Coffee is an important cash crop of this woreda. Over 50 km² is planted with this crop.
Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 149,572, of whom 76,708 were males and 72,864 were females; 6,336 or 4.24% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 10.9%. With an estimated area of 1,273.75 square kilometers, Nole Kaba has an estimated population density of 117.4 people per square kilometer, which is greater than the Zone average of 91.7.