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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