President Trujillo The Third National Census of Population of the Dominican Republic was raised on 6 August 1950, during the presidency of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo , after the Decree No.6091 of 20 October 1949.
This census collected information on sex, occupation, age, fertility, race, religion, marital status, nationality, literacy, ability to vote, and housing.
General results
General results
Indicator
Quantity
%
Total population
2,135,872
100
Men
1,070,742
50.13
Women
1,065,130
48.87
Peasants
76.20
Urbanites
23.80
Regions
North
1,100,573
51.53%
South
795,835
37.26%
District of Santo Domingo
239,464
11.21%
Results on marital status
Marital status
Quantity
%
Total population
2,135,872
100.00
Single
1,432,579
67.07
Married
341,887
16.01
Widowed
44,182
2.07
Cohabitating
310,240
14.52
Results on Nationality
Indicator
Quantity
%
Dominicans
2,101,218
98.4
Foreigners
34,654
1.6
from Haiti
18,772
0.9
from another country
15,882
0.7
Whites
600,994
28.14
Mestizos
1,289,285
60.36
Blacks
245,032
11.47
Yellows
561
0.03
Results on Creed
Religion
%
Catholic
98.25
Protestant
1.43
Buddhist
0.00
Jewish
0.02
Adventist
0.14
another
0.06
none
0.09
not declared
0.01
Fertility rate
Zones
Average of Children per mother
Nationwide
5.0
Urban
4.1
Rural
5.3
Provincial and communal results
See also
Sources
National office of the Census (1958). Third National Census of Population, 1950.
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