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The municipalities of Puerto Rico are the second-order administrative divisions in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. There are 78 such administrative divisions covering all 78 incorporated towns and cities. Each municipality is led by a mayor and divided into barrios, though the latter are not vested with any political authority. Every municipality is governed by the Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991, which establishes that every municipality must have an elected strong mayor with a municipal legislature as the form of government. Each legislature must be unicameral, with the number of members related to adequate representation of the total municipality's population. In contrast to other jurisdictions, both the mayors and the municipal legislators are elected on the same date and for the same term of office.

Municipalities of Puerto Rico
Location	Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Number	78
Populations	1,818 (Culebra) – 395,326 (San Juan)
Areas	4.84 square miles (12.5 km2) (Cataño) – 125.95 square miles (326.2 km2) (Arecibo)
Government	Mayor–council government
Subdivisions	Barrio

From a political and urban design perspective, several differences and similarities exist among municipalities of differing sizes. For instance, municipalities with 50,000 inhabitants or more are considered incorporated cities, while those with fewer than 50,000 are considered incorporated towns.^[1] Size affects the autonomy exercised by the jurisdiction: cities provide and manage their own services, while towns typically depend on nearby cities for certain services. All municipalities have a barrio called pueblo proper (English: 'town'), which typically is the site of that municipality's historic Spanish colonial settlement. With development over time, it typically has become that municipality's urban core. Municipalities with large populations, however, may have an urban core that consist of several barrios.

Other differences exist among the municipalities. Economic activity, for example, tends to be concentrated in the metropolitan areas surrounding the cities of San Juan, Ponce, Arecibo, Caguas, Mayaguez, Aguadilla, and Humacao, and most towns are commuter towns. Statistically, the municipality with the largest number of inhabitants is San Juan, with around 400,000, while Culebra is the smallest, with around 1,800. Arecibo is the largest in terms of geography, with around 125 mi², and Cataño the smallest, with around 4.8 mi².

Overview

See also: Puerto Rico statistical areas

Because Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony until 1898, its system of local government bears more resemblance to that of the Hispanophone nations of the Americas than to local government in the United States and some other Anglophone countries. Thus, there are no first-order administrative divisions akin to counties, as defined by the U.S. Federal Government; instead, Puerto Rico has 78 municipalities or "municipios" as the secondary unit of administration.^[2] For U.S. Census purposes, the municipalities are considered county equivalents. The municipalities are grouped into eight electoral districts, but these do not possess administrative functions. In 1991, the Autonomous Municipalities Act was passed, which slightly modified the rights and responsibilities of Puerto Rican municipalities with the aim of decentralizing control and improving government services.^[3]

Every municipality is composed of several barrios, except for Florida, which has only one barrio. The municipality of Ponce has the largest number of barrios, 31.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Every municipality (except San Juan) also has an urban area made up of one or more barrios.^[9] When the urban area is made up of only one barrio, it is called "Barrio Pueblo". Some urban areas are made up of multiple barrios: Ponce's urban area, for example, is made up of 12 barrios. All of San Juan's barrios are urban barrios, and the municipality of San Juan is composed of urban barrios only - thus, the entire municipality of San Juan consists of one large urban zone only.^[10]

Every municipality's urban zone is named by the same name as the municipality. For example, the municipality of Caguas has an urban zone called Caguas - just like the municipality. Some municipalities' urban zones are termed "pueblo" (town) while others are termed "ciudad" (city). The difference resides in the population of the municipality: if the municipality has an urban zone below 50,000 inhabitants, then its urban zone is called a pueblo. If a municipality has a population above 50,000 inhabitants in its urban zone, then its urban zone is called a ciudad.^[1]

Politics

Main article: Mayors in Puerto Rico

The municipalities elect a mayor and a municipal legislature in the general elections every four years.

Demographics

Municipality	FIPS code[11]	Founded	Population (2020)[12]	% of Population	Area[13]
Adjuntas	001	1815	17,363	0.52%	66.69 sq mi (172.73 sq km)
Aguada	003	1639	036,694	1.12%	30.85 sq mi (79.90 sq km)
Aguadilla	005	1775	50,265	1.62%	36.53 sq mi (94.61 sq km)
Aguas Buenas	007	1838	24,814	0.76%	30.08 sq mi (77.92 sq km)
Aibonito	009	1824	22,108	0.69%	31.31 sq mi (81.10 sq km)
Añasco	011	1733	26,161	0.78%	39.29 sq mi (101.75 sq km)
Arecibo	013	1616	81,966	2.57%	125.95 sq mi (326.20 sq km)
Arroyo	015	1855	17,238	0.52%	15.01 sq mi (38.87 sq km)
Barceloneta	017	1881	23,727	0.66%	18.69 sq mi (48.41 sq km)
Barranquitas	019	1803	27,725	0.81%	34.25 sq mi (88.71 sq km)
Bayamón	021	1772	169,269	5.54%	44.32 sq mi (114.80 sq km)
Cabo Rojo	023	1771	47,515	1.36%	70.37 sq mi (182.27 sq km)
Caguas	025	1775	124,606	3.81%	58.60 sq mi (151.77 sq km)
Camuy	027	1807	30,504	0.94%	46.35 sq mi (120.06 sq km)
Canóvanas	029	1909	044,674	1.27%	32.87 sq mi (85.12 sq km)
Carolina	031	1816	146,984	4.71%	45.32 sq mi (117.38 sq km)
Cataño	033	1927	23,121	0.75%	4.84 sq mi (12.55 sq km)
Cayey	035	1773	42,409	1.28%	51.93 sq mi (134.51 sq km)
Ceiba	037	1838	10,904	0.36%	29.04 sq mi (75.20 sq km)
Ciales	039	1820	15,808	0.50%	66.53 sq mi (172.31 sq km)
Cidra	041	1809	38,307	1.16%	36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Coamo	043	1579	38,336	1.08%	78.10 sq mi (202.27 sq km)
Comerío	045	1826	18,648	0.55%	28.40 sq mi (73.56 sq km)
Corozal	047	1795	32,293	0.99%	42.57 sq mi (110.26 sq km)
Culebra	049	1880	1,714	0.05%	11.62 sq mi (30.10 sq km)
Dorado	051	1842	36,141	1.02%	23.09 sq mi (59.80 sq km)
Fajardo	053	1772	29,454	0.99%	29.86 sq mi (77.34 sq km)
Florida	054	1971	11,317	0.34%	15.21 sq mi (39.39 sq km)
Guánica	055	1914	15,383	0.52%	37.05 sq mi (95.96 sq km)
Guayama	057	1736	39,465	1.21%	64.99 sq mi (168.32 sq km)
Guayanilla	059	1833	17,623	0.57%	42.27 sq mi (109.48 sq km)
Guaynabo	061	1769	83,728	2.61%	27.58 sq mi (71.43 sq km)
Gurabo	063	1815	47,093	1.21%	27.89 sq mi (72.23 sq km)
Hatillo	065	1823	39,218	1.12%	41.78 sq mi (108.21 sq km)
Hormigueros	067	1874	15,518	0.46%	11.34 sq mi (29.37 sq km)
Humacao	069	1722	50,653	1.56%	44.75 sq mi (115.90 sq km)
Isabela	071	1819	40,423	1.22%	55.30 sq mi (143.23 sq km)
Jayuya	073	1911	13,891	0.44%	44.53 sq mi (115.33 sq km)
Juana Díaz	075	1798	44,679	1.96%	60.28 sq mi (156.12 sq km)
Juncos	077	1797	38,155	1.07%	26.49 sq mi (68.61 sq km)
Lajas	079	1883	22,010	0.69%	59.95 sq mi (159.15 sq km)
Lares	081	1827	24,276	0.82%	61.45 sq mi (159.15 sq km)
Las Marías	083	1871	7,927	0.26%	46.36 sq mi (120.07 sq km)
Las Piedras	085	1773	37,007	1.03%	33.88 sq mi (87.75 sq km)
Loíza	087	1719	24,553	0.80%	19.37 sq mi (50.17 sq km)
Luquillo	089	1797	17,665	0.53%	25.81 sq mi (66.85 sq km)
Manatí	091	1738	37,287	1.17%	46.13 sq mi (119.48 sq km)
Maricao	093	1874	5,430	0.17%	36.62 sq mi (94.85 sq km)
Maunabo	095	1799	10,321	0.33%	21.07 sq mi (54.57 sq km)
Mayagüez	097	1760	71,530	2.37%	77.65 sq mi (201.11 sq km)
Moca	099	1772	34,891	1.07%	50.34 sq mi (130.38 sq km)
Morovis	101	1818	30,335	0.87%	38.87 sq mi (100.67 sq km)
Naguabo	103	1821	25,671	0.71%	51.66 sq mi (133.80 sq km)
Naranjito	105	1824	27,349	0.81%	27.40 sq mi (70.97 sq km)
Orocovis	107	1772	20,220	0.62%	63.62 sq mi (164.78 sq km)
Patillas	109	1811	16,211	0.51%	46.7 sq mi (120.95 sq km)
Peñuelas	111	1793	19,249	0.65%	44.62 sq mi (115.57 sq km)
Ponce	113	1692	131,881	4.43%	114.76 sq mi (297.23 sq km)
Quebradillas	115	1823	22,918	0.69%	22.68 sq mi (58.74 sq km)
Rincón	117	1771	13,656	0.40%	14.29 sq mi (37.01 sq km)
Río Grande	119	1840	48,025	1.45%	60.62 sq mi (157.01 sq km)
Sabana Grande	121	1813	21,712	0.67%	35.83 sq mi (92.80 sq km)
Salinas	123	1851	27,128	0.83%	69.37 sq mi (179.67 sq km)
San Germán	125	1573	30,227	0.95%	54.50 sq mi (141.15 sq km)
San Juan	127	1519[14]	318,441	10.53%	47.85 sq mi (123.93 sq km)
San Lorenzo	129	1811	35,989	1.09%	53.11 sq mi (137.55 sq km)
San Sebastián	131	1752	35,528	1.13%	70.42 sq mi (182.39 sq km)
Santa Isabel	133	1842	21,209	0.62%	34.02 sq mi (88.119 sq km)
Toa Alta	135	1751	72,025	1.97%	27.02 sq mi (69.98 sq km)
Toa Baja	137	1745	74,221	2.39%	23.24 sq mi (60.19 sq km)
Trujillo Alto	139	1801	63,674	1.99%	20.76 sq mi (53.77 sq km)
Utuado	141	1739	27,395	0.88%	113.53 sq mi (294.04 sq km)
Vega Alta	143	1775	36,061	1.06%	27.73 sq mi (71.82 sq km)
Vega Baja	145	1776	50,023	1.59%	45.86 sq mi (118.78 sq km)
Vieques	147	1852	8,386	0.25%	50.77 sq mi (131.49 sq km)
Villalba	149	1917	21,372	0.69%	35.64 sq mi (92.31 sq km)
Yabucoa	151	1793	32,282	1.01%	55.21 sq mi (142.99 sq km)
Yauco	153	1756	33,575	1.12%	68.19 sq mi (176.61 sq km)

Racial composition

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The following is an alphabetical list of the municipalities and their population together with a breakdown of their racial composition.

Municipality (2010)	White (both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)[15][16]	Black (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)[17]	Amerindian (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)	Asian (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)	Multiracial (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)	Hispanic (Of any Race)
Adjuntas	93.1	3.1	0.3	0.0	3.4	99.6
Aguada	86.6	5.3	0.3	0.1	7.7	99.4
Aguadilla	83.0	7.4	0.3	0.2	8.2	98.5
Aguas Buenas	72.5	12.6	0.6	0.1	14.2	99.5
Aibonito	83.5	7.3	0.2	0.0	9.0	99.3
Añasco	82.0	7.2	0.4	0.1	10.3	99.2
Arecibo	84.5	6.1	0.4	0.1	7.9	99.2
Arroyo	53.5	32.5	0.9	0.2	13.0	99.1
Barceloneta	80.7	7.6	0.3	0.1	11.2	99.4
Barranquitas	86.0	5.4	0.3	0.0	8.3	99.3
Bayamón	78.3	10.3	0.6	0.2	10.7	99.0
Cabo Rojo	84.1	5.4	0.3	0.1	10.1	98.9
Caguas	76.1	11.0	0.6	0.2	12.1	99.1
Camuy	87.9	4.1	0.3	0.1	7.6	99.4
Canóvanas	61.2	21.6	0.9	0.2	16.1	99.2
Carolina	64.3	22.8	0.9	0.4	11.7	98.6
Cataño	70.7	14.4	1.0	0.3	13.7	99.0
Cayey	79.9	8.3	0.4	0.1	11.3	99.3
Ceiba	70.6	16.5	0.7	0.1	12.0	98.8
Ciales	89.5	4.2	0.1	0.0	6.2	99.7
Cidra	76.6	8.3	0.4	0.1	14.6	99.4
Coamo	76.8	10.4	0.3	0.1	12.3	99.6
Comerío	78.6	8.6	0.6	0.1	12.1	99.6
Corozal	85.4	5.3	0.2	0.1	9.0	99.4
Culebra	56.9	26.6	0.9	0.2	15.4	91.7
Dorado	69.5	15.7	0.7	0.2	13.9	98.0
Fajardo	64.8	18.6	0.7	0.3	15.7	98.2
Florida	90.4	4.6	0.3	0.1	4.5	99.6
Guánica	79.9	7.7	0.5	0.0	11.8	99.4
Guayama	68.2	18.5	0.8	0.1	12.3	99.1
Guayanilla	81.9	8.3	0.4	0.1	9.3	99.5
Guaynabo	79.4	9.8	0.4	0.2	10.1	98.2
Gurabo	72.5	14.6	0.4	0.1	12.5	99.2
Hatillo	87.3	4.4	0.2	0.1	8.0	99.2
Hormigueros	81.2	8.3	0.4	0.1	10.0	99.5
Humacao	66.1	18.5	0.8	0.2	14.3	99.0
Isabela	83.4	7.5	0.3	0.1	8.6	99.0
Jayuya	90.7	3.4	0.4	0.1	5.5	99.6
Juana Díaz	75.3	14.3	0.5	0.1	9.9	99.4
Juncos	71.7	13.7	0.5	0.1	14.1	99.3
Lajas	80.6	5.2	0.2	0.1	13.9	99.3
Lares	91.1	3.0	0.2	0.1	5.6	99.3
Las Marías	86.3	5.3	0.4	0.0	8.0	99.4
Las Piedras	70.5	11.8	0.5	0.1	17.1	99.4
Loíza	26.5	64.3	0.5	0.1	8.6	99.4
Luquillo	65.5	20.8	0.9	0.2	12.6	97.9
Manatí	81.8	8.7	0.5	0.1	8.9	99.2
Maricao	89.2	4.8	0.4	0.0	5.3	99.4
Maunabo	47.9	30.4	0.8	0.1	20.8	99.2
Mayagüez	78.7	8.2	0.8	0.2	12.1	98.9
Moca	89.5	4.5	0.2	0.1	5.8	99.4
Morovis	88.4	5.2	0.2	0.1	6.1	99.4
Naguabo	71.1	15.9	0.4	0.2	12.4	99.2
Naranjito	84.2	6.0	0.5	0.1	9.4	99.5
Orocovis	86.7	6.2	0.4	0.1	6.6	99.6
Patillas	61.7	19.9	0.6	0.1	17.7	99.3
Peñuelas	81.8	9.2	0.4	0.2	8.4	99.4
Ponce	82.0	9.0	0.5	0.2	8.3	99.2
Quebradillas	89.2	3.7	0.1	0.1	6.9	99.3
Rincón	85.7	5.3	0.5	0.2	8.2	96.4
Río Grande	61.9	24.6	0.7	0.2	12.6	99.0
Sabana Grande	85.3	5.5	0.4	0.0	8.8	99.5
Salinas	67.4	16.4	0.6	0.1	15.5	99.3
San Germán	83.4	5.6	0.4	0.1	10.5	99.2
San Juan	68.0	18.6	0.8	0.4	12.2	98.2
San Lorenzo	76.1	9.9	0.8	0.1	13.2	99.5
San Sebastián	88.5	3.0	0.3	0.1	8.1	99.3
Santa Isabel	73.0	15.6	0.5	0.1	10.9	99.6
Toa Alta	76.3	9.6	0.4	0.1	13.5	99.3
Toa Baja	70.2	16.8	0.6	0.3	12.1	99.0
Trujillo Alto	72.1	14.6	0.7	0.2	12.3	98.9
Utuado	92.7	2.7	0.2	0.1	4.3	99.4
Vega Alta	71.2	14.9	0.7	0.2	13.1	98.7
Vega Baja	77.3	11.5	0.5	0.1	10.6	99.3
Vieques	58.7	28.1	0.7	0.1	12.5	94.3
Villalba	82.1	8.5	0.2	0.0	9.1	99.7
Yabucoa	65.6	14.1	0.5	0.2	19.8	99.3
Yauco	83.0	5.9	0.3	0.1	9.6	99.5
Puerto Rico	75.8	12.4	0.5	0.2	11.1	99.0

Finances

In 2012, 36 of the 78 municipalities (46%) were experiencing a budget deficit.^[18] In total, the combined debt carried by the municipalities stands at about US$590 million.^[a]

  Surplus    Deficit

Municipality	Mayor's party	Population[20]	Surplus or deficit[21]	Surplus or deficit per capita[21]	Public debt[21]	Public debt per capita[21]
Adjuntas	PNP	19,483	$ 525,858	$ 26.99	$	$
Aguada	PPD	41,959	$ 2,209,807	$ 52.67	$	$
Aguadilla	PNP	60,949	$ 10,220,728	$ 167.69	$	$
Aguas Buenas	PPD	28,659	$ (1,638,355)	$ (57.17)	$ 9,183,000	$ 320.42
Aibonito	PNP	25,900	$ 681,875	$ 26.33	$	$
Añasco	PPD	29,261	$ 2,074,042	$ 70.88	$	$
Arecibo	PNP	96,440	$ (17,784,327)	$ (184.41)	$ 63,403,451	$ 657.44
Arroyo	PPD	19,575	$ (390,219)	$ (19.93)	$ 10,521,000	$ 537.47
Barceloneta	PPD	24,816	$ (8,833,426)	$ (355.96)	$ 59,354,780	$ 2,391.79
Barranquitas	PNP	30,318	$ 6,673,615	$ 220.12	$	$
Bayamón	PNP	208,116	$ 4,179,967	$ 20.08	$ 243,233,534	$ 1,168.74
Cabo Rojo	PPD	50,917	$ (60,841)	$ (1.19)	$ 35,561,000	$ 698.41
Caguas	PPD	142,893	$ 16,938,668	$ 118.54	$ 267,248,251	$ 1,870.27
Camuy	PNP	35,159	$ (1,810,542)	$ (51.50)	$ 11,603,000	$ 330.02
Canóvanas	PNP	47,648	$ 203,324	$ 4.27	$	$
Carolina	PPD	176,762	$ 32,757,250	$ 185.32	$ 350,605,890	$ 1,983.49
Cataño	PPD	28,140	$ (11,320,761)	$ (402.30)	$ 47,386,000	$ 1,683.94
Cayey	PPD	48,119	$ 7,544,584	$ 156.79	$	$
Ceiba	PNP	13,631	$ 1,833,525	$ 134.51	$	$
Ciales	PPD	18,782	$ (5,465,145)	$ (290.98)	$ 9,829,100	$ 523.33
Cidra	PNP	43,480	$ (1,053,391)	$ (24.23)	$ 29,445,000	$ 677.21
Coamo	PPD	40,512	$ 1,672,291	$ 41.28	$	$
Comerío	PPD	20,778	$ 188,417	$ 9.07	$	$
Corozal	PPD	37,142	$ 854,163	$ 23.00	$	$
Culebra	PPD	1,818	$ 802,707	$ 441.53	$	$
Dorado	PPD	38,165	$ 2,620,615	$ 68.67	$	$
Fajardo	PNP	36,993	$ 17,821,689	$ 481.76	$	$
Florida	PNP	12,680	$ (1,619,740)	$ (127.74)	$ 3,702,000	$ 291.96
Guánica	PNP	19,427	$ (5,319,384)	$ (273.81)	$ 8,815,000	$ 453.75
Guayama	PPD	45,362	$ 1,987,097	$ 43.81	$	$
Guayanilla	PPD	21,581	$ (2,706,166)	$ (125.40)	$ 16,818,000	$ 779.30
Guaynabo	PNP	97,924	$ 8,216,448	$ 83.91	$ 290,116,691	$ 2,962.67
Gurabo	PNP	45,369	$ (5,797,927)	$ (127.79)	$ 46,390,045	$ 1,022.51
Hatillo	PPD	41,953	$ (1,024,986)	$ (24.43)	$ 15,456,830	$ 368.43
Hormigueros	PPD	17,250	$ 1,288,509	$ 74.70	$	$
Humacao	PPD	58,466	$ 11,360,216	$ 194.30	$	$
Isabela	PPD	45,631	$ 24,738,813	$ 542.15	$ 16,397,000	$ 359.34
Jayuya	PPD	16,642	$ 629,946	$ 37.85	$	$
Juana Díaz	PPD	79,897	$ 32,789,400	$ 97.89	$ 22,005,000	$ 433.62
Juncos	PPD	40,290	$ (2,994,898)	$ (74.33)	$ 44,404,819	$ 1,102.13
Lajas	PPD	25,753	$ (1,988,168)	$ (77.20)	$ 11,075,000	$ 430.05
Lares	PNP	30,753	$ (3,361,629)	$ (109.31)	$ 5,339,000	$ 173.61
Las Marías	PPD	9,881	$ 660,746	$ 66.87	$	$
Las Piedras	PNP	38,675	$ 362,063	$ 9.36	$	$
Loíza	PNP	30,060	$ (3,171,401)	$ (105.50)	$ 9,207,000	$ 306.29
Luquillo	PPD	20,068	$ 1,646,739	$ 82.06	$	$
Manatí	PNP	44,113	$ (12,622,526)	$ (286.14)	$ 52,688,487	$ 1,194.40
Maricao	PNP	6,276	$ (1,812,106)	$ (288.74)	$ 10,928,300	$ 1,741.28
Maunabo	PPD	12,225	$ (2,678,351)	$ (219.09)	$ 8,600,000	$ 703.48
Mayagüez	PPD	89,080	$ 10,816,117	$ 121.42	$	$
Moca	PNP	40,109	$ 632,570	$ 15.77	$	$
Morovis	PNP	32,610	$ (3,742,360)	$ (114.76)	$ 20,239,020	$ 620.64
Naguabo	PNP	26,720	$ (3,737,140)	$ (139.86)	$ 7,905,100	$ 295.85
Naranjito	PNP	30,402	$ 1,581,161	$ 52.01	$	$
Orocovis	PNP	23,423	$ 367,461	$ 15.69	$	$
Patillas	PPD	19,277	$ (6,001,248)	$ (311.32)	$ 17,179,000	$ 891.17
Peñuelas	PPD	24,282	$ 4,106,788	$ 169.13	$	$
Ponce	PNP	166,327	$ (18,480,789)	$ (111.11)	$ 190,625,905	$ 1,146.09
Quebradillas	PPD	25,919	$ 2,327,410	$ 89.80	$	$
Rincón	PPD	15,200	$ 1,992,326	$ 131.07	$	$
Río Grande	PPD	54,304	$ (4,147,852)	$ (76.38)	$ 32,059,000	$ 590.36
Sabana Grande	PPD	25,265	$ (2,835,535)	$ (112.23)	$ 10,176,423	$ 402.79
Salinas	PPD	31,078	$ (8,546,853)	$ (275.01)	$ 14,650,000	$ 471.39
San Germán	PPD	35,527	$ 760,077	$ 21.39	$	$
San Juan	PPD	395,326	$ (45,455,571)	$ (114.98)	$ 668,238,329	$ 1,690.35
San Lorenzo	PPD	41,058	$ (2,998,994)	$ (73.04)	$ 27,034,000	$ 658.43
San Sebastián	PNP	42,430	$ 2,296,524	$ 54.13	$	$
Santa Isabel	PNP	23,274	$ (3,900,907)	$ (167.61)	$ 23,273,736	$ 999.99
Toa Alta	PPD	74,066	$ (3,387,399)	$ (45.73)	$ 33,140,000	$ 447.44
Toa Baja	PNP	89,609	$ (10,543,311)	$ (117.66)	$ 116,363,919	$ 1,298.57
Trujillo Alto	PPD	74,842	$ (1,736,394)	$ (23.20)	$ 55,516,000	$ 741.78
Utuado	PPD	33,149	$ (3,007,984)	$ (90.74)	$ 8,174,000	$ 246.58
Vega Alta	PNP	39,951	$ 3,408,501	$ 85.32	$	$
Vega Baja	PPD	59,662	$ (1,849,612)	$ (31.00)	$ 44,303,000	$ 742.57
Vieques	PPD	9,301	$ (6,672,774)	$ (717.43)	$ 12,420,100	$ 1,335.35
Villalba	PPD	26,073	$ (2,228,520)	$ (85.47)	$ 9,969,216	$ 382.36
Yabucoa	PPD	37,941	$ (2,216,509)	$ (58.42)	$ 17,394,380	$ 458.46
Yauco	PNP	42,043	$ (5,049,263)	$ (120.10)	$ 39,904,000	$ 949.12

Amalgamation

Multiple times, politicians have talked about consolidating Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities but none of their proposals have come to fruition.

In 1902 the Puerto Rico legislature, under pressure from the U.S.-appointed governor of Puerto Rico, passed a law consolidating the then-76 municipalities of Puerto Rico into 46.^[22] The law was repealed three years later.^[23][24]

In October 2009, a Puerto Rican legislator proposed a bill that would reduce the current 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico down to 20. The bill called for a referendum to take place on June 13, 2010, which would let the people decide on the matter.^[25] However, the bill never made into law.^[26]

With the Puerto Rican government-debt crisis that emerged in the first half of 2010s, a new plan to consolidate municipalities was again circulated in the legislature in 2017 as a way to alleviate the government debt crisis.^[27]

In March 2019, then Governor Ricardo Rosselló created an initiative that would preserve the existing municipalities but create regional consolidation by sharing service overhead in the form of counties but he resigned prior to anything coming of his proposal.^[28]

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• es:Organización territorial de Puerto Rico

Notes

1. WAPA-TV (2014; in Spanish) "El informe sobre la medida señala que al presente los municipios arrastran una deuda agregada de aproximadamente $590 millones [...]"^[19]

References

1. Sánchez Martínez, Héctor (October 10, 2012). "Puerto Rico: la isla de los 900 barrios". La Perla del Sur (in Spanish). No. 1506. p. 36.
2. "Ley Núm. 70 de 2006 -Ley para disponer la oficialidad de la bandera y el escudo de los setenta y ocho (78) municipios". LexJuris de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
3. An Act: To amend Sections 1 and 2 of Act No. 100 of June 27, 1956 Act No. 81 of August 30, 1991: Autonomous Municipalities Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In An Act: To amend Sections 1 and 2 of Act No. 100 of June 27, 1956, Act No. 66, 3rd Session of the 13th Legislature of Puerto Rico. April 14, 1998. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
4. Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Portugués, Ponce. Rafael Torrech San Inocencio. El Sur a la Vista. elsuralavista.com. 14 February 2010. Accessed 12 February 2011. Archived.
5. Ponce. Proyecto Salon Hogar. Map of Barrios of Ponce. (Map with fully urbanized barrios conglomerated and merged as "Zona Urbana". Barrio not labeled is named "Machuelo Abajo".) Retrieved November 30, 2009.
6. "Ponce: General Information." Archived 2012-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
7. Ponce Puerto Rico. AreciboWeb. (Map showing the 31 geo-numbered barrios of Ponce.) Retrieved November 30, 2009.
8. Un Acercamiento Sociohistorico y Linguistico a los Toponimos del Municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Amparo Morales, María T. Vaquero de Ramírez. "Estudios de lingüística hispánica: homenaje a María Vaquero". Page 113. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
9. Cartographic Boundary Files. U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
10. AREAS IN PUERTO RICO ELIGIBLE FOR RURAL HOUSING LOANS: BARRIOS, TOWNS AND VILLAGES. Archived 2014-05-31 at the Wayback Machine U.S. Department of Agriculture. Rural Development. Page 8. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
11. "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. Archived from the original on 2013-07-21. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
12. "U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Puerto Rico". www.census.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
13. "U.S. Census Bureau geography". Retrieved August 31, 2011.
14. El Morro. United States National Park Service. Accessed 6 October 2019.
15. "2010 Census". Medgar Evers College. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
16. US Census Bureau: Table QT-P10 Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2010^{[dead link]} retrieved January 22, 2012 - select state from drop-down menu
17. United States Census^{[dead link]}
18. Vázquez, Brenda (November 16, 2012). "Extensa la lista de los municipios con déficit". Metro Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Metro International. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
19. "Nace la Corporación de Financiamiento Municipal" (in Spanish). WAPA-TV. January 23, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
20. 
    "U.S. Census Bureau". Retrieved July 26, 2013.
21. "Indicadores Socioeconómicos Municipales" (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Ombudsman. August 12, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
22. Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Barrio Lapa, Salinas. Page 4. Retrieved 13 February 2011. Archived.
23. Guayanilla. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 28, 2010.
24. Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Lapa, Salinas. Accessed February 13, 2011.
25. Legislador propone reducir a 20 los 78 municipios de Puerto Rico en PrimeraHora.com (In Spanish)
26. Los municipios autónomos llegan a la mayoría de edad (documento). Cristina del Mar Quiles. Noticel. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
27. Líderes legislativos ponen freno a la eliminación de municipios. Nydia Bauzá. Primerahora.com 31 July 2017. 31 July 2017.
28. Puerto Rico governor to introduce measure to consolidate Puerto Rico into Counties Maria Miranda. CaribbeanBusiness.com March 15, 2019

External links

• CIA World Factbook - Puerto Rico
• Municipalities on the west coast of Puerto Rico
• Diario de Puerto Rico official website