| Brown: | |||
| Filipino | 189 | ||
| Ilokano | 9 | ||
| Moro | 4 | ||
| Tagalog | 75 | ||
| Bisayan | 101 | ||
| English | 14 | ||
| French | 1 | ||
| All others | 5 | ||
| Mixed: | |||
| Filipino | 1 | ||
| Chinese | 8 | ||
| English | 2 | ||
| Yellow: | |||
| Chinese | 392 | ||
| Japanese | 1 | ||
| English | 3 | ||
| White: | |||
| American | 22 | ||
| Spanish | 2 | ||
| All others | 1 | ||
| Total | 641 | ||
As the great majority of the “mixed” population have Chinese fathers, they, as a rule, follow Chinese custom and trade and may be regarded as Chinese. The Chinese element may therefore be classified as follows:
| Chinese | Males | Females | Total |
| Pure | 429 | 56 | 485 |
| Mixed | 70 | 45 | 115 |
| Total | 499 | 101 | 600 |
The Filipinos may be classified as follows:
| Filipinos | Males | Females | Total |
| Brown | 274 | 202 | 476 |
| Mixed | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Total | 278 | 205 | 483 |
The census statistics give a full and clear idea of the composition of the resident population of the town in 1903. The Chinese and their offspring, amounting to 600, undoubtedly form the preponderant element. The Filipinos come next, amounting to 483 only. Considerable change has, however, occurred since the census was taken, and necessitates a revision of the above figures. The increase of the garrison and the construction of many new buildings for the military post has caused an influx of Filipinos from Zamboanga and Kotabato, and more Chinese have undoubtedly come in since 1903. The census figures again do not include Moros, some hundreds of whom live at present in Tulay and Busbus.
The following, based on close personal observation, is considered a fair estimate of the present population:
| Walled town | San Remondo | Tulay | Busbus | Jolo | |
| Moros | [16]30 | 30 | 300 | 350 | 710 |
| Chinese | 250 | 10 | 400 | 20 | 680 |
| Filipinos | 170 | 100 | 250 | 520 | |
| Total | 450 | 140 | 950 | 370 | 1,910 |
The inhabitants of the town are more or less migratory in character. The population is constantly changing. Few are property owners. The majority are traders, carpenters, and domestic servants. The Filipinos were originally “camp followers” and still feel as strangers in the land. Many of the Moros living at Tulay and Busbus are of mixed origin. The mixture is chiefly of Sulus and Samals, with each other and with Chinese. The Jolo type of Moros is by no means pure Sulu and has consequently misled many authors and ethnologists. A large number of Samals frequent Tulay and Busbus and often temporarily reside there, but because of their strong migratory habits no estimate has been made of them.
A few Arabians, Malays, and Indian traders are married in the country, but their proportion is small and insignificant at present.