Relocation Statistics

[ssearing]

I am trying to do some research to find out statistics of people who Migrate to Costa Rica.  E.g.  Which countries are people mostly migrating from?  And which States within America are people relocating from??  I am looking for numbers, percentages... whatever.

[Russ]

To get specific information you might try:

Ministerio de Planificación Nacional y Política Económica  -MIDEPLAN (Español)
or
Dirección General de Migración y Extranjeria

But for a general answer, the majority of immigrants in Costa Rica are Nicaraguans (more like migrant works than immigrants though)  There is a large segment of Chinese immigrants as well.  Recently many Colombians have been arriving as well. 

As for other nationalities, the largest group is probably US and Canadians. The figure for US citizens is commonly placed at about 30,000. Sginifican groups of Europeans include Italians, Dutch, German, French and Swiss. Not too many Scandivanians or Eastern Europeans. 

For US states the most common are probably California, Florida and New York.