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Summary Population and Housing Characteristics

Table 5.     Household, Family and Group Quarters Characteristics: 1990



Puerto Rico
Municipio
Municipio Subdivision
Place 		Persons in
households 		All
households 		Family Households Nonfamily households Persons per- Persons in group quarters
Total Married-
couple
family 		Female
house-
holder, no
husband
present 		Total Householder living alone Household Family Total Institu-
tionalized
persons 		Other per-
sons in
group quaters
Total 65 years and over
Total Female
Puerto Rico 3,487,667 1,054,924 886,339 634,872 205,508 168,585 155,151 66,187 40,905 3.31 3.69 34,370 18,734 15,636


Did You Know?

The term "china" originated from a brand of oranges that came to Puerto Rico in the 19th century, advertised as names "Naranjas de la China/Oranges from China" China in PR is the color orange and the fruit. naranja, which is used for oranges in most Spanish speaking countries, only refers to the bitter orange in Puerto Rico.