Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1901 — Porto Rico Census Returns. [ARTICLE]

Porto Rico Census Returns.

According to the figures of the official census of Porto Rico, just compiled, the total population is 953,243, with 8,721, more women than men, somewhat more than three-fifths are white and two-fifths are partially or entirely negro. Porto Rico has 264 persons to the square mile. This density of population is about the same as in New Jersey, nearly twice that in Pennsylvania and thrice that in Illinois.