Kenya population and Housing Census Analytical Report on Household and Family Dynamics 2009

The number of conventional households grew from about 6.3 million in 1999 to about 8.8 million in 2009. The growth rate declined from 4.6 in the 1989-99 intercensal period to about 3.6 in the in the 1999-2009 intercensal period. There has been a massive decline in annual growth rate of households in rural areas and a dramatic rise in the urban household growth rates. The growth rates at provincial level follow the national growth rate except for North Eastern where there was a high increase. The massive increase in the number of households in the 1999 and 2009 censuses for North Eastern is however suspect as this implies a rapid increase in the population eligible to form households. This can only be supported by large number of in-migrants into the region.