Number of residents - In Hesse, there have been over half a million foreign EU citizens residing since 2023.
Over 83,000 EU foreigners held Romanian citizenship at the end of 2023, according to the Hessian State Statistical Office. This was slightly higher than the Polish population (79,530), and much more than those with Italian citizenship, at 73,990. Just a tiny 90 individuals held Maltese passports.