Costa Rican Americans
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Costa Rican Americans (estadounidenses de origen costarricense) are Americans of at least partial Costa Rican descent.
Total population | |
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154,784[1] 0.05% of the U.S. population (2018)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
New York Metro Area, Greater Los Angeles, South Florida, Texas | |
Languages | |
American English, Spanish | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Roman Catholic, minority Protestant | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Latino Americans, Spanish Americans |
The Costa Rican population in 2018 was 154,784. Costa Ricans are the fourth smallest Latino group in the United States and the smallest Central American population.
Costa Rican populations are prominent in the New York Metropolitan Area, especially in North Central New Jersey (Essex County, New Jersey, Passaic County, New Jersey, Somerset County, New Jersey, and Union County, New Jersey). Additional areas with significant Costa Rican residents include New York City, Suffolk County, New York, and Fairfield County, Connecticut. There are also sizable groups of Costa Ricans in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, South Florida metropolitan area, and Lincoln County, North Carolina.