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2011 Costa Rican census

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Costa Rica 2011 Census

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General information
CountryCosta Rica
Results
Total population4,301,712 (Increase 12.9%)
Most populous ​cantonSan José
288,054
Least populous ​cantonTurrubares
5,512
Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
1864120,499—    
1883182,073+2.20%
1892243,205+3.27%
1927471,524+1.91%
1950800,875+2.33%
19631,336,274+4.02%
19731,871,780+3.43%
19842,416,809+2.35%
20003,810,179+2.89%
20114,301,712+1.11%
20225,044,197+1.46%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos[1]
Centro Centroamericano de Población[2]

The 2011 Costa Rican census was undertaken by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC)) in Costa Rica. The semi-autonomous government body, INEC, was created by Census Law No. 7839 on 4 November 1998.[3]

The census

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The census took place between Monday, 30 May 2011 and Friday, 3 June 2011 when 35,000 enumerators, mostly teachers, visited an estimated 1,300,000 households to count a population estimated before the census at about 4,650,000 individuals (the census itself counted 4,301,712 people).[4][5][6]

The census questionnaire inquired about housing, including the physical and structural characteristics of the house, whether it was owned or rented, and if basic services (water, electricity) were present. The census form also asked about equipment in the house: telephone (mobile and fixed), vehicles, and information technology and communication (radio, television, cable or satellite, computer and internet).[4]

Questions concerning the inhabitants asked about the number of people living in the household, number of households per housing unit, who was the head of the household,[7] family relations between people living in the house, sex, age, and place of birth. Other questions inquired about disabilities and ethnic identification, among other things.[4]

In Costa Rica, tourists and temporary visitors are not counted, but foreigners who have lived there for six months are included.[5] Furthermore, participation is voluntary so residents can refuse to take part and enumerators will accept this response.[3]

Primary school teachers have conducted the census since the 1950s. About 35,000 were needed in 2011 but not all teachers wanted to participate. The numbers were made up by students and statistics undergraduates from the University of Costa Rica, earning ₡50,000 ($100) for a week's work.[3]

The census cost $3.6 million[3][8] and preliminary results of the count were published in December 2011. It counted 4,301,712 people, an increase of 12.9 percent since the 2000 census.[9]

Results by canton

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Province Cantón Population as of
2011 census
Population as of
2000 census
Change Percent
change
San José San José 288,054 309,672 −21,618 Decrease -6.98% Decrease
San José Escazú 56,509 52,372 4,137 Increase 7.90% Increase
San José Desamparados 208,411 193,478 14,933 Increase 7.72% Increase
San José Puriscal 33,004 29,407 3,597 Increase 12.23% Increase
San José Tarrazú 16,280 14,160 2,120 Increase 14.97% Increase
San José Aserrí 57,892 49,319 8,573 Increase 17.38% Increase
San José Mora 26,294 21,666 4,628 Increase 21.36% Increase
San José Goicoechea 115,084 117,532 −2,448 Decrease -2.08% Decrease
San José Santa Ana 49,123 34,507 14,616 Increase 42.36% Increase
San José Alajuelita 77,603 70,297 7,306 Increase 10.39% Increase
San José Vázquez de Coronado 60,486 55,585 4,901 Increase 8.82% Increase
San José Acosta 20,209 18,661 1,548 Increase 8.30% Increase
San José Tibás 64,842 72,074 −7,232 Decrease -10.03% Decrease
San José Moravia 56,919 50,419 6,500 Increase 12.89% Increase
San José Montes de Oca 49,132 50,433 −1,301 Decrease -2.58% Decrease
San José Turrubares 5,512 4,877 635 Increase 13.02% Increase
San José Dota 6,948 6,519 429 Increase 6.58% Increase
San José Curridabat 65,206 60,889 4,317 Increase 7.09% Increase
San José Pérez Zeledón 134,534 122,187 12,347 Increase 10.11% Increase
San José León Cortés Castro 12,200 11,696 504 Increase 4.31% Increase
Alajuela Alajuela 254,886 222,853 32,033 Increase 14.37% Increase
Alajuela San Ramón 80,566 67,975 12,591 Increase 18.52% Increase
Alajuela Grecia 76,898 65,119 11,779 Increase 18.09% Increase
Alajuela San Mateo 6,136 5,343 793 Increase 14.84% Increase
Alajuela Atenas 25,460 22,479 2,981 Increase 13.26% Increase
Alajuela Naranjo 42,713 37,602 5,111 Increase 13.59% Increase
Alajuela Palmares 34,716 29,766 4,950 Increase 16.63% Increase
Alajuela Poás 29,199 24,764 4,435 Increase 17.91% Increase
Alajuela Orotina 20,341 15,705 4,636 Increase 29.52% Increase
Alajuela San Carlos 163,745 127,140 36,605 Increase 28.79% Increase
Alajuela Zarcero 12,205 10,845 1,360 Increase 12.54% Increase
Alajuela Sarchí 18,085 16,239 1,846 Increase 11.37% Increase
Alajuela Upala 43,953 37,679 6,274 Increase 16.65% Increase
Alajuela Los Chiles 23,735 19,732 4,003 Increase 20.29% Increase
Alajuela Guatuso 15,508 13,045 2,463 Increase 18.88% Increase
Cartago Cartago 147,898 132,057 15,841 Increase 12.00% Increase
Cartago Paraíso 57,743 52,393 5,350 Increase 10.21% Increase
Cartago La Unión 99,399 80,279 19,120 Increase 23.82% Increase
Cartago Jiménez 14,669 14,046 623 Increase 4.44% Increase
Cartago Turrialba 69,616 68,510 1,106 Increase 1.61% Increase
Cartago Alvarado 14,312 12,290 2,022 Increase 16.45% Increase
Cartago Oreamuno 45,473 39,032 6,441 Increase 16.50% Increase
Cartago El Guarco 41,793 33,788 8,005 Increase 23.69% Increase
Heredia Heredia 123,616 103,894 19,722 Increase 18.98% Increase
Heredia Barva 40,660 32,440 8,220 Increase 25.34% Increase
Heredia Santo Domingo 40,072 34,748 5,324 Increase 15.32% Increase
Heredia Santa Bárbara 36,243 29,181 7,062 Increase 24.20% Increase
Heredia San Rafael 45,965 37,293 8,672 Increase 23.25% Increase
Heredia San Isidro 20,633 16,056 4,577 Increase 28.51% Increase
Heredia Belén 21,633 19,834 1,799 Increase 9.07% Increase
Heredia Flores 20,037 15,038 4,999 Increase 33.24% Increase
Heredia San Pablo 27,671 20,813 6,858 Increase 32.95% Increase
Heredia Sarapiquí 57,147 45,435 11,712 Increase 25.78% Increase
Guanacaste Liberia 62,987 46,703 16,284 Increase 34.87% Increase
Guanacaste Nicoya 50,825 42,189 8,636 Increase 20.47% Increase
Guanacaste Santa Cruz 55,104 40,821 14,283 Increase 34.99% Increase
Guanacaste Bagaces 19,536 15,972 3,564 Increase 22.31% Increase
Guanacaste Carrillo 37,122 27,306 9,816 Increase 35.95% Increase
Guanacaste Cañas 26,201 24,076 2,125 Increase 8.83% Increase
Guanacaste Abangares 18,039 16,276 1,763 Increase 10.83% Increase
Guanacaste Tilarán 19,640 17,871 1,769 Increase 9.90% Increase
Guanacaste Nandayure 11,121 9,985 1,136 Increase 11.38% Increase
Guanacaste La Cruz 19,181 16,505 2,676 Increase 16.21% Increase
Guanacaste Hojancha 7,197 6,534 663 Increase 10.15% Increase
Puntarenas Puntarenas 115,019 102,504 12,515 Increase 12.21% Increase
Puntarenas Esparza 28,644 23,963 4,681 Increase 19.53% Increase
Puntarenas Buenos Aires 45,244 40,139 5,105 Increase 12.72% Increase
Puntarenas Montes de Oro 12,950 11,159 1,791 Increase 16.05% Increase
Puntarenas Osa 29,433 25,861 3,572 Increase 13.81% Increase
Puntarenas Quepos 26,861 20,188 6,673 Increase 33.05% Increase
Puntarenas Golfito 39,150 33,823 5,327 Increase 15.75% Increase
Puntarenas Coto Brus 38,453 40,082 −1,629 Decrease -4.06% Decrease
Puntarenas Parrita 16,115 12,112 4,003 Increase 33.05% Increase
Puntarenas Corredores 41,831 37,274 4,557 Increase 12.23% Increase
Puntarenas Garabito 17,229 10,378 6,851 Increase 66.01% Increase
Limón Limón 94,415 89,933 4,482 Increase 4.98% Increase
Limón Pococí 125,962 103,121 22,841 Increase 22.15% Increase
Limón Siquirres 56,786 52,409 4,377 Increase 8.35% Increase
Limón Talamanca 30,712 25,857 4,855 Increase 18.78% Increase
Limón Matina 37,721 33,096 4,625 Increase 13.97% Increase
Limón Guácimo 41,266 34,879 6,387 Increase 18.31% Increase

References

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  1. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  2. ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
  3. ^ a b c d "Census workers face challenges in Escazú / News / Top Story / Current…". archive.vn. 2013-02-22. Archived from the original on 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2020-10-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ a b c Semana del Censo Nacional: INEC pide a la población responder el Censo Archived 2011-08-03 at the Wayback Machine Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, Costa Rica, 2011-05-31. (in Spanish)
  5. ^ a b Costa Rica: 2011 Census Underway Starting Monday INSIDECOSTARICA, 2011-05-27.
  6. ^ 2011 Census Takers Fought Some Obstacles On Their First Day INSIDECOSTARICA, 2011-05-31.
  7. ^ Ortega-Rodríguez, Manuel; Solís-Sánchez, Hugo (2019-04-10). Costa Rican Traditional Knowledge According to Local Experiences: Plants, Animals, Medicine and Music. Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-06146-3.
  8. ^ 2011 Census to survey more than 4 million people living in Costa Rica Archived 2011-06-30 at the Wayback Machine The Tico Times, 2011-05-25.
  9. ^ Costa Rica births decreasing Archived 2012-03-11 at the Wayback Machine The Tico Times, 2011-12-23
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