Valenciano Arriba

Valenciano Arriba is a barrio located in the municipality of Juncos in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. According to the 2010 Census, it had a population of 1,202 inhabitants and a population density of 262.65 people per km2.^[3][4][5]

Valenciano Arriba
Barrio
Location of Valenciano Arriba within the municipality of Juncos shown in red
Valenciano Arriba Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°09′52″N 65°55′24″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Juncos
Area [1]
• Total	1.77 sq mi (4.6 km2)
• Land	1.77 sq mi (4.6 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	617 ft (188 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,202
• Density	679.1/sq mi (262.2/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Valenciano 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 combined population of Valenciano Abajo and Valenciano Arriba barrios was 1,206.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1910	346		—
1920	533		54.0%
1930	740		38.8%
1940	730		−1.4%
1950	665		−8.9%
1960	606		−8.9%
1970	574		−5.3%
1980	849		47.9%
1990	870		2.5%
2000	1,250		43.7%
2010	1,202		−3.8%
U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

Geography

Valenciano Arriba is located at coordinates 18°9′52″N 65°55′24″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, Valenciano Arriba has a total area of 4.58 km2, all of which is land.

Demographics

According to the 2010 Census, there were 1,202 people residing in Valenciano Arriba. The population density was 262.65 people per km². Of the 1,202 inhabitants, 79.78% were White, 8.99% were African American, 0.83% were Native American, 5.41% were of other races, and 4.99% belonged to two or more races. Of the total population, 98.92% were Hispanic or Latino of any race.^[13]

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: Valenciano Arriba 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. "Valenciano Arriba", Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre (in Spanish), 2020-06-12, retrieved 2024-05-28