure for economic stability and social. On the other hand the labor force of My Tho City are mostly young, active, keen in acquiring scientific and adaptable way to do business with the market economy, however, due to infrastructure urban and industrialized process did not meet the development requirements should be trained workforce has shifted to other places especially Ho Chi Minh City. This is the concern of the city of My Tho and Tien Giang provinces.
1999 My Tho city population is 159,059 people.
The population achieving the urban development strategy for the urbanization rate of 20% in 2005 (national 22%) and 35-40% in 2020 (the country is 45%), lower than average troops across the country, the average high plains of the Mekong. After 2005, may consider expanding the administrative boundaries of My Tho city on the basis of developments in inner city and urban space in the vicinity of villages including:Trung An,Long An,Binh Duc,Dao Thanh,Tan My Chanh,My Phong
