Costa Rica 2011 Census

The Costa Rica 2011 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]

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 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 -6.98%
San JoséEscazú56,50952,3724,137 7.90%
San JoséDesamparados208,411193,47814,933 7.72%
San JoséPuriscal33,00429,4073,597 12.23%
San JoséTarrazú16,28014,1602,120 14.97%
San JoséAserrí57,89249,3198,573 17.38%
San JoséMora26,29421,6664,628 21.36%
San JoséGoicoechea115,084117,532−2,448 -2.08%
San JoséSanta Ana49,12334,50714,616 42.36%
San JoséAlajuelita77,60370,2977,306 10.39%
San JoséVázquez de Coronado60,48655,5854,901 8.82%
San JoséAcosta20,20918,6611,548 8.30%
San JoséTibás64,84272,074−7,232 -10.03%
San JoséMoravia56,91950,4196,500 12.89%
San JoséMontes de Oca49,13250,433−1,301 -2.58%
San JoséTurrubares5,5124,877635 13.02%
San JoséDota6,9486,519429 6.58%
San JoséCurridabat65,20660,8894,317 7.09%
San JoséPérez Zeledón134,534122,18712,347 10.11%
San JoséLeón Cortés Castro12,20011,696504 4.31%
AlajuelaAlajuela254,886222,85332,033 14.37%
AlajuelaSan Ramón80,56667,97512,591 18.52%
AlajuelaGrecia76,89865,11911,779 18.09%
AlajuelaSan Mateo6,1365,343793 14.84%
AlajuelaAtenas25,46022,4792,981 13.26%
AlajuelaNaranjo42,71337,6025,111 13.59%
AlajuelaPalmares34,71629,7664,950 16.63%
AlajuelaPoás29,19924,7644,435 17.91%
AlajuelaOrotina20,34115,7054,636 29.52%
AlajuelaSan Carlos163,745127,14036,605 28.79%
AlajuelaZarcero12,20510,8451,360 12.54%
AlajuelaSarchí18,08516,2391,846 11.37%
AlajuelaUpala43,95337,6796,274 16.65%
AlajuelaLos Chiles23,73519,7324,003 20.29%
AlajuelaGuatuso15,50813,0452,463 18.88%
CartagoCartago147,898132,05715,841 12.00%
CartagoParaíso57,74352,3935,350 10.21%
CartagoLa Unión99,39980,27919,120 23.82%
CartagoJiménez14,66914,046623 4.44%
CartagoTurrialba69,61668,5101,106 1.61%
CartagoAlvarado14,31212,2902,022 16.45%
CartagoOreamuno45,47339,0326,441 16.50%
CartagoEl Guarco41,79333,7888,005 23.69%
HerediaHeredia123,616103,89419,722 18.98%
HerediaBarva40,66032,4408,220 25.34%
HerediaSanto Domingo40,07234,7485,324 15.32%
HerediaSanta Bárbara36,24329,1817,062 24.20%
HerediaSan Rafael45,96537,2938,672 23.25%
HerediaSan Isidro20,63316,0564,577 28.51%
HerediaBelén21,63319,8341,799 9.07%
HerediaFlores20,03715,0384,999 33.24%
HerediaSan Pablo27,67120,8136,858 32.95%
HerediaSarapiquí57,14745,43511,712 25.78%
GuanacasteLiberia62,98746,70316,284 34.87%
GuanacasteNicoya50,82542,1898,636 20.47%
GuanacasteSanta Cruz55,10440,82114,283 34.99%
GuanacasteBagaces19,53615,9723,564 22.31%
GuanacasteCarrillo37,12227,3069,816 35.95%
GuanacasteCañas26,20124,0762,125 8.83%
GuanacasteAbangares18,03916,2761,763 10.83%
GuanacasteTilarán19,64017,8711,769 9.90%
GuanacasteNandayure11,1219,9851,136 11.38%
GuanacasteLa Cruz19,18116,5052,676 16.21%
GuanacasteHojancha7,1976,534663 10.15%
PuntarenasPuntarenas115,019102,50412,515 12.21%
PuntarenasEsparza28,64423,9634,681 19.53%
PuntarenasBuenos Aires45,24440,1395,105 12.72%
PuntarenasMontes de Oro12,95011,1591,791 16.05%
PuntarenasOsa29,43325,8613,572 13.81%
PuntarenasQuepos26,86120,1886,673 33.05%
PuntarenasGolfito39,15033,8235,327 15.75%
PuntarenasCoto Brus38,45340,082−1,629 -4.06%
PuntarenasParrita16,11512,1124,003 33.05%
PuntarenasCorredores41,83137,2744,557 12.23%
PuntarenasGarabito17,22910,3786,851 66.01%
LimónLimón94,41589,9334,482 4.98%
LimónPococí125,962103,12122,841 22.15%
LimónSiquirres56,78652,4094,377 8.35%
LimónTalamanca30,71225,8574,855 18.78%
LimónMatina37,72133,0964,625 13.97%
LimónGuácimo41,26634,8796,387 18.31%

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. "Census workers face challenges in Escazú / News / Top Story / Current…". archive.vn. 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  4. 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. 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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