1887 Puerto Rico census

Last updated
Ninth census of Puerto Rico
← 18771 December 1887;137 years ago (1887-12-01) 1899  →
General information
Country Captaincy General of Puerto Rico
Authority Statistics Commission of the Kingdom
Website censo.estadisticas.pr
Results
Total population798,565 (Increase2.svg 9%)
Most populous department Ponce (159,311)
Least populous department Vieques (5,975)

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. [1] The population count was 798,565 - an increase of 66,917 or 9.0% over the previous census in 1877. [2] [3] After 1887, the following Puerto Rican census of 1899 was held during US rule.

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Race

At 474,933 people, 59.5% of the population was white. The total "colored" (non-white/Black) population was 323,632 people. 246,647 people were classified as Mulattos, making up 76.2% of the total non-white population. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chapter 11: Puerto Rico and the Outlying Areas" (PDF). United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  2. ↑ "EL CRECIMIENTO POBLACIONAL DE PUERTO RICO 1493 AL PRESENTE" (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "1887 (Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas de España)". censo.estadisticas.pr. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899 Census of "Porto Rico"". 1900. p. 57. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
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