# New Yirooburg

A city located in northeastern [Cordann](https://birdsonguniverse.com/books/political-landscape-nations/page/cordann). While it is by no means small, it has only about 1/21th the population of [New Tirul](https://birdsonguniverse.com/books/significant-cities-and-towns/page/new-tirul).   
  
The city has been reshaped by [the new Violet Fulgurite power plant](https://birdsonguniverse.com/books/notable-inventions-and-discoveries/page/violet-fulgurite-industrialization).   
  
[The protagonists of Crooked Wings](https://birdsonguniverse.com/books/crooked-wings/page/protagonists-of-crooked-wings) are initially stationed here, and the majority of their early work takes place here.   
  
Connected to a GLITTERING TOWN   
  
 Where the CLAWS OF THE WASTELAND are based:   
 a militant group   
 founded to preserve-   
  
  
DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN:   
  
**Total Population**: Around 162,608.  
**Population Density**: Approximately 4,542 birbs per square mile, with a city area of roughly 35.8 square miles.  
**Median Household Income**: About $600.00 (RCD, Republic of Cordann Dollars)   
**Per Capita Income**: About $900.00, skewed up  
**Education**: About 6% with post-secondary school education.   
**Percentage of Foreign Born**: 35%   
**Employment Sectors**: Food processing, garment production, and energy production are the primary industries in New Yirooburg.   
Average Work Hours and Wages by Industry: Industrial workers averaged 10-12 hours per day, with minimal worker protections.  
**Homeownership vs. Rentership Rates**: 28% of the population that is housed lives in homes that they own. 72% of the housed population pay rent.   
**Age Distribution**: Younger than average in Cordann, due to the influx of immigrant workers.   
**Unemployment Rate**: 3%, but the 97% employment rate includes seasonal workers, as well as birbs being paid poverty wages   
**Political Affiliations**: The population has a decidedly pro-socialist bend to it.   
**Religious Affiliation**: TO BE DETERMINED   
**Household Composition**: Larger families are common