Río Blanco, Naguabo, Puerto Rico

Río Blanco is a barrio in the municipality of Naguabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,412.^[3][4][5]

Río Blanco
Barrio
El Yunque National Forest from Sector Cubuy in Río Blanco
Location of Río Blanco within the municipality of Naguabo shown in red
Río Blanco Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°15′06″N 65°47′26″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Naguabo
Area [1]
• Total	17.10 sq mi (44.3 km2)
• Land	17.09 sq mi (44.3 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation [2]	797 ft (243 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	3,412
• Density	199.6/sq mi (77.1/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Río Blanco after Hurricane Maria in 2017

Río Blanco 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 Río Blanco Abajo barrio was 976 and Río Blanco Arriba barrio was 959.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,935		—
1910	2,033		5.1%
1920	2,361		16.1%
1930	2,823		19.6%
1940	3,199		13.3%
1950	2,991		−6.5%
1960	2,665		−10.9%
1970	2,659		−0.2%
1980	3,065		15.3%
1990	3,191		4.1%
2000	3,235		1.4%
2010	3,412		5.5%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Sectors

Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions)^[13] in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.^[14][15][16]

The following sectors are in Río Blanco barrio:^[17]

Finca San Eladio, Parcelas Río Blanco, Parcelas Sector Común, Sector Camino Viejo, Sector Común, Sector Cubuy, Sector El Fuego, Sector El Puente, Sector Florida, Sector La Cuchilla, Sector La Joba, Sector La Mina, Sector Río Blanco Arriba, Urbanización Río Blanco Heights, and Urbanización Vistas de Río Blanco.

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico
• List of barrios and sectors of Naguabo, Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Blanco 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. 163.
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. "US Census Barrio-Pueblo definition". factfinder.com. US Census. Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
14. "Agencia: Oficina del Coordinador General para el Financiamiento Socioeconómico y la Autogestión (Proposed 2016 Budget)". Puerto Rico Budgets (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
15. Rivera Quintero, Marcia (2014), El vuelo de la esperanza: Proyecto de las Comunidades Especiales Puerto Rico, 1997-2004 (first ed.), San Juan, Puerto Rico Fundación Sila M. Calderón, ISBN 978-0-9820806-1-0
16. "Leyes del 2001". Lex Juris Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
17. "PRECINTO ELECTORAL Naguabo 095" (PDF). Comisión Estatal de Elecciones (in Spanish). PR Government. 1 August 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.