Spain is the primary country for Dominicans immigrating to Europe.

A first group traveled to pursue university studies, after they were awarded grants by the government of Juan Bosch.

[5] The Autonomous communities with the largest numbers of Dominicans concentrated in Community of Madrid (123,858) and Catalonia (25,407), smaller numbers are present in Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Andalusia, and Valencian.

In Madrid, neighborhoods like Aravaca, Cuatro Caminos, Villaverde, and Legazpi have high concentrations of Dominicans.

105,297 Dominican immigrants in Spain are female and 72,854 are male.