1950 Dominican Republic census

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. 

President Trujillo

This census collected information on sex, occupation, age, fertility, race, religion, marital status, nationality, literacy, ability to vote, and housing.

General results

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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
and Race
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
Mother tongue or native language
Language Total % Urban % Rural %
Spanish 98.00 97.82 98.06
French 1.19 0.39 1.44
English 0.57 0.96 0.45
Arabic 0.09 0.35 0.01
Italian 0.03 0.10 0.01
another language 0.12 0.35 0.04

Provincial and communal results

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See also

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Sources

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  • National office of the Census (1958). Third National Census of Population, 1950.

References

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