1899 Puerto Rico census
Tenth census of Puerto Rico | ||
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General information | ||
Country | Puerto Rico | |
Results | ||
Total population | 953,243 (![]() | |
Most populous | Ponce (203,191) | |
Least populous | Aguadilla (99,645) |
The 1899 Puerto Rico census (or Porto Rico as it was then commonly called), was the first national population census held in Porto Rico under U.S. control by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. War Department.[2] It is also the tenth-census combined with the previous censuses taken by Spain. The day used for the census was Friday November 10, 1899. The total population of the island of Puerto Rico was counted as 953,243 - an increase of 154,678 or 16% over the previous 1887 Census taken by the Spanish government.[3]
Population schedule
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The population schedule used in the census, translated into English and reduced in size is as follows:[4]
Situation
- Street.
- Number of house.
- Number of house or building in the order of visitation.
- Number of family in the order of visitation.
- Name of every person residing with this family or in this house
Relationship
- Relationship of each person to the head of the family.
Personal description
Nativity
- Native country of this person.
Citizenship
Occupation
- Occupation, trade or profession of every person 10 years of age and over.
Instruction
- Months of attendance at school during the last school year.
- Can read. (primary)
- Can write. (primary)
- Higher.
Sanitary conditions
- Source of water used.
- Disposition of garbage.
- Latrine system.
Method of tabulation
It was taken that to save time, the tabulation should be done by machine and not by the old hand-tally system. As the machines invented by Mr Herman Hollerith were successfully used in the earlier eleventh and were to be used for the twelfth U.S. census, it was adopted.[5]
Population and dwellings
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Department[6] | Total population | Increase |
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Humacao (with Río Grande) | 100,866 | 8.2% |
Mayagüez | 127,566 | 10.0% |
Guayama | 111,986 | 15.5% |
Aguadilla | 99,645 | 15.7% |
Bayamón (less Rio Grande) | 147,681 | 20.2% |
Ponce | 203,191 | 27.5% |
Arecibo | 162,308 | 30.7% |
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953,243 | ![]() |
Population by municipal districts
Aguadilla department[7] | 99,645 | Guayama department-continued | |
Aguada | 10,581 | Cidra | 7,552 |
Aguadilla | 17,830 | Comerío | 8,249 |
Isabela | 14,888 | Guayama | 12,749 |
Lares | 20,883 | Gurabo | 8,700 |
Moca | 12,410 | Juncos | 8,429 |
Rincón | 6,641 | Salinas | 5,731 |
San Sebastian | 16,412 | San Lorenzo | 13,433 |
Arecibo department | 162,308 | Humacao department | 88,501 |
Arecibo | 36,910 | Fajardo | 16,782 |
Barceloneta | 9,357 | Humacao | 14,313 |
Camuy | 10,887 | Maunabo | 6,221 |
Ciales | 18,115 | Naguabo | 10,873 |
Hatillo | 10,449 | Patillas | 11,163 |
Manati | 13,989 | Piedras | 8,602 |
Morovis | 11,309 | Vieques | 6,642 |
Quebradillas | 7,432 | Yabucoa | 13,905 |
Utuado | 43,860 | Mayagüez department | 127,566 |
Bayamon department | 160,046 | Añasco | 13,311 |
Bayamon | 19,940 | Cabo Rojo | 16,154 |
Carolina | 11,965 | Hormigueros | 3,215 |
Corozal | 11,508 | Lajas | 8,789 |
Dorado | 3,804 | Las Marias | 11,279 |
Loiza | 12,522 | Maricao | 8,312 |
Naranjito | 8,101 | Mayagüez | 35,700 |
Rio Grande | 12,365 | Sabana Grande | 10,560 |
Rio Piedras | 13,760 | San German | 20,246 |
San Juan | 32,048 | Ponce department | 203,191 |
Toa Alta | 7,908 | Adjuntas | 19,484 |
Toa Baja | 4,030 | Aibonito | 8,596 |
Trujillo Alto | 5,683 | Barranquitas | 8,103 |
Vega Alta | 6,107 | Barros | 14,845 |
Vega Baja | 10,305 | Coamo | 15,144 |
Guayama department | 111,986 | Guayanilla | 9,540 |
Aguas Buenas | 7,977 | Juana Diaz | 27,896 |
Arroyo | 4,867 | Peñuelas | 12,129 |
Caguas | 19,857 | Ponce | 55,477 |
Cayey | 14,442 | Santa Isabel | 4,858 |
- | - | Yauco | 27,119 |
Age
Department | Median age | ||
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Guayama | 17.3 | ||
Arecibo | 17.6 | ||
Humacao | 17.7 | ||
Aguadilla | 17.9 | ||
Bayamon | 18.2 | ||
Ponce | 18.5 | ||
Mayaguez | 19.1 | ||
Source: 1899 Census of Porto Rico.[8] |
Birthplace
Proportion of foreign-born population. Source:[9]
The number of foreign-born returned by the census is 13,872 or about 1.5% of the total population. There were few regions in the western hemisphere in which the proportion of natives is so high and that of the foreign-born so low. Of the total number of foreigners 5,935 or 43 per cent were found in the three cities of San Juan, Ponce and Mayagüez. Of the total foreign-born 7,690 or 55 per cent were born in Spain.[10]
Country | Population |
Percentage | |
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Puerto Rico | 939,371 | 98.5% | |
Totals, Foreign-born | 13,872 | 1.5% | |
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7,690 | ||
Spanish America | 1,542 | 0.2% | |
West India islands | 1,194 | - | |
Africa | 427 | - | |
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1,069 | 0.1% | |
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68 | - | |
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953,243 | 100.0% | |
Source: 1899 Porto Rico census[11]
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Race
With reference to race, the population of Porto Rico is divided by the census into two main classes - those who are and those who are not White. The number belonging to each of these classes is as follows:
Race | Population | Percentage | |
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White | 589,426 | 61.8% | |
Colored* | 363,817 | 38.2% | |
(Persons of mixed blood) | 304,352 | 83.6% | |
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953,243 | 100.00% | |
Source: 1899 Census of Porto Rico.[12] |
The colored in the table includes very few (75) Chinese and many persons of mixed white and Black African blood as well as pure Black. Somewhat more than three-fifths of the population of Porto Rico are white and nearly two-fifths are partly or entirely negro or Black. By the 1899 census five-sixths (83.6 per cent) of the total colored were returned as of mixed blood.[13]
See also
- United States Census
- Puerto Rican citizenship
- Demographics of Puerto Rico
- 1890 United States Census
- 1931 Cuba census
References
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899
- ^ "Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899 (P. 40)". 1900. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- ^ "When was Puerto Rico first included in a census of the United States?". United States Census Bureau. 1900. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- ^ "Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899 (P. 40)". 1900. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- ^ Report on the census of Porto Rico: Population schedule (Page: 37)
- ^ Method of Tabulation (Page: 38)
- ^ "Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899". p. 40. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899". p. 156. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- ^ Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 Census of "Porto Rico" (Old Spelling) (Page 47).
- ^ Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 (Page: 63)
- ^ Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 (Page: 63)
- ^ Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 (Page: 62)
- ^ Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 Census of "Porto Rico" (Old Spelling) Page 57.
- ^ Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 (Page: 56)