The 2022 Dominican Republic census is the tenth Dominican Republic national census, and was held from the 10 to 23 of November 2022, during the presidency of Luis Abinader. Originally planned to take place in 2020, the census was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the census was originally scheduled to conclude in 23 November, but, it was extended to the end of month due to work delays. The population of the Dominican Republic was counted as 10,760,028 – an increase of 1,314,747 (13.9%) over the 2010 census.

First results from the 2022 census were released to the public on 10 August 2023, from the Oficina Nacional de Estadística website.

Preparation As required by law, the Dominican Republic census has been conducted every 10 years since 1920. The 2010 Dominican Republic census was the previous census completed.

Census sections The census was divided into six sections.

Section I

Section II

Section III

Section IV

Section V

Section VI

Results Director said of the preliminary results:

Population by residence Population by residence are as follows.

RegionPopulation - 2022 Total Men Women Cibao Norte 1,654,092 822,498 831,594 Cibao Sur 800,908 404,876 396,032 Cibao Nordeste 673,414 339,278 334,136 Cibao Noroeste 447,033 227,825 219,208 Valdesia 967,282 481,033 486,249 Enriquillo 404,667 205,510 199,157 El Valle 549,490 282,818 266,672 Yuma 833,143 415,485 417,658 Higuamo 642,777 318,242 324,535 Ozama 3,798,698 1,831,422 1,967,276 Dominican Republic 10,771,504 5,328,987 5,442,517

Self-identified racial group Responses are for the population of 12 years old and above. National Statistics Office. Ethnic-racial group Population % Indio/a 2,946,37734.2 Moreno/a 2,237,370 26.1 White 1,611,752 18.7 Mestizo/a 665,387 7.7 Black 642,018 7.5 Mulatto/a 330,207 3.8 Asian 28,343 0.3 Other 31,802 0.3 Don't know / no response 123,039 1.4 Total 8,616,295 100

Province % Negro (Black) % Moreno (Dark skinned) % Mestizo (Light brown) % Mulato (Dark brown) % Indio (Light brown) % Asiático (Asian) % Blanco (White) Other Distrito Nacional 5.72% 20.85% 13.33% 5.80% 27.50% 0.42% 23.51% 0.53% Santo Domingo 7.13% 29.50% 9.40% 4.78% 31.19% 0.37% 15.79% 0.42% Espaillat 5.19% 17.79% 4.09% 2.15% 41.82% 0.22% 26.87% 0.20% Puerto Plata 6.95% 22.96% 5.21% 2.84% 39.50% 0.27% 20.16% 0.43% Santiago 5.86% 17.25% 6.04% 2.97% 38.82% 0.33% 26.95% 0.38% La Vega 4.96% 16.95% 5.27% 2.16% 40.01% 0.32% 28.36% 0.51% Sánchez Ramírez 5.44% 22.65% 6.13% 4.12% 43.21% 0.30% 16.87% 0.16% Monseñor Nouel 4.10% 18.77% 6.56% 2.64% 40.72% 0.37% 24.21% 0.33% Duarte 4.20% 16.84% 6.32% 3.30% 45.45% 0.33% 22.04% 0.38% María Trinidad Sánchez 6.69% 22.11% 4.95% 2.82% 41.61% 0.38% 19.94% 0.26% Hermanas Mirabal 3.65% 13.96% 5.58% 2.63% 47.99% 0.18% 24.90% 0.22% Samaná 8.36% 35.09% 5.37% 3.39% 33.08% 0.39% 12.97% 0.24% Dajabón 11.77% 21.69% 3.63% 1.81% 41.29% 0.39% 18.47% 0.10% Monte Cristi 16.29% 18.86% 3.08% 1.69% 40.33% 0.20% 18.69% 0.16% Santiago Rodríguez 7.00% 11.65% 3.77% 2.61% 44.41% 0.62% 28.74% 0.13% Valverde 12.17% 17.42% 4.82% 2.05% 37.67% 0.33% 24.13% 0.18% Peravia 7.33% 28.78% 5.20% 2.87% 35.47% 0.25% 18.75% 0.29% San Cristóbal 6.85% 40.03% 7.36% 3.85% 29.48% 0.36% 10.75% 0.29% San José de Ocoa 10.25% 15.43% 3.60% 1.24% 41.20% 0.19% 26.80% 0.26% Baoruco 12.39% 31.64% 7.80% 4.35% 29.03% 0.37% 12.99% 0.15% Barahona 10.49% 25.28% 5.94% 4.25% 36.62% 0.28% 15.62% 0.51% Independencia 17.19% 32.32% 4.57% 3.96% 26.10% 0.25% 13.08% 0.24% Pedernales 19.50% 27.37% 4.42% 4.25% 27.23% 0.36% 13.69% 0.46% Azua 6.52% 32.40% 5.71% 2.33% 33.35% 0.15% 18.01% 0.27% Elías Piña 14.39% 46.93% 4.05% 2.30% 22.99% 0.12% 7.96% 0.11% San Juan 5.27% 36.62% 7.28% 4.18% 30.63% 0.37% 14.13% 0.17% El Seibo 12.46% 27.07% 4.73% 3.64% 38.15% 0.24% 11.72% 0.53% La Altagracia 13.04% 24.32% 8.00% 4.45% 32.13% 0.26% 16.09% 0.37% La Romana 11.14% 28.59% 10.12% 4.21% 31.06% 0.29% 12.95% 0.32% San Pedro de Macorís 10.06% 35.91% 8.12% 3.07% 29.70% 0.19% 11.69% 0.38% Monte Plata 7.38% 39.40% 6.12% 3.16% 33.59% 0.30% 8.54% 0.31% Hato Mayor 8.62% 27.79% 6.15% 2.69% 39.03% 0.36% 13.65% 0.43%

See also 1920 Santo Domingo census 1950 Dominican Republic census 1960 Dominican Republic census 1970 Dominican Republic census 2010 Dominican Republic census Dominicans

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External links National Bureau of Statistics