Businesses in Florencia

Categories in Florencia

Auto Parts Store Car repair Car Wash Gas Station Mechanic Motorcycle Parts Store Farming Clothing stores Mobile phone stores Catholic Church Churches Building Construction Contractor Construction of buildings Hardware store Home Goods Store Housing Development Education Public University Universities & Colleges Tourist Attraction Bakeries Bar & Grill Bars, pubs and taverns Butcher Coffee Shop Fast food restaurants Food delivery services Grocery stores and supermarkets Ice Cream Shop Pizza Restaurants Seafood restaurants Banks Lawyer Medical clinic Barbers Beauty salons Hair Salon Manicures and pedicures Business to Business Service Apartment Building Function Room Facility Holiday Apartment Rental Housing Complex Book stores and newsstands Convenience stores Gift Shop Pharmacy Shopping Shopping Mall Supermarket Gym Playground Public parks Recreation Center Soccer Field Holiday Home Hotels Hotels and motels Lodging Travel Agency Villa Unreachable

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Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Florencia

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Restaurants	69
Shopping	40
Grocery stores and supermarkets	31
Education	30
Other accommodation	21
Churches	14
Car repair	12
Bars, pubs and taverns	12
Higher education (colleges and universities)	12
Hotels and motels	11
Clothing stores	10
Lawyers legal	10
Beauty salons	10

Florencia Facts

Area	164.3 km²
Population	17,846
Male Population	8,894 (49.8%)
Female Population	8,952 (50.2%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+233.8%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+36.4%
Median Age	26.9 years (Male: 26.4, Female: 27.4)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$14,181 (2022)
Neighborhoods	Santa Clara
Local Time
Timezone	Central Standard Time
Lat & Lng	10.36131, -84.47496
Postal Codes	21002

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Florencia Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	5,346	9,815	13,080	17,436	17,846	18,774	19,967
Population Density	32.5 / km²	59.8 / km²	79.6 / km²	106.2 / km²	108.7 / km²	114.3 / km²	121.6 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Florencia Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 36.4% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Florencia	+233.8%	+81.8%	+36.4%
Alajuela Province	—	—	—
Costa Rica	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Florencia Median Age

Median Age: 26.9 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Florencia	26.9 yrs	27.4 yrs	26.4 yrs
Alajuela Province	27.9 yrs	28.4 yrs	27.4 yrs
Costa Rica	28.5 yrs	29.2 yrs	27.9 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Florencia Population Density

Population Density: 109 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Florencia	17,846	164.3 km²	109 / km²
Alajuela Province	963,000	9,773.9 km²	98.5 / km²
Costa Rica	4.8 million	51,352.9 km²	93.3 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Florencia Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1300 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Florencia

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Florencia Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$5,297	$6,649	$7,707	$9,083	$12,948	$8,960	$11,955	$14,181
Total GDP	$82.8M	$118.5M	$149.8M	$194.4M	$298.2M	$217.6M	$295.5M	$359.2M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Florencia CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Florencia	46,859 tn	2.63 tn	285.3 tons/km²
Alajuela Province	2,439,181 tn	2.53 tn	249.6 tons/km²
Costa Rica	12,018,133 tn	2.51 tn	234 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Florencia CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	46,859 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	2.63 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	285.3 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Flood	High (9)
Earthquake	High (9)
Landslide	High (9)
Volcano	High (9)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Volcano Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BR8Q45.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
8/6/19	9:14 PM	4.8	20.9 km	102,760 m	10km S of Pital, Costa Rica	usgs.gov
4/10/19	5:39 AM	4	56.9 km	10,000 m	14km NNE of Tilaran, Costa Rica	usgs.gov
6/7/18	1:06 PM	4.3	15.7 km	122,690 m	7km ESE of Fortuna, Costa Rica	usgs.gov
3/3/18	11:25 PM	4.2	32.2 km	88,670 m	7km SE of Rio Segundo, Costa Rica	usgs.gov
1/11/18	4:00 PM	4.6	55.1 km	7,110 m	21km ESE of Bijagua, Costa Rica	usgs.gov
12/28/17	11:01 PM	4.8	46.4 km	139,090 m	24km NE of Tilaran, Costa Rica	usgs.gov
11/29/17	2:34 AM	3.3	56.6 km	13,040 m	22km W of Guapiles, Costa Rica	usgs.gov
9/1/16	3:00 AM	4.2	43.9 km	78,550 m	3km ENE of Sabanilla, Costa Rica	usgs.gov
5/12/16	3:54 AM	4.2	46.7 km	175,700 m	25km NNW of Fortuna, Costa Rica	usgs.gov
12/11/15	8:56 PM	3.3	57.4 km	9,810 m	1km SE of San Francisco, Costa Rica	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

San Ramón, Costa Rica

Pop. 10,76530.2 km

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