1899 Puerto Rico census
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 (![]() | |
Most populous | Ponce (203,191) | |
Least populous | Aguadilla (99,645) |
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]
Population schedule
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Enumerators_of_Arecibo.jpg/230px-Enumerators_of_Arecibo.jpg)
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
[edit]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
[edit]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 |
![]() | 953,243 | 19.4 ![]() |
Population by municipal districts
[edit]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
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Data of the total population by median age.[8]
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 |
Nativity
[edit]Birthplace
[edit]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 | % |
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Puerto Rico | 939,371 | 98.5 |
Foreign-born | 13,872 | 1.5 |
Europe | - | - |
![]() | 7,690 | |
Spanish America | 1,542 | 0.2 |
West India islands | 1,194 | - |
Africa | 427 | - |
![]() | 1,069 | 0.1 |
![]() | 68 | - |
Puerto Rico | 953,243 | 100 |
Race
[edit]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]
Race | Population | % |
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White | 589,426 | 61.8 |
Colored* | 363,817 | 38.2 |
(Persons of mixed blood) | 304,352 | 83.6 |
Puerto Rico | 953,243 | 100.0 |
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]
Gallery
[edit]Supervisors and enumerators of different departments.
- Aguadilla
- Humacao
- Mayaguez
- San Juan
- Full report on the census (press to read)
See also
[edit]- United States Census
- Puerto Rican citizenship
- Demographics of Puerto Rico
- 1890 United States Census
- 1931 Cuba census
References
[edit] 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". 1900. p. 40. 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". 1900. p. 40. Retrieved December 27, 2019.
- ^ "Report on the census of Porto Rico Population schedule". p. 37. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ "1899 census of Puerto Rico: Method of Tabulation". p. 38. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "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"". p. 47. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ "Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899". p. 63. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ "Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899". p. 63. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ "Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899". p. 62. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ "Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 Census of "Porto Rico"". p. 57. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ "Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899". p. 56. Retrieved November 26, 2023.