Analysis of the modalities of return of populations to the contaminated territories following the accident at the Fukushima power plant

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Table 3

Population return rate according to the lifting of evacuation orders (Source: Fukushima Prefecture).

Municipality	Date of report	Date when the evacuation order (EO) was lifted	Present status of the lifting of the EO	No. of people registered as residents March 2011	No of people registered as residents^* October 2014	No of people registered as residents^* December 2019	No of actual inhabitants^** December 2019	Approximate return rate December 2019
Hirono	May – 19	Sep – 11	Full	5490	–	4808	4194	< 75%
Tamura Miyakoji	Dec – 19	Apr – 14	Full	380	–	271	228	< 60%
Kawauchi (Eastern part)	Sep – 18 (Dec – 19)	Oct – 14 (Jun – 16)	Partial (Full)	3038 (328)	(321)	2677 (287)	2165 (87)	< 75% (< 27%)
Naraha	Dec – 19	Sep – 15	Full	8011	7474	6840	3922	< 50%
Katsurao	Dec – 19	Jun – 16	Partial	1567	1499	1408	330	< 25%
Minamisoma Odaka	Jul – 19	Jul – 16	Partial	12 842	12 271	8342	4165	< 32%
Kawamata Yamakiya	Dec – 19	Mar – 17	Full	1259	1180	771	352	< 30%
Iitate	Dec – 19	Mar – 17	Partial	6509	6180	5467	1392	< 20%
Namie	Dec – 19	Mar – 17	Very limited	21 434	19 089	17 166	1189	< 6%
Tomioka	Dec – 19	Apr – 17	Partial	15 960	14 136	11 528	1187	< 8%
Okuma	Dec – 19	Apr – 19	Very limited	11 505	10 878	10 312	143	< 2%
Futaba	Dec – 19	Difficult to return area	7140	6358	5911	0	0%
Total				∼ 95 000	∼ 82 000	∼ 75 000	∼ 19 000	< 20%

^*This includes new residents and newborns and excludes evacuees who died since 2011 and those who have moved to another municipality.

^**The inhabitants (including newcomers) are living more than 4 days a week in the municipality while residents who are censused as tax payers do not necessarily live in the municipality.

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