1899 Puerto Rico census

First US census in Puerto Rico Tenth census of Puerto Rico Supervisors of Puerto Rican census.jpg Group of supervisors for the census. Puerto Rico yes 1899 11 10 Situation Relationship Personal description Nativity Citizenship Race Occupation Schooling, literacy Sanitary Census Bureau for the U.S. War Department https://www.census.gov/history/www/programs/geography/island_areas.html#:~:text=The%20island%20of%20Puerto%20Rico,the%20decennial%20census%20since%201910 census.gov 953,243 16.0%https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/40/mode/2up Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899 40 1900 December 27, 2019 department Ponce (203,191) Aguadilla (99,645) 1887 Puerto Rico census 1887 1910 Puerto Rico census 1910 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.https://www.census.gov/history/www/faqs/demographic_faqs/when_was_puerto_rico_first_included_in_the_us_census.html When was Puerto Rico first included in a census of the United States? 1900 United States Census Bureau December 27, 2019 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.https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/40/mode/2up Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899 40 1900 December 27, 2019 Population schedule 230px|thumb|Enumerators of Arecibo. The population schedule used in the census, translated into English and reduced in size is as follows:https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/37/mode/1up Report on the census of Porto Rico Population schedule 37 November 26, 2023 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 Color. Sex. Age at last birthday. Status. Nativity Native country of this person. Citizenship Cuban, Spaniard, or in suspense. 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.https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/37/mode/1up 1899 census of Puerto Rico: Method of Tabulation 38 15 June 2024 Population and dwellings Departmenthttps://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/40/mode/2up Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899 40 22 September 2022 Total population Increase (%) Humacao (with Río Grande) 100,8668.2 Mayagüez 127,56610.0 Guayama 111,986 15.5 Aguadilla 99,64515.7 Bayamón (less Rio Grande) 147,68120.2 Ponce 203,19127.5 Arecibo 162,308 30.7 23px|border Puerto Rico953,243 19.4 Population by municipal districts Aguadilla departmenthttps://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/40/mode/2up Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899 156 September 22, 2022 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      Salinas5,731      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      Humacao14,313      Camuy 10,887      Maunabo6,221      Ciales 18,115      Naguabo10,873      Hatillo 10,449      Patillas11,163      Manati 13,989      Piedras8,602      Morovis 11,309      Vieques6,642      Quebradillas 7,432      Yabucoa13,905      Utuado 43,860 Mayagüez department127,566 Bayamon department 160,046      Añasco 13,311      Bayamon 19,940      Cabo Rojo16,154      Carolina 11,965      Hormigueros3,215      Corozal 11,508      Lajas8,789      Dorado 3,804      Las Marias11,279      Loiza 12,522      Maricao8,312      Naranjito 8,101      Mayagüez35,700      Rio Grande 12,365      Sabana Grande10,560      Rio Piedras 13,760      San German20,246      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      Barranquitas8,103      Vega Alta6,107      Barros14,845      Vega Baja 10,305      Coamo15,144 Guayama department 111,986      Guayanilla9,540      Aguas Buenas 7,977      Juana Diaz27,896      Arroyo 4,867      Peñuelas12,129      Caguas 19,857      Ponce55,477      Cayey 14,442      Santa Isabel4,858 - -      Yauco 27,119 Age thumb|right|230px|Puerto Rican enumerators of Ponce, the most populous department. Data of the total population by median age.https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n77/mode/2up Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899 Census of "Porto Rico" 47 November 26, 2023 Department Median age Guayama 17.3 Arecibo 17.6 Humacao 17.7 Aguadilla 17.9 Bayamon 18.2 Ponce 18.5 Mayaguez 19.1 Nativity Birthplace right right % of foreign-born.https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/62/mode/2up Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899 63 November 26, 2023 Spain 55.45 Blue Spanish America 11.0 Red United States 7.5 Yellow Others 26.05 honeydew 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.https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/62/mode/2up Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899 63 November 26, 2023 Birthplacehttps://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/62/mode/2up Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899 62 November 26, 2023 Number % Puerto Rico 939,371 98.5 Foreign-born 13,872 1.5 Europe - - 25px|border Spain 7,690 Spanish America 1,542 0.2      West India islands 1,194 - Africa 427 - USA 1890 United States 1,069 0.1 23px|border China 68 - Puerto Rico 953,243 100 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:https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/58/mode/2up Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 Census of "Porto Rico" 57 November 26, 2023 Race Population % 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 African or Black. By the 1899 census five-sixths (83.6 per cent) of the total colored were returned as of mixed blood.https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/56/mode/2up Report on the census of Porto Rico 1899 56 November 26, 2023 Gallery Supervisors and enumerators of different departments. See also United States Puerto Rico United States Census Puerto Rican citizenship Demographics of Puerto Rico 1890 United States census 1931 Cuba census References Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 30em Puerto Rico Category:United States census Puerto Rico Category:1899 in Puerto Rico Category:Demographics of Puerto Rico