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Santa Cruz Census Trends
1895--1920


Early Townships (all nationalities)
First settlers
1895
1914
1920
compare
1991
Puerto Santa Cruz
1878
247
547
1,403
2,871
Puerto Deseado
1884
804
2,403
7,089
Río Gallegos
1885
150
1,557
2,912
64,852
San Julián
c1889
46
408
1,402
5,126
Total for Province    
1,058
9,948
17,925
159,726

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Indicators
1895
1914
1920
compare
1991
Total Population
1,058
9,948
17,925
159,726
Pop./sq. km.
0.004
0.04
0.07
0.7
Male-Female ratio
2.52
2.51
1.60
1.10
Rural %
58
52
44
4
Foreign-born %
47.5
67
53
16
   (of whom)
 
 
 
 
     British   % [rank]
29 [1]
12 [3]
9 [3]
-
     Chilean % [rank]
18 [2]
19 [2]
20 [2]
-
         

[ Total area of the province: 243,943 sq. km. ]

Source:  "El Gran Libro de la Provincia de Santa Cruz", Carlos Godoy, 2000
Last updated: 14 Jan 2002