data Mayor: HUMBERTO MACHADO Vice-mayor:Geneilton Assis *Number of councilmembers: 10 Total number of eligible voters: 57,325(2021) Demographic data Population density: (2003) Population in 1980: 53,394 (42,840 urban and 10,554 rural) Population in 1991: 65,957 (55,593 urban and 10,364 rural) Population in 2003: 79,398 (73,202 urban and 6,196 rural) (1) Population in 2007: 81,972 (1) (1)Estimated by logistic method Population growth rate 1991/1996: 0.96.% Population growth rate 1991/2000: 1.51.% Population growth rate 1996/2000: 2.19.% Population growth rate 2000/2007: 1.19% Economy Jataí has a number of small-sized commercial establishments and service-providing enterprises. Its economy is mostly based on agriculture (soy, rice, corn, beans, and bananas), cattle, pig, and chicken raising, although commerce and transformation industries—especially the clothing industry—play an important role, they are highly dependent on the town's agribusiness. In 2005 the biggest employer was commerce with 3,811 workers, followed by public administration with 2,969 workers, and industry with 2,828 workers. (IBGE) Economic data Number of Industrial Establishments: 139 (2007) Industrial District: Distrito Agroindustrial - DAIJA (Sept/2007) Meat-packing Plants/Egg collection: Gale Agroindustrial S/A (07/06/2005) Dairies: - Laticínios Dallas Ind. e Com. Ltda.; - Agromilk Indústria e Comércio de Laticínios Ltda.; - Dairy Partners Americas Manufacturing Brasil (07/06/2005) Banking Establishments: - -Banco ABN AMRO Real S.A. -Banco do Brasil S.A.(2) - BRADESCO S.A (2) - CEF - Banco Itaú S.A.(2) - HSBC Bank Brasil S.A –Banco Múltiplo (August 2007) Number of Retail Commercial Establishments: 1,124 (2007) Motor vehicles: 13,671 automobiles, 1,535 trucks, 3,248 pickup trucks, and 7,742 motorcycles. (2007) Multinational enterprises in Jataí ADM - food processing company, headquartered in United States. Foods Brasil SA - food processing company in Brazil. Cosan - national leader in the sugar-alcohol sector, the largest producer of sugar and ethanol in the world. Louis Dreyfus Commodities - improved processing of food in Europe with headquarters in France. Nestle - Processing of foods, headquartered in Switzerland. Animal raising (2006) Poultry: (head) 2,479,000 Cattle (head) 323,000 Swine: (head) 30,000 Milk cows (head): 42,300 Agricultural data (2006) Farms: 1,590 Planted area: Natural Pasture: Woodland and Forest: Persons occupied related to the farm owner: 3,013 Persons occupied not related to the farm owner: 3,060 Main crops: soybeans (), corn (), soybeans (), sorghum (), sunflowers, and wheat. Infrastructure There are three institutes of higher education, including a campus of the Federal University of Goiás. This campus features 9 courses distributed in three academic units: the Center of Human Sciences, Letters, and