Rocha, Moca, Puerto Rico

Rocha
Barrio
Location of Rocha within the municipality of Moca shown in red
Rocha Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°24′03″N67°03′03″W / 18.400853°N 67.050867°W / 18.400853; -67.050867 [1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Moca
Area [1]
• Total	7.13 sq mi (18.5 km2)
• Land	7.13 sq mi (18.5 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [2]	873 ft (266 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	4,004
• Density	561.6/sq mi (216.8/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Rocha is a barrio in the municipality of Moca, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,004. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

History

The barrio 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 Rocha barrio was 902. ^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	902		—
1940	2,167		—
1950	2,216		2.3%
1960	2,193		−1.0%
1980	3,130		—
1990	3,067		−2.0%
2000	3,707		20.9%
2010	4,004		8.0%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) [8] 1910-1930 [9] 1930-1950 [10] 1960 [11] 1980-2000 [12] 2010 [13]

Río Culebrinas flooding

In late May 2019, barrio Rocha and multiple areas in various municipalities suffered flooding, felled trees, landslides and closed highways when Río Culebrinas flooded. ^[14]

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: Rocha 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.  160.
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. Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population. U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1963. pp. 97–101. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
12. "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.
13. 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.
14. "Árboles caídos, ríos crecidos y carreteras cerradas en el oeste por las lluvias". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 29 May 2019.