Emigration

Destination Country

1980
Quantity

%

1990
Quantity

%

2000
Quantity

%

2004*
Quantity

%

United States

169,147

77

347,858

76

545,262

74

695,996

Puerto Rico

20,558

9

37,505

8

61,455

8

78,355

Spain

1,003

0

6,776

1

31,582

4

49,918

Venezuela

15,745

7

17,140

4

20,000

3

20,000

Sub total

206,453

94

409,279

90

658,229

90

844,269

Other Countries*

13,678

6

45,475

10

74,000

10

115,127

Overall Total

220,131

100

454,754

100

732,299

100

959,396

*Estimated Values.
Source: ODH/PNUD based in MILA-CELADE, database on population born in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Census for the United States, Canada and Latin America, 1980 and 1990. National Census Office of the USA, 2000 Census, National Institute for Statistics, Spain, INE- database, Census 2001.
Dominican Republic Report on National Human Development in 2005.