 According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Rafael spans an area of and has 7,674 inhabitants (3,903 men and 3,771 women).Of these, 3,482 (45.4%) lived in urban areas and 4,192 (54.6%) in rural areas.The population grew by 6.5% (465 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.