 In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, "Jisr al Zarqa" showed a population of 348 Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census (when it was counted with Kabara) to 572 Muslims, in a total of 117 houses.In the 1945 statistics the population of "Arab el Ghawarina (Jisr Zerqa)" was 620, all Muslims, while the total land area was 3,428 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.Of this, 6 were plantations and irrigable land, 674 for grain crops, while 69 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) areas.