Distribution of Hispanic or Latino: Central American: Costa Rican People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Hispanic or Latino: Central American: Costa Rican

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0.15%
0.3%
0.45%
0.6%
0.9%
1.2%
1.5%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Jeff Davis County, Texas	1.57%
2	Lincoln County, North Carolina	1.44%
3	Somerset County, New Jersey	1.06%
4	Payette County, Idaho	0.85%
5	Monroe County, Arkansas	0.72%
6	Scott County, Kansas	0.71%
7	Summit County, Colorado	0.62%
8	Union County, New Jersey	0.6%
9	McCreary County, Kentucky	0.57%
10	Passaic County, New Jersey	0.56%
11	Mercer County, New Jersey	0.53%
12	Greene County, Virginia	0.52%
13	Macon County, Tennessee	0.48%
14	Alleghany County, North Carolina	0.47%
15	Daniels County, Montana	0.46%
16	Montgomery County, New York	0.45%
17	Aiken County, South Carolina	0.44%
18	Tattnall County, Georgia	0.43%
19	Caroline County, Maryland	0.42%
20	Jefferson County, Washington	0.41%

Top Counties by Population of Hispanic or Latino: Central American: Costa Rican

#	County	Population
1	Los Angeles County, California	10,204
2	Miami-Dade County, Florida	6,929
3	Broward County, Florida	3,641
4	Somerset County, New Jersey	3,513
5	Union County, New Jersey	3,296
6	Kings County, New York	3,175
7	Passaic County, New Jersey	2,835
8	Orange County, California	2,817
9	Riverside County, California	2,259
10	Fairfield County, Connecticut	2,185
11	Harris County, Texas	2,150
12	Mercer County, New Jersey	1,964
13	Queens County, New York	1,932
14	San Bernardino County, California	1,862
15	Bergen County, New Jersey	1,797
16	Palm Beach County, Florida	1,787
17	Maricopa County, Arizona	1,756
18	San Diego County, California	1,740
19	Essex County, New Jersey	1,734
20	Orange County, Florida	1,686

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	New Jersey	0.25%	21,958
2	Florida	0.12%	25,463
3	District of Columbia	0.12%	840
4	Connecticut	0.08%	2,927
5	California	0.07%	26,345
6	New York	0.07%	12,999
7	South Carolina	0.06%	2,812
8	Nevada	0.06%	1,653
9	North Carolina	0.06%	5,673
10	Maryland	0.05%	3,155
11	Virginia	0.05%	3,987
12	Delaware	0.05%	443
13	Massachusetts	0.04%	3,048
14	Alaska	0.04%	274
15	Colorado	0.04%	2,047
16	Georgia	0.04%	3,706
17	Arizona	0.04%	2,441
18	New Hampshire	0.04%	470
19	Texas	0.03%	8,803
20	Hawaii	0.03%	430
21	Washington	0.03%	2,133
22	Pennsylvania	0.03%	3,509
23	Idaho	0.03%	428
24	Oregon	0.03%	1,021
25	Utah	0.02%	713
26	Tennessee	0.02%	1,530
27	Puerto Rico	0.02%	679
28	Louisiana	0.02%	903
29	Illinois	0.02%	2,479
30	Wisconsin	0.02%	1,088
31	South Dakota	0.02%	153
32	Indiana	0.02%	1,151
33	Minnesota	0.02%	925
34	New Mexico	0.02%	345
35	Maine	0.02%	216
36	Nebraska	0.02%	301
37	Kansas	0.01%	430
38	Kentucky	0.01%	646
39	Oklahoma	0.01%	541
40	Rhode Island	0.01%	143
41	Missouri	0.01%	806
42	Vermont	0.01%	81
43	Michigan	0.01%	1,276
44	Arkansas	0.01%	349
45	Iowa	0.01%	361
46	Alabama	0.01%	558
47	Ohio	0.01%	1,212
48	Montana	0.01%	82
49	Wyoming	0%	28
50	Mississippi	0%	99
51	West Virginia	0%	59
52	North Dakota	0%	0

Top States and Territories by Population of Hispanic or Latino: Central American: Costa Rican

#	State	Population
1	California	26,345
2	Florida	25,463
3	New Jersey	21,958
4	New York	12,999
5	Texas	8,803
6	North Carolina	5,673
7	Virginia	3,987
8	Georgia	3,706
9	Pennsylvania	3,509
10	Maryland	3,155
11	Massachusetts	3,048
12	Connecticut	2,927
13	South Carolina	2,812
14	Illinois	2,479
15	Arizona	2,441
16	Washington	2,133
17	Colorado	2,047
18	Nevada	1,653
19	Tennessee	1,530
20	Michigan	1,276
21	Ohio	1,212
22	Indiana	1,151
23	Wisconsin	1,088
24	Oregon	1,021
25	Minnesota	925
26	Louisiana	903
27	District of Columbia	840
28	Missouri	806
29	Utah	713
30	Puerto Rico	679
31	Kentucky	646
32	Alabama	558
33	Oklahoma	541
34	New Hampshire	470
35	Delaware	443
36	Kansas	430
37	Hawaii	430
38	Idaho	428
39	Iowa	361
40	Arkansas	349
41	New Mexico	345
42	Nebraska	301
43	Alaska	274
44	Maine	216
45	South Dakota	153
46	Rhode Island	143
47	Mississippi	99
48	Montana	82
49	Vermont	81
50	West Virginia	59
51	Wyoming	28
52	North Dakota	0

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.