Historical population
CensusPop.
1864120,499
1883182,07351.1%
1892243,20533.6%
1927471,52493.9%
1950800,87569.8%
19631,336,27466.9%
19731,871,78040.1%
19842,416,80929.1%
20003,810,17957.7%
20114,301,71212.9%

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

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

Province Cantón Population as of
2011 census
Population as of
2000 census
Change Percent
change
San JoséSan José288,054309,672−21,618 Decrease-6.98% Decrease
San JoséEscazú56,50952,3724,137 Increase7.90% Increase
San JoséDesamparados208,411193,47814,933 Increase7.72% Increase
San JoséPuriscal33,00429,4073,597 Increase12.23% Increase
San JoséTarrazú16,28014,1602,120 Increase14.97% Increase
San JoséAserrí57,89249,3198,573 Increase17.38% Increase
San JoséMora26,29421,6664,628 Increase21.36% Increase
San JoséGoicoechea115,084117,532−2,448 Decrease-2.08% Decrease
San JoséSanta Ana49,12334,50714,616 Increase42.36% Increase
San JoséAlajuelita77,60370,2977,306 Increase10.39% Increase
San JoséVázquez de Coronado60,48655,5854,901 Increase8.82% Increase
San JoséAcosta20,20918,6611,548 Increase8.30% Increase
San JoséTibás64,84272,074−7,232 Decrease-10.03% Decrease
San JoséMoravia56,91950,4196,500 Increase12.89% Increase
San JoséMontes de Oca49,13250,433−1,301 Decrease-2.58% Decrease
San JoséTurrubares5,5124,877635 Increase13.02% Increase
San JoséDota6,9486,519429 Increase6.58% Increase
San JoséCurridabat65,20660,8894,317 Increase7.09% Increase
San JoséPérez Zeledón134,534122,18712,347 Increase10.11% Increase
San JoséLeón Cortés Castro12,20011,696504 Increase4.31% Increase
AlajuelaAlajuela254,886222,85332,033 Increase14.37% Increase
AlajuelaSan Ramón80,56667,97512,591 Increase18.52% Increase
AlajuelaGrecia76,89865,11911,779 Increase18.09% Increase
AlajuelaSan Mateo6,1365,343793 Increase14.84% Increase
AlajuelaAtenas25,46022,4792,981 Increase13.26% Increase
AlajuelaNaranjo42,71337,6025,111 Increase13.59% Increase
AlajuelaPalmares34,71629,7664,950 Increase16.63% Increase
AlajuelaPoás29,19924,7644,435 Increase17.91% Increase
AlajuelaOrotina20,34115,7054,636 Increase29.52% Increase
AlajuelaSan Carlos163,745127,14036,605 Increase28.79% Increase
AlajuelaZarcero12,20510,8451,360 Increase12.54% Increase
AlajuelaSarchí18,08516,2391,846 Increase11.37% Increase
AlajuelaUpala43,95337,6796,274 Increase16.65% Increase
AlajuelaLos Chiles23,73519,7324,003 Increase20.29% Increase
AlajuelaGuatuso15,50813,0452,463 Increase18.88% Increase
CartagoCartago147,898132,05715,841 Increase12.00% Increase
CartagoParaíso57,74352,3935,350 Increase10.21% Increase
CartagoLa Unión99,39980,27919,120 Increase23.82% Increase
CartagoJiménez14,66914,046623 Increase4.44% Increase
CartagoTurrialba69,61668,5101,106 Increase1.61% Increase
CartagoAlvarado14,31212,2902,022 Increase16.45% Increase
CartagoOreamuno45,47339,0326,441 Increase16.50% Increase
CartagoEl Guarco41,79333,7888,005 Increase23.69% Increase
HerediaHeredia123,616103,89419,722 Increase18.98% Increase
HerediaBarva40,66032,4408,220 Increase25.34% Increase
HerediaSanto Domingo40,07234,7485,324 Increase15.32% Increase
HerediaSanta Bárbara36,24329,1817,062 Increase24.20% Increase
HerediaSan Rafael45,96537,2938,672 Increase23.25% Increase
HerediaSan Isidro20,63316,0564,577 Increase28.51% Increase
HerediaBelén21,63319,8341,799 Increase9.07% Increase
HerediaFlores20,03715,0384,999 Increase33.24% Increase
HerediaSan Pablo27,67120,8136,858 Increase32.95% Increase
HerediaSarapiquí57,14745,43511,712 Increase25.78% Increase
GuanacasteLiberia62,98746,70316,284 Increase34.87% Increase
GuanacasteNicoya50,82542,1898,636 Increase20.47% Increase
GuanacasteSanta Cruz55,10440,82114,283 Increase34.99% Increase
GuanacasteBagaces19,53615,9723,564 Increase22.31% Increase
GuanacasteCarrillo37,12227,3069,816 Increase35.95% Increase
GuanacasteCañas26,20124,0762,125 Increase8.83% Increase
GuanacasteAbangares18,03916,2761,763 Increase10.83% Increase
GuanacasteTilarán19,64017,8711,769 Increase9.90% Increase
GuanacasteNandayure11,1219,9851,136 Increase11.38% Increase
GuanacasteLa Cruz19,18116,5052,676 Increase16.21% Increase
GuanacasteHojancha7,1976,534663 Increase10.15% Increase
PuntarenasPuntarenas115,019102,50412,515 Increase12.21% Increase
PuntarenasEsparza28,64423,9634,681 Increase19.53% Increase
PuntarenasBuenos Aires45,24440,1395,105 Increase12.72% Increase
PuntarenasMontes de Oro12,95011,1591,791 Increase16.05% Increase
PuntarenasOsa29,43325,8613,572 Increase13.81% Increase
PuntarenasQuepos26,86120,1886,673 Increase33.05% Increase
PuntarenasGolfito39,15033,8235,327 Increase15.75% Increase
PuntarenasCoto Brus38,45340,082−1,629 Decrease-4.06% Decrease
PuntarenasParrita16,11512,1124,003 Increase33.05% Increase
PuntarenasCorredores41,83137,2744,557 Increase12.23% Increase
PuntarenasGarabito17,22910,3786,851 Increase66.01% Increase
LimónLimón94,41589,9334,482 Increase4.98% Increase
LimónPococí125,962103,12122,841 Increase22.15% Increase
LimónSiquirres56,78652,4094,377 Increase8.35% Increase
LimónTalamanca30,71225,8574,855 Increase18.78% Increase
LimónMatina37,72133,0964,625 Increase13.97% Increase
LimónGuácimo41,26634,8796,387 Increase18.31% Increase

References

  1. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  2. "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
  3. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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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