Population statistics for the former Kingdom of Württemberg's four departments (Kreise) for 1900 and 1905 appear below.[1]
| District (Kreis). | Area in mile² |
Area in km² |
Population 1900. |
Population 1905. |
Density (Pop./mile²) 1905. |
Density (Pop./km²) 1905. |
| Neckar Black Forest (Schwarzwald) Jagst Danube (Donau) |
1286 1844 1985 2419 |
3,330 4,780 5,140 6,270 |
745,669 509,258 400,126 514,427 |
811,478 541,662 407,059 541,980 |
631 293 205 224 |
244 113 79 87 |
| Total | 7534 | 19,520 | 2,169,480 | 2,302,179 | 306 | 118 |
Settlement density concentrates in the Neckar valley from Esslingen northward.
The mean annual population increase from 1900 to 1905 amounted to 1.22%. 8.5% of the births occurred out of wedlock.
Classified according to religion circa 1905, about 69% of the population professed Protestantism, 30% Roman Catholicism, and about 0.5% Judaism. Protestants largely preponderated in the Neckar district, Roman Catholics in that of the Danube.
The people of the north-west represent Alamannic stock, those of the north-east Franconian, and those of the centre and south Swabian.
In 1910, 506,061 persons worked in the agricultural sector, 432,114 in industrial occupations, and 100,109 in trade and commerce.
The largest towns in the Kingdom of Württemberg included: Stuttgart (with Cannstatt), Ulm, Heilbronn, Esslingen am Neckar, Reutlingen, Ludwigsburg, Göppingen, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Tübingen, Tuttlingen and Ravensburg.