2022 Dominican Republic census


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. It 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 over the 2010 census.The population for the dominican republic is as of 2025 is 11,520,487 people.

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.

Self-identified racial group

Responses are for the population of 12 years old and above.
National Statistics Office.
Province% Negro % Moreno % Mestizo % Mulato % Indio % Asiático % Blanco Other
Distrito Nacional5.72%20.85%13.33%5.80%27.50%0.42%23.51%0.53%
Santo Domingo7.13%29.50%9.40%4.78%31.19%0.37%15.79%0.42%
Espaillat5.19%17.79%4.09%2.15%41.82%0.22%26.87%0.20%
Puerto Plata6.95%22.96%5.21%2.84%39.50%0.27%20.16%0.43%
Santiago5.86%17.25%6.04%2.97%38.82%0.33%26.95%0.38%
La Vega4.96%16.95%5.27%2.16%40.01%0.32%28.36%0.51%
Sánchez Ramírez5.44%22.65%6.13%4.12%43.21%0.30%16.87%0.16%
Monseñor Nouel4.10%18.77%6.56%2.64%40.72%0.37%24.21%0.33%
Duarte4.20%16.84%6.32%3.30%45.45%0.33%22.04%0.38%
María Trinidad Sánchez6.69%22.11%4.95%2.82%41.61%0.38%19.94%0.26%
Hermanas Mirabal3.65%13.96%5.58%2.63%47.99%0.18%24.90%0.22%
Samaná8.36%35.09%5.37%3.39%33.08%0.39%12.97%0.24%
Dajabón11.77%21.69%3.63%1.81%41.29%0.39%18.47%0.10%
Monte Cristi16.29%18.86%3.08%1.69%40.33%0.20%18.69%0.16%
Santiago Rodríguez7.00%11.65%3.77%2.61%44.41%0.62%28.74%0.13%
Valverde12.17%17.42%4.82%2.05%37.67%0.33%24.13%0.18%
Peravia7.33%28.78%5.20%2.87%35.47%0.25%18.75%0.29%
San Cristóbal6.85%40.03%7.36%3.85%29.48%0.36%10.75%0.29%
San José de Ocoa10.25%15.43%3.60%1.24%41.20%0.19%26.80%0.26%
Baoruco12.39%31.64%7.80%4.35%29.03%0.37%12.99%0.15%
Barahona10.49%25.28%5.94%4.25%36.62%0.28%15.62%0.51%
Independencia17.19%32.32%4.57%3.96%26.10%0.25%13.08%0.24%
Pedernales19.50%27.37%4.42%4.25%27.23%0.36%13.69%0.46%
Azua6.52%32.40%5.71%2.33%33.35%0.15%18.01%0.27%
Elías Piña14.39%46.93%4.05%2.30%22.99%0.12%7.96%0.11%
San Juan5.27%36.62%7.28%4.18%30.63%0.37%14.13%0.17%
El Seibo12.46%27.07%4.73%3.64%38.15%0.24%11.72%0.53%
La Altagracia13.04%24.32%8.00%4.45%32.13%0.26%16.09%0.37%
La Romana11.14%28.59%10.12%4.21%31.06%0.29%12.95%0.32%
San Pedro de Macorís10.06%35.91%8.12%3.07%29.70%0.19%11.69%0.38%
Monte Plata7.38%39.40%6.12%3.16%33.59%0.30%8.54%0.31%
Hato Mayor8.62%27.79%6.15%2.69%39.03%0.36%13.65%0.43%