Río Lajas, Toa Alta, Puerto Rico

Río Lajas is a barrio in the municipality of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,566.^[3][4][5]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	973		—
1910	1,256		29.1%
1920	1,519		20.9%
1930	1,393		−8.3%
1940	1,420		1.9%
1950	1,340		−5.6%
1960	1,078		−19.6%
1970	883		−18.1%
1980	976		10.5%
1990	1,481		51.7%
2000	2,082		40.6%
2010	2,566		23.2%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[6] 1910-1930[7] 1930-1950[8] 1980-2000[9] 2010[10]

Río Lajas
Barrio
Puerto Rico Highway 142 in Río Lajas
Location of Río Lajas within the municipality of Toa Alta shown in red
Río Lajas Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°22′34″N 66°17′40″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Toa Alta
Area [1]
• Total	3.73 sq mi (9.7 km2)
• Land	3.73 sq mi (9.7 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	394 ft (120 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,566
• Density	687.9/sq mi (265.6/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Río Lajas was in Spain's gazetteers^[11] until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an unincorporated territory of the United States. In 1899, the United States Department of War conducted a census of Puerto Rico finding that the population of Río Lajas barrio was 973.^[12]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)^[13] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.^[14][15][16]

The following sectors are in Río Lajas barrio:^[17]

Calles: Almendro, Cedro, Bambú, Deloniz, Guayacán, Higüero, Laurel, Jacaranda, Kamani, India Laurel, Maga, Níspero, Ébano, Potones, Ceiba, Ibisco, Sector Jazmín, Sector La Cuchilla, Sector Marrero, Sector Marzán, Sector Nilo, Sector Rivera, Sector Ayala, Sector Rufo Rodríguez, Urbanización Haciendas de Dorado, Urbanización Valle del Paraíso, Urbanización Vista del Río I, and Urbanización Vista del Río III.

Gallery

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  Puerto Rico Highway 823 in Río Lajas

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Toa Alta, Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Lajas barrio
3. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
4. Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
5. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
6. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
7. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
8. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
9. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
10. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
11. "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
12. Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 162.
13. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
14. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
15. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
16. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
17. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL TOA ALTA 013" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2020.