The expulsion of the Moriscos is completed some five years after the original order of expulsion in 1609.

Estimates for the number expelled in this second wave have varied, although contemporary accounts set the number at around three hundred thousand (about four percent of the Spanish population).

The majority are expelled from the Crown of Aragon (modern day Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia).

In contrast, the majority in the first wave had been expelled from Andalusia shortly after the events of 1492.

Some historians have blamed the subsequent economic collapse of the Spanish Mediterranean on the attempted replacement of Morisco workers by Christian newcomers.

Not only were there fewer of the new laborers, but they were not as familiar with the local techniques.

While the expulsion of four percent of the population may seem minor, the Morisco population comprised a disproportionately large part of the civilian workforce because the Old Christians Moriscos did not permit the Moriscos to be noblemen, soldiers, or priests.

Their absence has resulted in a noticeable decline in tax collection, and the economic damage to the most affected areas (Valencia and Aragon) will continue for decades.