Editing Puerto Ricans (section)

===Population (1765–1897)===
The populations during Spanish rule of Puerto Rico were:
{|class="sort wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"
|-
!colspan=9| Ethnic composition of Puerto Rico 1765 - 1897
|-
! style="background:#efefef;" |1765
! style="background:#efefef;" |Population
! style="background:#efefef;" |Percent
! style="background:#efefef;" |1802
! style="background:#efefef;" |Population
! style="background:#efefef;" |Percent
! style="background:#efefef;" |1897
! style="background:#efefef;" |Population
! style="background:#efefef;" |Percent
|-
| Other (incl: African, <br />[[Mulatto]], [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous]]){{ref|1|1}} ||22,274 || 49.6%
| White||78,281 || 48.0%
| White|| 573,187 || 64.3%
|-
| [[White Puerto Ricans|White]] ||17,572 || 39.2%
| African|| 16,414 || 10.0%
| African||75,824 || 8.6%
|-
| [[Afro-Puerto Ricans|African]]{{ref|2|2}}||5,037 || 11.2%
| Mulatto || 55,164 || 33.8%
| [[Multiracial|Mixed]] ||241,900 || 27.1%
|-
| - || - || -
| Other African{{ref|2|2}} || 13,333 || 8.2%
| - || - || -
|-
| - || - || -
| - || - || -
| - || - || -
|-
|-class= "sortbottom" bgcolor="lightgrey"
| [[File:Bandera de Costas.svg|25px|border]] '''Puerto Rico'''||align = center|'''44,833''' ||align = center| '''100.0%'''
| {{flagicon|Spain|1785}} '''Puerto Rico'''||align = center|'''163,192''' ||align = center| '''100.0%'''
| {{flagicon|Spain|1785}} '''Puerto Rico'''||align = center|'''890,911'''||align = center| '''100.0%'''
|-
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:left;"| <small> 1765 Census. (First census)</small><ref name="books.google.com">[https://books.google.com/books?id=BPdgiysIVcgC&pg=PA495 A Population History of North America] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203200718/https://books.google.com/books?id=BPdgiysIVcgC&pg=PA495 |date=February 3, 2017 }} By Michael R. Haines, Richard H. Steckel</ref><ref name="auto">[https://repasopcmasumet.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/hpr_s-xvi1.pdf HISTORIA DE PUERTO RICO] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304223337/https://repasopcmasumet.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/hpr_s-xvi1.pdf |date=March 4, 2016 }} Page 17.</ref> 1802 Census.<ref name="auto"/><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kxYcQpXcLIgC&dq=163%2C192+puerto+rico+1802+census&pg=PA206 An Account of the Present State of the Island of Puerto Rico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225054904/https://books.google.com/books?id=kxYcQpXcLIgC&pg=PA206&lpg=PA206&dq=163,192+puerto+rico+1802+census&source=bl&ots=RwewJPONY7&sig=dpAv9L28chMvi40Wy2VyVFT9WCs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq5_Tpv4fNAhWGQBoKHemYBvgQ6AEIQjAF#v=onepage&q=163%2C192%20puerto%20rico%201802%20census&f=false |date=February 25, 2017 }} By George D. Flinter (Page: 206)</ref> 1897 Census<ref name="archive.org">[https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/58/mode/2up Report on the census of Porto Rico, 1899] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/58/mode/2up |date=July 16, 2017 }} Census of "Porto Rico" (Old Spelling) Page 57.</ref> <small>{{note|1|1}} Indigenous: Taino people, Also Arawak people.</small><small>{{note|2|2}}: Slave population.</small>
|}