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Summary Population and Housing Characteristics

Table 7.     Structural and Vacancy Characteristics: 1990

Puerto Rico
Municipio
Municipio Subdivision
Place 		All Housing Units Occupied housing units Vacant housing units
Total Units in Structure Lacking
complete
plumbing
facilities 		Mean
number of
rooms 		Total Lacking
complete
plumbing
facilities 		With 1.01
or more
persons
per room 		Total For seasonal
recreational
or occasional
use 		Homeowner
vacancy
rate 		Rental
vacancy
rate
1 unit,
detached 		1 unit,
attached 		2 to 4 units 5 or more
units
Puerto Rico 1,188,985 844,916 167,286 35,318 136,708 63,667 4.9 1,054,924 48,566 127,234 134,061 21,413 1.7 7.3


Did You Know?

Modern DNA studies show that many Puerto Ricans have Indigenous Taíno ancestry, especially through maternal lineages, demonstrating that Taíno heritage survives despite the dramatic population decline after European contact.