[2] Lower prices and higher wages in the United States serve as strong motivators for Costa Ricans to emigrate.

In 2000, 1,895 individuals who identified their country of origin as Costa Rica became naturalized citizens of the United States.

[5][7] According to reporting from the Washington Post, illegal immigrants travel along connections set up by businesses looking to take advantage of cheap undocumented labor.

[3][11] "The Caribbean coastal regions are low-lying and heavily forested, while a chain of mountains parallels the Pacific coast."

Younger generations of Costa Rican Americans are no longer using it as frequently in their spoken Spanish, likely due to intermingling with other Spanish-speaking immigrants from regions where the utilization of the voseo does not occur.

[11][12] These are lists that indicated the largest populations of Costa Rican Americans according to states, residence areas and percentages.