The Spainability Origins Map · U.S.-born layer

Where Americans Actually Live in Spain

Name: Spainability Origins Map (U.S.-born)
Creator: Spainability
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

76,180 U.S.-born residents (2025 census), mapped by province — tap to drill down.

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U.S.-born per 1,000 < 0.59 → 2.35+

Source: Spainability Origins Map, INE Censo Anual 2025, table 66322 · province rollups derived from municipal data

Last updated: July 2026 · Next update: on INE's next census release (expected 2027).

Key findings

As of 2025, 76,180 U.S.-born residents live in Spain — up +40% from 54,406 in 2021 (INE census, table 66322).
The largest municipal counts are Madrid (14,538) , Barcelona (9,237) , and València (3,452) .
The highest U.S.-born concentration among towns with at least 50 residents in this layer is Rota, Cádiz — 17.7 per 1,000.
By raw count, Madrid leads with 14,538 U.S.-born.

Source: Spainability Origins Map, INE Censo Anual 2025, table 66322

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The 50 towns with the most Americans

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Top 50 Spanish towns by U.S.-born (2025)
	Town	Province	U.S.-born (2025)	per 1,000	2021→2025
1	Madrid	Madrid	14,538	4.2	+36%
2	Barcelona	Barcelona	9,237	5.4	+48%
3	València	Valencia/València	3,452	4.1	+115%
4	Sevilla	Sevilla	1,295	1.9	+34%
5	Málaga	Málaga	999	1.7	+72%
6	Palma	Balears, Illes	913	2.1	+24%
7	Alacant/Alicante	Alicante/Alacant	879	2.4	+67%
8	Granada	Granada	742	3.2	+41%
9	Pozuelo de Alarcón	Madrid	735	8.2	+24%
10	Sant Cugat del Vallès	Barcelona	691	7.1	+38%
11	Zaragoza	Zaragoza	659	0.9	+8%
12	Puerto de Santa María, El	Cádiz	578	6.4	+0%
13	Donostia/San Sebastián	Gipuzkoa	574	3.0	+50%
14	Marbella	Málaga	555	3.5	+37%
15	Alcobendas	Madrid	531	4.3	+35%
16	Rota	Cádiz	525	17.7	-5%
17	Sitges	Barcelona	491	15.0	+59%
18	Coruña, A	Coruña, A	444	1.8	+40%
19	Bilbao	Bizkaia	443	1.3	+36%
20	Rozas de Madrid, Las	Madrid	439	4.4	+15%
21	Murcia	Murcia	397	0.8	+36%
22	Oviedo	Asturias	395	1.8	+55%
23	Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las	Palmas, Las	394	1.0	+31%
24	Vigo	Pontevedra	393	1.3	+40%
25	Majadahonda	Madrid	392	5.3	+19%
26	Pamplona/Iruña	Navarra	391	1.9	+22%
27	Estepona	Málaga	390	4.9	+113%
28	Boadilla del Monte	Madrid	374	5.6	+56%
29	Benalmádena	Málaga	350	4.4	+48%
30	Alcalá de Henares	Madrid	341	1.7	+3%
31	Girona	Girona	332	3.1	+108%
32	Gijón	Asturias	320	1.2	+63%
33	Fuengirola	Málaga	302	3.6	+45%
34	Santander	Cantabria	301	1.7	+51%
35	Mijas	Málaga	299	3.2	+23%
36	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	279	1.3	+20%
37	Santiago de Compostela	Coruña, A	251	2.5	+36%
38	Almuñécar	Granada	251	9.0	+99%
39	Tres Cantos	Madrid	250	4.6	+70%
40	Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana	Castellón/Castelló	239	1.3	+141%
41	Xàbia/Jávea	Alicante/Alacant	236	7.7	+70%
42	Valladolid	Valladolid	227	0.8	+44%
43	Logroño	Rioja, La	226	1.5	+39%
44	San Sebastián de los Reyes	Madrid	222	2.3	+11%
45	Salamanca	Salamanca	221	1.5	+33%
46	Jerez de la Frontera	Cádiz	216	1.0	+1%
47	Castelldefels	Barcelona	214	3.1	+38%
48	Hospitalet de Llobregat, L'	Barcelona	211	0.7	+51%
49	Torremolinos	Málaga	207	2.9	+45%
50	Elx/Elche	Alicante/Alacant	203	0.8	+64%
1	Rota	Cádiz	525	17.7	-5%
2	Frigiliana	Málaga	54	15.6	+218%
3	Sitges	Barcelona	491	15.0	+59%
4	Benahavís	Málaga	116	11.9	+87%
5	Almuñécar	Granada	251	9.0	+99%
6	Camarma de Esteruelas	Madrid	71	8.5	+0%
7	Pozuelo de Alarcón	Madrid	735	8.2	+24%
8	Xàbia/Jávea	Alicante/Alacant	236	7.7	+70%
9	Muros	Coruña, A	59	7.2	+28%
10	Sant Joan de Labritja	Balears, Illes	50	7.2	+56%
11	Sant Cugat del Vallès	Barcelona	691	7.1	+38%
12	Torrelodones	Madrid	178	7.0	+39%
13	Puerto de Santa María, El	Cádiz	578	6.4	+0%
14	Sóller	Balears, Illes	86	6.1	+28%
15	Porto do Son	Coruña, A	53	5.9	+13%
16	Puçol	Valencia/València	123	5.7	+71%
17	Sant Just Desvern	Barcelona	119	5.7	+38%
18	Boadilla del Monte	Madrid	374	5.6	+56%
19	Alella	Barcelona	56	5.5	+75%
20	Ribeira	Coruña, A	147	5.4	+43%
21	Barcelona	Barcelona	9,237	5.4	+48%
22	Eliana, l'	Valencia/València	107	5.4	+85%
23	Majadahonda	Madrid	392	5.3	+19%
24	Estepona	Málaga	390	4.9	+113%
25	Bétera	Valencia/València	137	4.8	+159%
26	Chipiona	Cádiz	96	4.8	-6%
27	Altea	Alicante/Alacant	114	4.6	+68%
28	Campello, el	Alicante/Alacant	145	4.6	+58%
29	Tres Cantos	Madrid	250	4.6	+70%
30	Villaviciosa de Odón	Madrid	137	4.6	+33%
31	San Lorenzo de El Escorial	Madrid	85	4.5	+15%
32	Gernika-Lumo	Bizkaia	76	4.4	+9%
33	Benalmádena	Málaga	350	4.4	+48%
34	Villanueva de la Cañada	Madrid	105	4.4	+11%
35	Rozas de Madrid, Las	Madrid	439	4.4	+15%
36	Pollença	Balears, Illes	77	4.3	+114%
37	Alcobendas	Madrid	531	4.3	+35%
38	Godella	Valencia/València	58	4.3	+115%
39	Madrid	Madrid	14,538	4.2	+36%
40	València	Valencia/València	3,452	4.1	+115%
41	San Roque	Cádiz	140	4.0	+103%
42	Nerja	Málaga	85	3.9	+81%
43	Sada	Coruña, A	67	3.8	+12%
44	Dénia	Alicante/Alacant	180	3.8	+73%
45	Alhaurín de la Torre	Málaga	164	3.6	+24%
46	Alboraia/Alboraya	Valencia/València	95	3.6	+83%
47	Fuengirola	Málaga	302	3.6	+45%
48	Marbella	Málaga	555	3.5	+37%
49	Manilva	Málaga	60	3.3	+58%
50	Calvià	Balears, Illes	174	3.2	+40%

Source: Spainability Origins Map, INE Censo Anual 2025, table 66322 · 8,132 municipalities in this layer's source table; top 50 shown

Cite this map

Source: the Spainability Origins Map, derived from Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE) — Censo Anual de Población, table 66322 (2021–2025), and the Padrón Continuo municipal register (nationality, 2022). U.S.-born layer: https://spainability.com/where-americans-live-in-spain/. Full methodology: https://spainability.com/methodology/.

Quote figures as U.S.-born , not citizens. Read the full methodology and caveats.

How to read this map — honestly

We count residents born in the USA, not citizens.

Birth country is not nationality. The census measures country of birth, so our 76,180 figure cannot be read as a citizen count. This includes U.S.-born people who are Spanish citizens, especially children of Spanish emigrants who returned home. The effect is strongest in Galicia and Asturias, where a high rate can reflect returned families rather than American settlers.

It also has a floor, not a ceiling: second-generation blindness. A family from the USA that raises children born in Spain does not add those children to this layer. We show birth country anyway because it is the consistent, town-level, annually updated measure available for the birth-country origins — and label it precisely.

Read the full methodology and caveats →

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Area profiles

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