During the 1991 national population census, the population of Hoima District was about 197,850. In 2002, the national census that year, estimated the population of the district at bout 343,620, with an annual population growth rate of 2.8%. In 2012, the mid-year district population was estimated at 548,800.[2]
Hoima Town Population Trends
Year
Est. Pop.
2002
343,600
2003
353,200
2004
363,100
Year
Est. Pop.
2005
373,300
2006
383,700
2007
394,500
Year
Est. Pop.
2008
405,500
2009
416,900
2010
428,500
Economic activity
Agriculture with emphasis on food crops is the backbone of the district economy. Crops grown include:
Fishing on Lake Albert employs several hundred people.
The recent discovery of petroleum in the district is increasingly attracting people from the district in the many activities that the industry entails.[3] The Hoima crude oil pipeline project [4] has created over 10,000 job opportunities[5] to people.[6]