Hoconuco Alto

Hoconuco Alto is a barrio in the municipality of San Germán, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 572.^[3][4][5]

Hoconuco Alto
Barrio
Location of Hoconuco Alto within the municipality of San Germán shown in red
Hoconuco Alto Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°08′37″N 67°00′47″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	San Germán
Area [1]
• Total	3.42 sq mi (8.9 km2)
• Land	3.42 sq mi (8.9 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	715 ft (218 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	572
• Density	167.3/sq mi (64.6/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−04:00 (AST)

History

Hoconuco Alto 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 1898 Treaty of Paris 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 Hoconuco Alto barrio was 943.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	943		—
1910	885		−6.2%
1920	993		12.2%
1930	865		−12.9%
1940	900		4.0%
1950	1,002		11.3%
1960	710		−29.1%
1970	651		−8.3%
1980	749		15.1%
1990	741		−1.1%
2000	742		0.1%
2010	572		−22.9%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Features

PR-361 is in Hoconuco Alto barrio.^[13]

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hoconuco Alto 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. Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
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. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
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.
13. "P.L. 94-171 VTD/SLD Reference Map (2010 Census): San German Municipio, PR" (PDF). www2.census.gov. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.