Costa Rican Americans Facts for Kids

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Costa Rican Americans
Total population
154,784 0.05% of the U.S. population (2018)
Regions with significant populations
New York Metro Area, Greater Los Angeles, South Florida
Languages
American English, Spanish
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholic, minority Protestant

Costa Rican Americans (estadounidenses de origen costarricense) are Americans of at least partial Costa Rican descent.

Hispanic and Latino American groups

Caribbean	Cuban Dominican Puerto Rican Nuyorican

North American	Hispano Californio Nuevomexicano Tejano Louisiana Creole of Spanish origin (Isleño) Mexican Chicano Indigenous Mexican Punjabi

Central American	Costa Rican Guatemalan Honduran Nicaraguan Panamanian Salvadoran

South American	Argentine Bolivian Brazilian Chilean Colombian Ecuadorian Paraguayan Peruvian Uruguayan Venezuelan

European	Spanish Asturian Basque Catalan Canarian Galician Jews

Racial groups	All groups American Indians/Native American Asian Black White Multiracial Castizo "Cholo" Mestizo Mulatto Pardo Zambo

Linguistic groups	Hispanic Americans in the United States Luso-Americans

Ethnic groups	Christians Garifuna American Muslims

Related ethnic groups	Belizean Americans Guyanese Americans Haitian Americans Portuguese Americans Surinamese Americans

Demographics of the United States

Demographic history

Economic and social	Affluence Educational attainment Emigration Home-ownership Household income Immigration Income inequality Language LGBT Middle classes Personal income Poverty Social class Unemployment by state Wealth

Religion	Buddhists Christians Catholics Coptic Protestants Hindus Jainism Jews Muslims Neopagans Non-religious Sikhs

Race and ethnicity	People of the United States / Americans American ethnicity Maps of American ancestries 2010 Census Race and ethnicity in the Census Race and ethnicity in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Racism African immigrants to the United States Central Africans in the United States Horn Africans in the United States North Africans in the United States Southeast Africans in the United States Southern Africans in the United States West Africans in the United States White Americans: European Americans Basque Americans English Americans French Americans German Americans Irish Americans Italian Americans Euro Oceanic American Australian American New Zealand American Middle Eastern Americans Arab Americans Iranian Americans Israeli Americans Non-Hispanic whites White Hispanic and Latino Americans Afro-American peoples of the Americas African Americans Afro-Caribbean / West Indian Americans Black Hispanic and Latino Americans Asian Americans Asian Hispanic and Latino Americans Chinese Americans Filipino Americans Indian Americans Japanese Americans Pakistani Americans Vietnamese Americans Americans from other parts of the Americas: Canadian Belizean American Guyanese American Hispanic and Latino Americans Colombian Americans Cuban Americans Mexican Americans Puerto Ricans (Stateside) Native Americans and Alaska Natives Oceanian American: Euro Oceanic and Pacific Islands Americans Chamorro Americans Native Hawaiians Samoan Americans Tongan Americans Other ethnic groups Melungeon Romani people Multiracial Americans

Images for kids

Madeleine Stowe actress at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival
Franklin Chang Díaz is a Costa Rican Chinese American mechanical engineer, physicist, former NASA astronaut.
Sonia Chang-Díaz politician who represents the 2nd Suffolk District in the Massachusetts Senate.
Heather Hemmens is an American actress, film director and film producer.

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