 In the 1899 census, one year after the United States invaded and took control of the island, 61.8% of the people self-identified as White.In the 2010 United States Census the total of Puerto Ricans that self-identified as White was 75.8% or 2,825,100 out of the 3,725,789 people living in Puerto Rico.down from 80.5% in the 2000 Census.