Pasto, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico

Pasto is a rural barrio in the municipality of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 327.^[3][4]

Pasto
Barrio
Location of Pasto within the municipality of Guayanilla shown in red
Pasto Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°06′49″N 66°47′39″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Guayanilla
Area [1]
• Total	3.83 sq mi (9.9 km2)
• Land	3.83 sq mi (9.9 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,890 ft (580 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	327
• Density	85.4/sq mi (33.0/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Features and demographics

Pasto has 3.83 square miles (9.9 km²) of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 327 with a population density of 85.4 inhabitants per square mile (33.0/km²).^[5]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,276		—
1910	1,235		−3.2%
1920	1,321		7.0%
1930	1,204		−8.9%
1940	1,302		8.1%
1950	1,152		−11.5%
1960	987		−14.3%
1970	645		−34.7%
1980	393		−39.1%
1990	440		12.0%
2000	360		−18.2%
2010	327		−9.2%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[6] 1910-1930[7] 1930-1950[8] 1980-2000[9] 2010[10]

History

Pasto 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 Pasto barrio was 1,276.^[12]

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico