Saitama Prefecture is located in the center of Tokyo, the center of the metropolitan area, which accounts for one-third of the total population of Japan. Saitama, where a variety of industries have been integrating, is also a transportation hub with systems such as five Shinkansen lines and five highways. On the other hand, Saitama is a place blessed by its natural wealth, combines the comfortable “charm of the city” with the full-of-opportunity “charm of the countryside”.

Saitama Prefecture has a combine of rural and urban charm. Even in the city, there are also a lot of natural attractions that makes this city is beautiful.

1．Area of the Prefecture

		National(㎢)	Saitama Prefecture(㎢)
				Ranking
Total Area		3,779.5	37.98	39
	Inhabitable land area ratio	32.8%	67.8%	3

（Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: Social Life Statistical Indicators）

2．Population

	National		Saitama Prefecture
	Population	Growth Rate	Population	Growth Rate	Ranking
1st October 1990	123,611,167	-	6,405,319	-	5
1st October 1995	125,570,246	1.60%	6,759,311	5.50%	5
1st October 2000	126,925,843	1.10%	6,938,006	2.60%	5
1st October 2005	127,767,994	0.70%	7,054,243	1.70%	5
1st October 2010	128,057,352	0.23%	7,194,556	1.99%	5

（出典：平成22年国勢調査 人口等基本集計結果）

3．Three age segments

	Total number (thousands)	Young population (thousands)		Working age population (thousands)		Elderly population (thousands)
			Composition ratio		Composition ratio		Composition ratio
National	128,057	16,803	13.12%	81,032	63.28%	29,246	22.84%
Saitama Prefecture	7,195	954	13.26%	4,749	66.01%	1,465	20.36%

※Young population (0-14 years old)　working age population (15-64 years old)　Elderly population (65 years old and above)
(Source: Census 2010)

4．Prefectural gross domestic product (GDP)

Total production		2009	2010	2011
Domestic (billion yen)		4,739,339	4,802,325	4,736,691
	Year on year	-	1.33%	-1.37%
Prefecture (billion yen)		199,246	2011,943	203,700
	Year on year	-	1.35%	0.87%

(Source: Cabinet Office, “National Accounts”, “Prefectural Accounts”)

5．Prefectural Income

		2009	2010	2011
National income (billion yen)		3,786,981	3,886,667	3,855,311
	Per capita (million)	269.0	275.5	277.3
Prefecture (billion yen)		196,761	201,179	200,750
	Per capita (million)	274.8	279.6	278.5

(Source: Cabinet Office, “National Accounts”, “Prefectural Accounts”)

6．Number of plants in prefecture

	2009	2012	Change rate	Composition ratio (National=100)
Number of plants	275,063	258,119	-6.1%	4.5

(Source: Saitama Prefecture General Affairs Department Statistics Division “2012 Economic Census – Activity Survey Results”)

7．Manufacturing Situation in the Prefecture

○Census

	2010	2011	Change rate	Year on year (%)
Number of plants	12,876	13,431	555	4.3
Number of employees	393,413	380,449	-12,964	-3.3
Manufactured goods shipments (Billion yen)	128,532	121,437	-7,095	-5.5

(Source: Saitama Prefecture General Affairs Department Statistics Division “2012 Economic Census – Activity Survey Results”)

○Number of main industries’ plants (Top 3 sectors・2011)

	Number of plants	Year on year(％)	Composition ratio(％)
Metal products	2,107	2.6	15.7
Machinery production	1,296	9.1	9.6
Plastic products	1,138	2.6	8.5

(Source: Saitama Prefecture General Affairs Department Statistics Division “2012 Economic Census – Activity Survey Results”)

○Number of main industries’ employees (Top 3 sectors・2011)

	Number of employees (person)	Year on year(％)	Composition ratio(％)
Grocery	55,267	-12.2	14.5
Transportation machinery	43,414	2.8	11.4
Metal Products	32,917	-1.7	8.7

(Source: Saitama Prefecture General Affairs Department Statistics Division “2012 Economic Census – Activity Survey Results”)

○Major industrial manufactured goods shipments(Top 3 sectors・2011)

	Manufactured goods shipments (Billion yen)	Year on year(％)	Composition ratio(％)
Transportation machinery	19,174	-9.4	15.8
Grocery	15,172	4.5	12.5
Chemical industry	13,838	-6.5	11.4

(Source: Saitama Prefecture General Affairs Department Statistics Division “2012 Economic Census – Activity Survey Results”)

8．Prefectural wholesale – retail situation

○Wholesale, retail number of establishments (2012)

Number of wholesale – retail offices	57,812　shops
Number of wholesale – retail employees	501,145　people

(Source: Saitama Prefecture General Affairs Department Statistics Division “2012 Economic Census – Activity Survey Results”)

 

9．Situation of large stores in the prefecture

○Number and area of large stores in the prefecture (more than 1,000 square meters stores)(H23.4.1)

	H21.4.1	H22.4.1	H23.4.1
Number of stores	997	1,018	1,034
Stores in area	4,856,923㎡	5,046,162㎡	5,128,935㎡

 

10．Number of listed in stock companies in the prefecture

Type	Tokyo Stock Exchange 1 section	Tokyo Stock Exchange 2 section	JASDAQ	Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers	Nagoya Securities Exchange 2 section	Nagoya Securities Saint・Rex	Total
Number of companies	30	12	26	4	1	2	75

(Examined by NC network in 1st September 2014)