1887 Puerto Rico census

Last Spanish census in Puerto Rico Ninth census of Puerto Rico Captaincy General of Puerto Rico yes 1887 12 01 Statistics Commission of the Kingdom https://censo.estadisticas.pr/censo-decenal/Puerto-Rico/1887 censo.estadisticas.pr 798,565 9% department Ponce (159,311) Vieques (5,975) 1877 Puerto Rico census 1877 1899 Puerto Rico census 1899 The 1887 Puerto Rico census was the ninth population census held in Puerto Rico and the last census count under Spanish rule. Under Spanish rule, censuses had been taken at irregular intervals in Puerto Rico between 1765 and 1887.https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980/proceduralHistory/Chapter_11.pdf Chapter 11: Puerto Rico and the Outlying Areas United States Census Bureau 2024-12-24 The population count was 798,565 - an increase of 66,917 or 9.0% over the previous census in 1877. https://rcm1.rcm.upr.edu/demografia/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2020/04/Vazquez-1968-Crecimiento-poblacional-de-Puerto-Rico-1493-al-presente.pdf EL CRECIMIENTO POBLACIONAL DE PUERTO RICO 1493 AL PRESENTE 8 February 2025 https://censo.estadisticas.pr/censo-decenal/Puerto-Rico/1887 1887 (Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas de España) censo.estadisticas.pr 8 February 2025 After 1887, the following Puerto Rican census of 1899 was held during US rule. Race Afro–Puerto Ricans White Puerto Ricans The 1887 census had two primary race options; one for white people and one for "colored" people (non-white). At 474,933 people, 59.5% of the population was white. The total "colored" population was 323,632 people. 246,647 people were sub-classified as Mulattos, making up 76.2% of the total non-white population.https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/58/mode/2up Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 Census of "Porto Rico" 57 1900 December 24, 2024 See also Puerto Rican citizenship and nationality References External links Censo de la Isle de Puerto-Rico, Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico Category:1887 censuses Category:1887 in Puerto Rico Category:Censuses by country Category:Demographics of Puerto Rico