Rayo, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico

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Rayo
Barrio
Carretera PR-117, interseccion con el expreso PR-2, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico.jpg
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Location of Rayo within the municipality of Sabana Grande shown in red
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Rayo
Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°03′26″N66°57′57″W / 18.057152°N 66.965733°W / 18.057152; -66.965733 [1]
Commonwealth Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Municipality SabanaGrande.jpg Sabana Grande
Area
[1]
  Total5.73 sq mi (14.8 km2)
  Land5.72 sq mi (14.8 km2)
  Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation
[2]
269 ft (82 m)
Population
 (2010)
  Total3,084
  Density539.2/sq mi (208.2/km2)
 Source: 2010 Census
Time zone UTC−4 (AST)

Rayo is a barrio in the municipality of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,084. [3] [4] [5]

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History

Rayo 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 Rayo barrio was 1,222. [7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1900 1,222
1910 1,59530.5%
1920 1,7207.8%
1930 1,667−3.1%
1940 1,7515.0%
1950 2,29731.2%
1960 2,010−12.5%
1980 2,224
1990 2,50112.5%
2000 2,6345.3%
2010 3,08417.1%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9]
1930-1950 [10] 1980-2000 [11] 2010 [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rayo 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.
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