Costa Rican Americans: population, top cities & statistics

BY NUMBER OF PEOPLE

Largest Costa Rican populations

1New York, NY7,240 2Los Angeles, CA3,432 3Paterson, NJ1,655 4Boston, MA1,598 5Philadelphia, PA1,285 6Jacksonville, FL1,193 7Chicago, IL1,075 8Houston, TX1,051 9Miami, FL962 10San Francisco, CA956

CountiesAll 916 →

1Los Angeles County, CA10,509 2Miami-Dade County, FL6,045 3Somerset County, NJ3,722 4Union County, NJ3,437 5Broward County, FL3,158 6Orange County, FL2,972 7Passaic County, NJ2,879 8Kings County, NY2,806 9Orange County, CA2,684 10Hillsborough County, FL2,612

Metro areasAll 481 →

1New York, NY32,638 2Los Angeles, CA13,193 3Miami, FL11,651 4Washington, DC5,580 5Riverside, CA4,839 6Atlanta, GA4,701 7Orlando, FL4,642 8Boston, MA4,523 9Philadelphia, PA4,369 10Tampa, FL4,348

StatesAll 51 →

1Florida30,817 2California29,873 3New Jersey24,966 4New York13,718 5Texas12,020 6North Carolina6,279 7Georgia6,192 8Massachusetts5,957 9Pennsylvania5,092 10Virginia4,462

BY CONCENTRATION

Highest Costa Rican share

NATIONAL PROFILE · 2024 ACS 1-YEAR

How the group compares

Median household income

$82,059

US overall: $82,259

Bachelor's degree or higher

34.3%

US overall: 35.6%

Poverty rate

12.5%

US overall: 12.5%

Homeownership

49.5%

US overall: 65.0%

Median age

34.2

US overall: 38.9

Median home value

$475,100

US overall: $376,019

From the Census Bureau's Selected Population Profile (S0201), which publishes socioeconomic data for detailed groups at the national level. US-overall figures shown for comparison.

BY STATE · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Where Costa Rican Americans earn the most


Oregon	$122,250	50.7%	7.5%	76.8%	1,798
Maryland	$120,991	40.7%	12.4%	58.3%	3,902
Washington	$116,691	51.3%	8.5%	52.6%	2,768
Ohio	$105,694	54.2%	11.5%	61.7%	2,157
Arizona	$101,532	37.1%	13.7%	60.2%	3,026
Massachusetts	$98,571	26.7%	10.5%	53.5%	3,994
California	$98,355	36.2%	7.5%	57.3%	27,939
Tennessee	$92,321	25.5%	8.4%	66.2%	864
Illinois	$91,944	54.7%	12.4%	64.7%	3,124
Georgia	$88,813	37.9%	2.3%	69.6%	5,522
Virginia	$86,563	39.3%	10.9%	47.2%	3,759
Colorado	$84,496	50.8%	7.6%	50.1%	2,886
Texas	$81,658	37.9%	11.4%	58.7%	10,999
Louisiana	$76,064	45.6%	5.1%	69.7%	1,377
New York	$75,600	33.6%	15.1%	42.1%	14,067
Michigan	$74,200	48.0%	6.9%	58.3%	1,530
Minnesota	$70,000	49.2%	9.7%	56.4%	1,310
New Jersey	$65,870	17.3%	11.2%	35.7%	22,646
Pennsylvania	$65,667	24.4%	9.0%	38.6%	4,740
Florida	$64,829	31.7%	9.7%	54.3%	25,223
Connecticut	$62,045	17.5%	4.7%	42.6%	3,770
Nevada	$59,766	15.4%	17.5%	50.1%	2,367
Indiana	$57,339	49.7%	0.8%	64.9%	1,076
South Carolina	$56,875	30.4%	20.3%	48.8%	2,530
Wisconsin	$54,153	63.6%	27.4%	57.0%	1,381
North Carolina	$52,756	27.0%	10.6%	62.6%	6,022
Utah	$46,913	40.2%	2.4%	34.4%	1,156
Missouri	–	25.6%	12.8%	43.6%	1,314

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a state only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller states are absent by design.

BY METRO AREA · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Costa Rican Americans across metro areas


Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$137,421	50.8%	1.3%	81.5%	1,076
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$136,776	58.6%	5.0%	55.7%	1,641
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$128,393	49.6%	6.5%	63.4%	907
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$117,188	39.0%	11.2%	50.0%	6,240
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$114,651	23.3%	11.6%	44.2%	3,362
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$113,646	39.4%	14.8%	57.9%	2,277
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$108,421	29.1%	15.9%	71.7%	3,430
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	$108,115	57.8%	9.2%	68.5%	2,731
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA	$106,411	44.5%	7.1%	57.4%	2,960
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$103,400	37.5%	6.5%	84.9%	728
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	$101,908	48.5%	9.0%	35.2%	1,630
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX	$100,291	45.8%	11.5%	25.0%	1,132
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$100,093	43.4%	5.2%	61.4%	1,612
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA	$95,455	41.2%	1.9%	72.2%	4,735
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$95,056	31.5%	7.6%	55.2%	13,260
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$92,434	49.3%	0.0%	45.1%	1,253
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$92,321	29.1%	0.0%	63.5%	541
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$83,750	43.7%	14.5%	71.1%	1,420
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$76,885	36.8%	3.7%	65.5%	766
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$76,394	35.5%	5.5%	57.3%	3,774
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	$72,105	38.5%	9.9%	63.1%	3,752
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$71,857	30.4%	7.8%	42.6%	4,693
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	$71,382	23.8%	13.4%	37.2%	31,076
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL	$69,176	34.4%	7.4%	59.8%	11,207
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$67,984	26.5%	5.9%	38.6%	2,992
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$64,020	52.8%	7.2%	48.1%	1,021
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT	$61,250	11.8%	5.1%	45.8%	2,763
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$54,815	21.8%	12.6%	72.1%	2,768
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$53,564	13.9%	19.4%	31.9%	951
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV	$50,750	9.6%	17.6%	45.6%	1,698
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$48,640	7.2%	11.6%	19.9%	2,286
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$46,163	31.2%	16.3%	51.3%	3,351
Jacksonville, FL	–	33.3%	14.2%	63.2%	1,215

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a metro area only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller metro areas are absent by design.

BY CITY · 2017-2021 ACS 5-YEAR · CLICK A COLUMN TO SORT

Costa Rican Americans across cities


Boston	$142,697	16.8%	21.8%	11.3%	1,337
Chicago	$115,811	60.7%	3.6%	63.7%	730
New York	$81,056	35.7%	13.0%	34.0%	6,914
Philadelphia	$71,563	23.9%	5.4%	23.2%	1,652
Los Angeles	$66,250	34.6%	11.7%	51.5%	3,042
Dallas	$65,685	58.7%	3.5%	58.1%	973
Norwalk	$61,691	6.2%	0.7%	48.4%	1,586
Paterson	$48,942	1.2%	11.8%	17.2%	1,334

Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a citie only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller cities are absent by design.

ABOUT THIS GROUP

Frequently asked

How many people of Costa Rican origin live in the United States?

About 191,282 US residents are of Costa Rican origin, roughly 0.1% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

Which US city has the largest Costa Rican population?

New York, NY has the largest Costa Rican population of any US city, with about 7,240 residents of Costa Rican origin.

Which state has the most residents of Costa Rican origin?

Florida leads all states with about 30,817 residents of Costa Rican origin.

What is the median household income of Costa Rican Americans?

Costa Rican Americans have a median household income of about $82,059, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.

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