Afro-Costa Ricans

Afro-Costa Ricans

Calypso dancers from Puerto Limón during an event in Bribrí, Talamanca.
Total population
c. 400,000 (8% of total population).[1]
Regions with significant populations
Puerto Limon San Jose Alajuela Heredia
Languages
Spanish English creole
Religion
Roman Catholicism Baptists Agnosticism Christianism
Related ethnic groups
Afro-Caribbean, other Black Latin Americans

Afro-Costa Ricans are Costa Ricans of African ancestry.

Costa Rica has four small minority groups: Mulattoes, Blacks, Amerindians and Asians (primarily Chinese/East Asian). About eight percent of the population is of African descent or Mulatto (mix of European and African) who are called Afro–Costa Ricans. A large portion of this group descends from the late 19th, and early 20th century waves of Afro-Caribbean migrant workers (mostly from Jamaica). They represent the largest group of Jamaicans living outside of Jamaica's Anglophone dominated diaspora. However, not all Black Costa Ricans are descended from these groups, as some are directly descended from colonial-era enslaved Africans imported to Costa Rica by the Spanish. This latter group, however, is more likely to be mulatto, or tri-racial.