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Chart of population change in Santo Domingo

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Chart of population change in Santo Domingo

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 25 PEOPLE KILLED IN BUS CRASH

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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Weather Forecast and Conditions - The Weather Channel | Weather.com

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Today's and tonight's Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic weather forecast, weather conditions and Doppler radar from The Weather Channel and Weather.com

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Dominican Republic 2017 - Streets of Santo Domingo

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Hurricane Maria Punta Cana, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic (Live Video)

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The constitution provides for freedom of religion, and other laws and policies contributed to the generally free practice of religion.

The government generally respected religious freedom in practice. There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom by the government during the reporting period.

There were no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice.

The U.S. government discusses religious freedom with the government as part of its overall policy to promote human rights.

Section I. Religious Demography

The country, which occupies two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, has an area of 18,815 square miles and a population of 9.8 million. The largest religious group is the Roman Catholic Church. Traditional Protestants, evangelical Christian groups (particularly Assemblies of God, Church of God, Baptists, and Pentecostals), Seventh-day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) have a much smaller but generally growing presence. According to a 2006 population survey by the Gallup Organization, the population was 39.8 percent Catholic (practicing), 29.1 percent Catholic (nonpracticing), and 18.2 percent evangelical Protestant. In the same study, 10.6 percent stated they had no religion. The Dominican Confederation of Evangelical Unity claimed evangelicals represented 16 to 20 percent of the population.

There are approximately 300 Jews. Most live in Santo Domingo, which has two synagogues and one rabbi. There is a synagogue for the small Jewish community in Sosua, which is led by a community leader, but there is no ordained rabbi. Leaders of the Muslim community indicated that the number of Muslims declined to approximately 700 to 800 due to a decreased number of foreign students. There is a small number of Buddhists and Hindus. Some Catholics practiced a combination of Catholicism and Afro-Caribbean beliefs (santería), witchcraft (brujería), or voodoo (vodou), but because these practices were usually concealed, the number of adherents was unknown.

Section II. Status of Government Respect for Religious Freedom

Legal/Policy Framework

The constitution provides for freedom of religion, and other laws and policies contributed to the generally free practice of religion. The new constitution, promulgated on January 26, 2010, extends to other religious groups the right to celebrate religious marriages and provides them all civil rights in accordance with the law. This status previously had been an exclusive privilege of the Catholic Church.

While the constitution specifies that there is no state church and provides for freedom of religion and belief, the government signed a concordat in 1954 with the Vatican, which designated Catholicism as the official religion and extended special privileges to the Catholic Church not granted to other religious groups. These included the legal recognition of church law; use of public funds to underwrite some church expenses, such as rehabilitation of church facilities; and a complete exoneration from customs duties. In 2008 the government informed the Catholic Church that it would assume most of the cost of building a new cathedral and religious sanctuary complex in Bayaguana, but after obtaining the site, it suspended construction due to lack of funds.

The government observes the following religious holidays as national holidays: Epiphany, Our Lady of Altagracia Day, Good Friday, Corpus Christi, Our Lady of Mercedes Day, and Christmas.

Religious groups are required to register with the government. Religious groups other than the Catholic Church may request exoneration from customs duties from the Office of the Presidency. The process can be lengthy; however, no requests for customs exoneration were denied during the reporting period.

The law requires that the Bible be read in public schools, but it was not enforced. Private schools are exempt from this requirement.

Restrictions on Religious Freedom

The government generally respected religious freedom in practice. There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom by the government during the reporting period.

There were no reports of religious prisoners or detainees in the country.

Forced Religious Conversion

There were no reports of forced religious conversion.

Section III. Status of Societal Respect for Religious Freedom

There were no reports of societal abuses or discrimination based on religious affiliation, belief, or practice.

Section IV. U.S. Government Policy

The U.S. government discusses religious freedom with the government as part of its overall policy to promote human rights. Representatives of the U.S. embassy met with leaders of various religious communities, including those of minority groups.

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In the Dominican Republic, the standard of education is lower than other countries. Only 90% of those 15 or older are able to read or write and this number is decreasing. Their education system is known as one of the worst in the world. Within the last year the government started investing money in classrooms and the construction for new buildings, but the changes are slow to develop.

The underlying problem? Eager students wait in classrooms to learn but very few teachers are willing to teach.

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Dominicans have experienced political and civil disorder booms and busts, and long periods of military rule

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Water level has increase

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Yndira Rodriguez, meanwhile, already has big plans for the future: she aims to set up a “green school,” where children and teenagers learn about their environment and how to protect it. “If we start when they’re young, they can bring that message home with them and in turn educate others - and that would be a completely sustainable campaign,” she says.

As part of her diploma, Yndira has already headed up a workshop on the environment, where she worked with the children to craft butterflies out of trash. But she knows that there is much more to be done.

“You can wish all you want. But if you really want to get something done, you have to give that extra effort,” she says.

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A tale of two cities : Santo Domingo and New York after 1950 in SearchWorks catalog

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a girl walking on a flooded road after the pass of hurricane Matthew in Santo Domingo,

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Santo Domingo is losing meters of water due to the buildings and climate change

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Image provided by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) shows a boy sitting in front of his house after the pass of hurricane Matthew in Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic on Oct. 4, 2016. At least four people were dead, including three minors, and some 36,000 people were displaced after the pass of hurricane Matthew in the Dominican Republic. (Xinhua/UNICEF)

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Image provided by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) shows a boy sitting in front of his house after the pass of hurricane Matthew in Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic on Oct. 4, 2016. At least four people were dead, including three minors, and some 36,000 people were displaced after the pass of hurricane Matthew in the Dominican Republic. (Xinhua/UNICEF)

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Hurricane Maria Slams the Dominican Republic After Making a Direct Hit on Puerto Rico

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Hurricane Maria thrashed the Dominican Republic with heavy rain and high winds as it passed near its east and north coasts on Thursday.

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The population change has changed so much because many people have the to New York. At this rate, New York will become the most populated state with immigrates

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Large-scale migration from the Dominican Republic to the United States began in the 1960s, in the wake of economic and political turbulence that occurred after dictator Rafael Trujillo was killed by rebels in 1961 and the U.S. military and other government agencies intervened. The Dominican immigrant population in the United States, which stood at 12,000 in 1960, grew rapidly after that: reaching 350,000 in 1990 and 879,000 in 2010.

In 2012, 960,000 immigrants from the Dominican Republic resided in the United States, constituting 2 percent of the total U.S. foreign-born population of 40.8 million. Historically, immigration from the Dominican Republic to the United States has been dominated by women. Between 1970 and 2012, about 56 percent of all Dominican immigrants residing in the United States were female. People of Dominican origin or ancestry represent the fifth-largest Hispanic group in the United States (or 3 percent of the 52.9 million Hispanics), following Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Salvadorans.

Figure 1. Dominican Immigrant Population in the United States, 1980-2012

Since 1990 the immigrant population from the Dominican Republic residing in the United States has been larger than other immigrant populations from the Caribbean, with the exception of immigrants from Cuba. Click here to view how the number of immigrants from the Dominican Republic and other countries has changed over time.

The vast majority of immigrants from the Dominican Republic are in the United States, with much smaller populations also residing in Italy (40,000) and Spain (14,000). Click here to see where immigrants from the Dominican Republic have settled internationally.

The U.S. Census Bureau defines the foreign born as individuals who had no U.S. citizenship at birth. The foreign-born population includes naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees and asylees, legal nonimmigrants (including those on student, work, or other temporary visas), and persons residing in the country without authorization.

The terms foreign born and immigrant are used interchangeably.

Nearly all immigrants from the Dominican Republic obtain lawful permanent residence in the United States (also known as getting a "green card") through family reunification, whereas very few come through employment channels. For the most part, immigration from the Dominican Republic is legal. The number of Dominican beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is relatively small. However, many of those who applied have obtained approval. Between August 15, 2012 and March 31, 2014, approximately 2,670 DACA-eligible unauthorized youth from the Dominican Republic had applied for temporary reprieve from deportation under the program, and more than 80 percent of accepted applications have been approved.

Immigrants from the Dominican Republic were more likely than the overall foreign-born population in the United States to live in poverty, be Limited English Proficient, and have gained U.S. citizenship; they were less likely to have a college degree or to be uninsured.

Employing the most recent data available from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), this Spotlight provides information on Dominican immigrants, examining the size of the population, geographic distribution, and socioeconomic characteristics. The article also uses World Bank data to highlight remittances trends.

Click on the bullet points below for more information:
Distribution by State and Key Cities
Dominican immigrants in the United States were most concentrated in New York, New Jersey, and Florida. These three states were home to 75 percent of Dominican immigrants in the 2008-12 period.

Visit the MPI Data Hub Population Distribution for Regions and Countries of Birth by State and Country Map to view the states and counties in which immigrants from the Dominican Republic reside. Select the Dominican Republic from the dropdown menu.

The major metropolitan areas where immigrants from the Dominican Republic resided include the greater New York, Boston, and Miami metropolitan areas. These three metro areas accounted for about 75 percent of the total immigrant population from the Dominican Republic residing in the United States.

Click here to view the interactive map showing population distribution for regions and countries of birth by metropolitan statistical area. Select the Dominican Republic from the dropdown menu.
English Proficiency
Immigrants from the Dominican Republic were more likely to be Limited English Proficient (LEP) compared to the overall immigrant population (65 percent versus 50 percent in 2012). For the total foreign-born population from the Caribbean (which includes English-speaking Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago), the LEP share was lower (43 percent) than for Dominican immigrants.
(Note: The term Limited English Proficient refers to any person age 5 and older who reported speaking English "not at all," "not well," or "well" on their survey questionnaire. Individuals who reported speaking only English or speaking English "very well" are considered proficient in English). Educational and Professional Attainment
In 2012, approximately 14 percent of Dominican immigrants in the United States ages 25 and over had a bachelor's degree or higher, slightly lower than the Caribbean immigrant population overall (19 percent), and only half the share of the total foreign-born adult population (28 percent). About 38 percent of immigrant adults from the Dominican Republic lacked a high school diploma, compared to 31 percent of all immigrant adults.

Eighty percent of Dominican immigrants were of working age (18 - 64) while roughly 12 percent were ages 65 and older in 2012. The median age for this immigrant population was 43 years, equivalent to the median age of the overall foreign-born population.

Data from the Institute of International Education show that 1,803 students from the Dominican Republic were enrolled in U.S. universities in the 2012-13 academic year, a 12 percent increase from the 2011-12 academic year. This share represents approximately 16 percent of the total student population from the Caribbean (11,100).

About 35 percent of immigrant adults (ages 16 and older) from the Dominican Republic were employed in service occupations, compared to 25 percent of all immigrant adults.

The overall labor force participation rate of immigrants from the Dominican Republic (16 and older) and all immigrants was equivalent (67 percent). However, immigrant women from the Dominican Republic were much more likely to be engaged in the civilian labor force than all immigrant women (62 percent versus 56 percent).
Income and Poverty
Immigrants from the Dominican Republic residing in the United States had a lower median income than immigrants from the Caribbean ($31,000 versus $39,000) and the overall foreign-born population ($47,000).

The share of immigrants from the Dominican Republic in poverty (28 percent) was higher than the corresponding share for the overall immigrant population from the Caribbean (21 percent) and the overall foreign-born population (19 percent).
Immigration Pathways and Naturalization
In 2012, approximately 960,000 immigrants from the Dominican Republic resided in the United States. Of them, 50 percent were naturalized U.S. citizens (versus 46 percent naturalized among all immigrants).

The majority of Dominican immigrants (63 percent) arrived in the United States before 2000 and 28 percent arrived between 2000 and 2009, while fewer than one-tenth have arrived since 2010.

DHS data show that on January 1, 2012, approximately 490,000 of the 13.3 million lawful permanent residents (LPRs) residing in the United States (or about 4 percent) were from the Dominican Republic; 310,000 of these green-card holders from the Dominican Republic were eligible to become U.S. citizens but had not done so as of that date.

Ninety-nine percent of the 41,566 immigrants from the Dominican Republic who received LPR status in 2012 were immediate relatives of U.S. citizens or other family-sponsored immigrants.

Of the 42,000 foreign born from the Dominican Republic who received their green cards in 2012, the majority were much more likely to immigrate as spouses, minor children, or parents of U.S. citizens (52 percent) or as other family-sponsored immigrants (47 percent) than the total LPR population (46 percent and 20 percent, respectively). In contrast, just 1 percent of Dominican immigrants obtained their green cards through employment sponsorship, compared to 14 percent of all new green-card holders.
Health Coverage
The foreign-born population from the Dominican Republic was less like to be uninsured than the immigrant population overall (25 percent versus 33 percent). Nearly half (46 percent) of Dominican immigrants had public health insurance coverage, compared to 24 percent of all immigrants.
Diaspora
The Dominican diaspora in the United States is comprised of approximately 1.7 million individuals who were either born in the Dominican Republic or reported Dominican origin, according to MPI analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau's pooled 2008-12 ACS.
Remittances
According to World Bank data, total remittances sent to the Dominican Republic via formal channels equaled $3.6 billion in 2012, representing 6 percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP).

The Dominican diaspora in the United States transferred about $2.7 billion in remittances to the Dominican Republic in 2012.

Visit the Data Hub's collection of interactive remittances tools, which track remittances by inflow and outflow, between countries, and over time.
Sources
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). 2014. DACA Quarterly Report FY14Q1. February 6, 2014. Available Online.

Institute of International Education. 2014. International Students: All Places of Origin, 2011/12 - 2012/13. Available Online.

Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof. 2008. A Tale of Two Cities: Santo Domingo and New York after 1950. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press).

Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Immigration Statistics. Various years. Yearbook of Immigration Statistics. Washington, DC: DHS Office of Immigration Statistics. Available Online.

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). 2013. Estimates of the Legal Permanent Resident Population in 2012. Washington, DC: DHS Office of Immigration Statistics. Available Online.

World Bank Prospects Group. 2013. Migration and Remittances Data, October 2013 update. Available Online.

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Immigrants from the Dominican Republic in the United States

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The Dominican-born population in the United States has grown rapidly since 1960, and today, the United States is home to 960,000 immigrants from the Dominican Republic. This article provides up-to-date demographic information for Dominican immigrants in the United States, including statistics on distribution by state and metro area, educational and professional attainment, income levels, health care coverage, and more.

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Educating people is important if the environment is to be protected. But that can only happen when everyone involved understands what’s at stake. That’s why the Dominican Republic is investing in climate education.

In a classroom in the Dominican Republic, Yndira Rodriguez is listening closely to the teacher’s words and taking down notes. The 39-year-old has switched roles. Normally, Rodriguez, a teacher, is used to standing in front of a class, not sitting in the first row.

But Yndira has changed sides for a good cause- in the last few months, she has clocked 192 hours - including weekends and most of her free time - learning everything she could about climate change, its consequences and how her region and country can better adapt to changing weather. Today, Yndira is to complete her final class and receive a so-called "climate diploma."

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