From the Pilgrim Office:
During the month of may 2010, 28.787 pilgrims were received at the Pilgrim's Office. The number of pilgrims in the past Holy Year, 2004, during the same period was 16.862. Of those pilgrims, 12.262 (42,60%) were women and 16.525 (57,40%) men. 24.620 (85,52%) pilgrims arrived on foot, 4.042 (14,04%) by bicycle, 120 (0,42%) on horseback, and 5 (0,02%) pilgrims on wheel-chair.
Pilgrims' Age:
4.077 pilgrims were younger than 30 years old (14,16%), 18.417 were between 30 and 60 years old (63,98%), and 6.293 were aged above 60 years old (21,86%).
Pilgrims' Motivation:
Religious: 15.531 (53,95%)
Religious and Cultural: 11.869 (41,23%)
Cultural: 1.387 (4,82%)
Pilgrims' Nationality:
Spanish: 17.264 (59,97%); Most of the pilgrims came from Galicia: 4.955 (28,70%); Madrid: 2.359 (13,66%); Cataluña: 2.187 (12,67%); Andalucía: 1.525 (8,83%); Comunidad Valenciana: 1.249 (7,23%); Castilla León: 1.081 (6,26%); Pais Vasco: 829 (4,80%); Castilla la Mancha: 587 (3,40%); etc.
Foreigners: 11.523 (40,03%); Most of the pilgrims come from the following countries: Alemania: 2.608 (22,63%); Francia: 1.398 (12,13%); Italia: 1.166 (10,12%); Portugal: 849 (7,37%); Holanda: 443 (3,84%); Irlanda: 443 (3,84%); Austria: 416 (3,61%); Estados Unidos: 409 (3,55%); etc.
Starting Points:
Most of the pilgrims received in this period started their Way to Santiago in: Sarria: 5.798 (20,14%); S. Jean P. Port: 2.588 (8,99%); Cebreiro: 2.362 (8,21%); Roncesvalles: 1.762 (6,12%); Tui: 1.621 (5,63%); León: 1.474 (5,12%); Ponferrada: 1.347 (4,68%); Oporto: 1.053 (3,66%); etc.
The Chosen Routes:
Most of the pilgrims chose Frances-Camino de: 20.876 (72,52%); Portugues-Camino: 3.608 (12,53%); Via de la Plata: 1.594 (5,54%); Norte-Camino de: 1.267 (4,40%); Primitivo-Camino: 704 (2,45%); etc.