Duey Bajo, San Germán, Puerto Rico

Duey Bajo is a barrio in the municipality of San Germán, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 980.^[3][4][5]

Duey Bajo
Barrio
Location of Duey Bajo within the municipality of San Germán shown in red
Duey Bajo Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°07′56″N 67°04′58″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	San Germán
Area [1]
• Total	2.1 sq mi (5 km2)
• Land	2.1 sq mi (5 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	262 ft (80 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	980
• Density	466.7/sq mi (180.2/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Duey Bajo 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 Duey Bajo barrio was 943.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	943		—
1910	950		0.7%
1920	974		2.5%
1930	896		−8.0%
1940	992		10.7%
1950	1,007		1.5%
1960	831		−17.5%
1970	615		−26.0%
1980	1,208		96.4%
1990	1,025		−15.1%
2000	951		−7.2%
2010	980		3.0%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

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: Duey Bajo 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. "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. 164.
8. "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.
9. "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.
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 August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
11. "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.
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 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.