Editing San José, Costa Rica (section)

== Demographics ==
{{CR Census population}}
For the 2022 population estimate,<ref name="2022popest" /> San José had a population of {{formatnum:352381}} inhabitants, more than any other canton in the country and up from {{formatnum:288054}} people, according the [[Costa Rica 2011 Census|2011 census]].<ref name="censo2011">{{cite web |title=Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito |url=https://www.inec.cr/censos/censos-2011 |access-date=26 September 2020 |website={{Lang|es|Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos}} |lang=es}}</ref> The canton has a population density of {{Pop density|352381|44.62|km2|prec=1}}

Most of the population is distributed in the peripheral districts around the downtown (the districts of [[El Carmen, San José, Costa Rica|El Carmen]], [[Merced, San José, Costa Rica|Merced]], [[Hospital, San José, Costa Rica|Hospital]], and [[Catedral, San José, Costa Rica|Catedral]] are known as {{lang|es|casco central}} similar to a downtown or financial center, only 18% of the canton population inhabits these districts).

In 2022, the canton had 0.92 men per woman,<ref name="2022popest" /> a small change from 0.90 men per woman in 2011. In 2000, the province had 100% of urban population. 17.33% of its inhabitants are under ten, and 7.67% are over 65.