During the month of june 2010, 33.721 pilgrims were received at the Pilgrim's Office. The number of pilgrims in the past Holy Year, 2004, during the same period was 19.924. Of those pilgrims, 14.259 (42,29%) were women and 19.462 (57,71%) men. 27.883 (82,69%) pilgrims arrived on foot, 5.677 (16,84%) by bicycle, 159 (0,47%) on horseback, and 2 (0,01%) pilgrims on wheel-chair.
Pilgrims' Age:
6.334 pilgrims were younger than 30 years old (18,78%), 20.976 were between 30 and 60 years old (62,20%), and 6.411 were aged above 60 years old (19,01%).
Pilgrims' Motivation:
Religious: 18.615 (55,20%)
Religious and Cultural: 13.329 (39,53%)
Cultural: 1.777 (5,27%)
Pilgrims' Nationality:
Spanish: 20.622 (61,15%); Most of the pilgrims came from Galicia: 4.189 (20,31%); Madrid: 3.865 (18,74%); Cataluña: 2.267 (10,99%); Andalucía: 2.230 (10,81%); Comunidad Valenciana: 1.815 (8,80%); Castilla León: 1.426 (6,91%); Castilla la Mancha: 898 (4,35%); Pais Vasco: 828 (4,02%); etc.
Foreigners: 13.099 (38,85%); Most of the pilgrims come from the following countries: Germany: 2.442 (18,64%); Italy: 1.837 (14,02%); Portugal: 1.666 (12,72%); France: 1.311 (10,01%); USA: 667 (5,09%); Holland: 456 (3,48%); Ireland: 378 (2,89%); Brazil: 337 (2,57%); etc.
Pilgrims' Profession:
Regarding the professional fields, the majority of pilgrims are Employees: 8.750 (25,95%); Retired: 5.184 (15,37%); Technicians: 4.222 (12,52%); Liberales: 3.560 (10,56%); Students: 3.266 (9,69%); Public Servants: 2.462 (7,30%); Workers: 1.608 (4,77%); Housewives: 1.542 (4,57%); etc.
Starting Points:
Most of the pilgrims received in this period started their Way to Santiago in: Sarria: 6.915 (20,51%); S. Jean P. Port: 3.120 (9,25%); Cebreiro: 2.569 (7,62%); Roncesvalles: 2.145 (6,36%); Tui: 1.621 (4,81%); León: 1.610 (4,77%); Ponferrada: 1.364 (4,04%); Astorga: 886 (2,63%); etc.
The Chosen Routes:
Most of the pilgrims chose Frances-Camino de: 23.711 (70,32%); Portugues-Camino: 4.248 (12,60%); Norte-Camino de: 2.206 (6,54%); Via de la Plata: 1.660 (4,92%); Primitivo-Camino: 927 (2,75%); etc.