Free State
Province FS from Census 2001

Area
129,825.14 km²
Population
2,706,776 (20.85 per km²)
Households
758,113 (5.84 per km²)

Gender

Female 52%48% Male
PeoplePercentage
Female1,409,17352.06%
Male1,297,60347.94%

Population group

Black African 88%9% White3% Coloured
PeoplePercentage
Black African2,381,07287.97%
White238,7898.82%
Coloured83,1943.07%
Indian or Asian3,7210.14%

First language

Sesotho 64%Afrikaans 12%9% isiXhosa7% Setswana5% isiZulu
PeoplePercentage
Sesotho1,742,93964.39%
Afrikaans323,08111.94%
isiXhosa246,1939.10%
Setswana185,3896.85%
isiZulu138,0945.10%
English31,2461.15%
isiNdebele9,9990.37%
Xitsonga8,9600.33%
SiSwati7,4480.28%
Sepedi7,0070.26%
Other4,9850.18%
Tshivenda1,4330.05%

Districts

NamePopulationArea (km²)
Fezile Dabi460,31521,301.00
Lejweleputswa657,01231,930.28
Motheo728,26013,998.64
Thabo Mofutsanyane725,93928,345.56
Xhariep135,25034,249.67