Cangrejo Arriba, Carolina, Puerto Rico

Cangrego Arriba is a barrio in the municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico with a population of 17,041 in 2010.^[3][4]

Cangrejo Arriba
Barrio
Near the United States Postal Service cargo area of the Luis Muñoz Marín Airport in Cangrejo Arriba
Location of Cangrejo Arriba within the municipality of Carolina shown in red
Cangrejo Arriba Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°26′18″N 65°59′57″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Carolina
Area [1]
• Total	6.72 sq mi (17.4 km2)
• Land	3.89 sq mi (10.1 km2)
• Water	2.83 sq mi (7.3 km2)
Elevation [2]	10 ft (3 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	17,041
• Density	4,414.8/sq mi (1,704.6/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Features

Cangrego Arriba is an urban area located in Isla Verde a neighborhood on the coast.

The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Cangrego Arriba suffered extensive damage due to Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017 and was scheduled to reopen in 2022.^[5]

History

Cangrejo Arriba was in Spain's gazetteers^[6] 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 Cangrejos barrio (as it was named at the time) was 367.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	367		—
1910	473		28.9%
1920	637		34.7%
1930	1,159		81.9%
1940	1,639		41.4%
1950	1,501		−8.4%
1960	7,162		377.1%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	16,237		—
1990	18,869		16.2%
2000	18,681		−1.0%
2010	17,041		−8.8%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Gallery

Places and views of Cangrego Arriba:

• 
  Christmas decorations outside the Ritz Carlton Hotel
• 
  Cangrego Arriba skyline

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cangrejo Arriba barrio
3. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
4. Gwillim Law (2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3.
5. Kantrow-Vázquez, Michelle (23 September 2020). "The Ritz-Carlton San Juan hotel on track to reopen in mid-2022". News is My Business. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
6. "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.
7. 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. 161.
8. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
9. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
10. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
11. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
12. 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 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.