The National Statistics Office (ONE) presented the more completed results of the X National Census of 2022 to an audience of government officials and academics.
The results are important to planners and analysts. For example, the census revealed a reduced population growth rate, something that has not happened for more than a century. Dominicans are having less children, but this is not so for the steady migration from Haiti. The Census is more precise in recording Dominicans than the mostly undocumented Haitian population.
Total population was set at 10,773,983. Yet the ONE officials said that about one-fifth (20.5%) of the households were not individually counted. Provinces such as La Altagracia, Santiago, and El Seibo were the most undercounted with between 25% and 35% of the households not being individually counted. Likewise, experts say the Haitian population, mostly undocumented, did not sit for the pollsters to carry information on their dwellings or presence nationwide. Provinces showing population increases are mostly those with large migration of Haitian workers and immigrants.
Other data showed that 85% of households had either cement or tile floors, and 82% of houses were made of concrete blocks, half had concrete roofs and 47.5% used corrugated zinc for roofing material. Nearly two-thirds of urban households had access to running water, and 44% in the more rural areas. Public water fountains were still in use in both cities and countryside.
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1 July 2024