1950 Dominican Republic Census
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
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 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
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.