Bucarabones, Maricao, Puerto Rico

Bucarabones is a barrio in the municipality of Maricao, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 164.^[3][4][5]

Bucarabones
Barrio
Location of Bucarabones within the municipality of Maricao shown in red
Bucarabones Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°11′27″N 66°56′06″W / 18.190733°N 66.935136°W / 18.190733; -66.935136Coordinates: 18°11′27″N 66°56′06″W / 18.190733°N 66.935136°W / 18.190733; -66.935136^[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Maricao
Area ^[1]
• Total	5.29 sq mi (13.7 km^2)
• Land	5.29 sq mi (13.7 km^2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km^2)
Elevation ^[2]	1,991 ft (607 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	164
• Density	31/sq mi (12/km^2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

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 Bucarabones barrio was 1,354.^[6]

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1900	1,354		—
1980	610		—
1990	497		−18.5%
2000	50		−89.9%
2010	164		228.0%
U.S. Decennial Census^[7] 1899 (shown as 1900)^[8] 1910-1930^[9] 1930-1950^[10] 1980-2000^[11] 2010^[12]

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: Bucarabones 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. 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.
7. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
8. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. 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. (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. (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. (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. (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
13. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 21, 2017.