Costa Rica had in 1892, taking this census as a basis, 313 communities distributed as follows:
| 76 | in the | province of | San José | with 76,718 | inhabitants | } | 203,505 inhabitants in tierra templada or temperate zone. |
| 73 | ” | ” | Alajuela | ” 57,203 | ” | } | |
| 32 | ” | ” | Cartago | ” 37,973 | ” | } | |
| 31 | ” | ” | Heredia | ” 31,611 | ” | } | |
| 53 | ” | ” | Guanacaste | ” 20,049 | ” | } | 39,700 inhabitants in tierra caliente or warm zone. |
| 40 | ” | comarca de | Puntarenas | ” 12,167 | ” | } | |
| 8 | ” | ” | Limon | ” 7,484 | ” | } | |
As may have been observed, there is a great repetition of names in Costa Rica, especially of places named in honor of saints, which for commercial convenience will probably be changed. Of communities there are not less than
Key to column headings:
A: In the Department of San José.
B: In the Department of Alajuela.
C: In the Department of Cartago.
D: In the Department of Heredia.
E: In the Department of Guanacaste.
F: In the Comarca de Puntarenas.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | |||
| 10 | named | San Rafael | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | ” | San Juan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 7 | ” | San Isidro | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 7 | ” | Concepcion | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 6 | ” | San Antonio | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 5 | ” | San Pedro | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| 5 | ” | San Francisco | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 5 | ” | Los Angeles | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 5 | ” | San José | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 5 | ” | San Pablo | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| 4 | ” | San Miguel | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 4 | ” | Santiago | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 3 | ” | San Vicente | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 3 | ” | San Jerónimo | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 3 | ” | Mercedes | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 3 | ” | Buenos Aires | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | ” | Santa Rosa | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| 2 | ” | Santa Ana | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 2 | ” | San Ramon | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 2 | ” | San Roque | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 2 | ” | Jesus | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 2 | ” | San Joaquin | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| 2 | ” | Santa Barbara | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
Of these 313 communities, distributed in 5 provinces with 28 cantones and in 2 comarcas with 3 cantones, the following table gives their relative importance:
| Centers. | Inhabitants. | In the warm zone. | In the temperate zone. | ||
| 1 | had | 44 | 1 | — | |
| 12 | had from | 50 to | 100 | 11 | 1 |
| 51 | ” | 100 ” | 250 | 40 | 11 |
| 79 | ” | 250 ” | 500 | 25 | 54 |
| 109 | ” | 500 ” | 1,000 | 17 | 92 |
| 27 | ” | 1,000 ” | 1,500 | 3 | 24 |
| 18 | ” | 1,500 ” | 2,000 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | ” | 2,000 ” | 2,500 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | ” | 2,500 ” | 3,000 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | ” | 3,000 ” | 4,000 | - | 2 |
| 1 | ” | 6,000 ” | 7,000 | - | 1 |
| 1 | ” | 20,000 ” | 25,000 | - | 1 |
| —— | —— | —— | |||
| 313 | 101 | 212 | |||
In order to give an idea of the density of the population, there is roundly presented in the following table the area of each province and comarca, its total population and its population per square kilometer:
| Surface in square km. | Total Population. | Population in square km. | ||||
| Province of | San José | 4,000 | 80,000 | 20.00 | } | Temperate zone. |
| ” | Alajuela | 11,000 | 60,000 | 5.45 | } | |
| ” | Cartago | 3,500 | 40,000 | 11.43 | } | |
| ” | Heredia | 1,500 | 30,000 | 20.00 | } | |
| ” | Guanacaste | 10,000 | 20,000 | 2.00 | } | Warm zone. |
| Comarca de | Puntarenas | 11,000 | 12,000 | 1.09 | } | |
| ” | Limon | 13,000 | 8,000 | 0.61 | } | |