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First US census in Puerto Rico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1899 Puerto Rico census (Porto Rico was also used) was a national population census held in Puerto Rico and first under U.S. control by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. War Department.[2] It was the tenth census combined with the nine previous censuses taken by Spain. The day used for the census was Friday November 10, 1899 with a total population counted as 953,243 - an increase of 154,678 or 16% over the previous 1887 census taken by the Spanish government.[3]
| Tenth census of Puerto Rico | ||
|---|---|---|
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Group of supervisors for the census. | ||
| General information | ||
| Country | Puerto Rico | |
| Topics | Census topics
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| Authority | Census Bureau for the U.S. War Department | |
| Website | census.gov | |
| Results | ||
| Total population | 953,243 ( 16.0%[1]) | |
| Most populous | Ponce (203,191) | |
| Least populous | Aguadilla (99,645) | |
The population schedule used in the census, translated into English and reduced in size is as follows:[4]
Situation
Relationship
Personal description
Nativity
Citizenship
Occupation
Instruction
Sanitary conditions
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]
| Department[6] | Total population | Increase (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
.svg){kind=small} Puerto Rico | 953,243 | 19.4 |
| 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 |
Data of the total population by median age.[8]
| Department | Median age |
|---|---|
| Guayama | 17.3 |
| Arecibo | 17.6 |
| Humacao | 17.7 |
| Aguadilla | 17.9 |
| Bayamon | 18.2 |
| Ponce | 18.5 |
| Mayaguez | 19.1 |
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% were born in Spain.[10]
| Birthplace[11] | Number |
% |
|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico | 939,371 | 98.5 |
| Foreign-born | 13,872 | 1.5 |
| Europe | - | - |
.svg){kind=small} Spain | 7,690 | |
| Spanish America | 1,542 | 0.2 |
| West India islands | 1,194 | - |
| Africa | 427 | - |
 United States | 1,069 | 0.1 |
.svg){kind=small} China | 68 | - |
| Puerto Rico | 953,243 | 100 |
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:[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]
Supervisors and enumerators of different departments.
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