There must be more Chinese and Haitian people. For example, these days, most towns have chinese people, even non touristy ones.
From 5 years ago. Not sure how accurate a Government survey would be?
SD. In the country there are 358,233 Haitians, which represents 87.3% of the immigrant population, according to the results of the First National Immigrant Survey (ENI-2013) of the Dominican Republic.
The census, carried out by the National Statistical Office, says that in the country there are 524,632 immigrants from at least 60 nations in the world living here.
After Haiti, the next ten countries which provide the most immigrants are: United States, with 13.524; Spain, 6720; Puerto Rico,4416; Italy, 4040; China, 3,643, and France, 3599.
Also in the top ten are Venezuela, 3434; Cuba, 3145; Colombia, 2738; and Germany with 1792. The majority of these immigrants live in urban areas.
Men represent 64%, in the majority Haitians, and 35.6% are women. The study covered 68,000 housing units and inhabited places where 13,449 interviews were conducted.
The results of the survey, carried between 31 July and 30 September 2012, were released yesterday during an activity held in the Green Hall of the Presidential Palace, headed by the Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Temistocles Montas.
https://www.diariolibre.com/noticia...ers-live-in-the-dominican-republic-ADDL381724
Chinese move everywhere and are creative. They find ways to move suitcases full of cash out of China.