A Culture of Everyday Credit: Housekeeping, Pawnbroking, and Governance in Mexico City, 1750-1920

Appendix 3: Census Data

Appendix 3 Census Data 318 Appendix 3 table a Mexico City’s Population Year Population Year Population Year Population 1772 112,462a 1824 114,084b 1869 225,000 1790 113,240 1838 205,430 1880 250,000 1803 137,000 1842 200,000 1895 329,774 1811 168,846 1856 185,000 1900 344,721 1820 179,830 1865 200,000 1910 471,066c 1921 615,367c Source: From a list culled from various sources, some of them estimates, in Estadísticas históricas de México, tomo 1 (México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática/Instituto Nacional de Antropolog ía e Historia, 1986), 24, except where otherwise noted. a John Kizca, Colonial Entrepreneurs: Families and Business in Mexico City, (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1983), 2. b ahcm, Censos, vol. 1, s.f. c The Federal District population was 720,753 in 1910 and 906,063 in 1921. Estados Unidos Mexicanos , Departamento de la Estadistica Nacional, Censo general de habitantes 30 de noviembre de 1921: Distrito Federal (México: Talleres Gráficos de la Nación ‘‘Diario Oficial,’’ 1925). table b Cuartel 9, Mexico City, 1811 Census Single Married Widow Total Census Spanish men 886 384 44 1,314 24,734 Spanish women 638 353 255 1,246 31,481 Subtotal 1,524 737 299 2,560 56,215 Casta men 122 55 7 184 6,666 Casta women 132 58 69 259 9,880 Subtotal 254 113 76 443 16,546 Indian men 138 71 8 217 11,359 Indian women 231 71 89 391 14,893 Subtotal 369 142 97 608 26,252 Total men 1,146 510 59 1,715 42,759 Total women 1,001 482 413 1,896 56,254 Total 2,147 992 472 3,611 99,013 Source: agn, Padrones, vol. 55, f. 121 has totals by category for Cuartel 9. For totals by category for most of the census, see Herbert J. Klein, ‘‘The Demographic Structure of Mexico City in 1811,’’ Journal of Urban History, 23, no. 1 (1996): 66–94. Appendix 3 319 table c Cuartel 9 Sample, Mexico City, 1811 Census (1,132 individuals = 31% of cuartel population) Sample Percent Sample Cuartel Percent Cuartel Census Percent Census Spanish mena 404 36 1,314 36 24,734 24 Spanish womena 394 35 1,246 35 31,481 33 Subtotal 798 71 2,560 71 56,215 57 Casta men 57 5 184 5 6,666 7 Casta women 86 8 259 7 9,880 10 Subtotal 143 13 443 12 16,546 17 Indian men 8 7 217 6 11,359 11 Indian women 111 10 391 11 14,893 15 Subtotal 191 17 608 17 26,252 26 Total men 541 48 1,715 47 42,759 43 Total women 591 52 1,896 53 56,254 57 Total 1,132 3,611 99,013 Source: agn, Padrones, vol. 55, Cuartel 9 totals on p. 121. For totals by category for most of the census, see Klein, ‘‘Demographic Structure.’’ a For 305 of the 404 men and 322 of the 394 women, the ‘‘Spanish’’ identification can be further broken down into ‘‘peninsular’’ and ‘‘Creole.’’ For men 28 percent of the ‘‘españoles’’ have Iberian birthplaces listed, while 72 percent have American birthplaces. For women 97 percent of the ‘‘españolas’’ have American birthplaces. table d Widows in Cuartel 9 Sample, Mexico City, 1811 Census Cuartel Total Sample Total Household Heads Guest in Household Live-in Servants Creole 255 75 34 36 5 Casta 69 24 7 6 11 India 89 16 2 4 10 Total 413 114 43 46 25 Source: agn, Padrones, vol. 55. 320 Appendix 3 table e Household Heads in Cuartel 9 Sample (183 households) Married Single Widow/er Total Male Household Heads Sample 96 17 9 122 Entire census 3,066 590 367 4,023 Female Household Heads Sample Spanish 6 9 34 49 Casta 3 0 7 10 India 0 0 2 2 Subtotal 9 9 43 61 Entire census 228 429 1,268a 1,925 Sample total, household heads 105 26 52 183 Census total, household heads 3,294 1,019 1,635 5,948 Source: Cuartel 9 figures are in agn, Padrones, vol. 55. For totals for most of the census, see Klein, ‘‘Demographic Structure.’’ a According to Klein’s analysis of the 1811 census, 64 percent of Spanish female household heads, 76 percent...