Juan Sánchez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Juan Sánchez is a barrio in the municipality of Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 22,951.^[3][4][5]

Juan Sánchez
Barrio
Puente Marqués de la Serna is a historic bridge in Juan Sánchez
Location of Juan Sánchez within the municipality of Bayamón shown in red
Juan Sánchez Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°24′08″N 66°08′13″W / 18.402113°N 66.136983°W / 18.402113; -66.136983^[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Bayamón
Area ^[1]
• Total	5.36 sq mi (13.9 km^2)
• Land	5.26 sq mi (13.6 km^2)
• Water	0.10 sq mi (0.3 km^2)
Elevation ^[2]	89 ft (27 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	22,951
• Density	1,731.2/sq mi (668.4/km^2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Juan Sánchez 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 Juan Sánchez barrio was 926.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	926		—
1910	961		3.8%
1920	1,345		40.0%
1930	1,424		5.9%
1940	3,421		140.2%
1950	2,477		−27.6%
1960	6,116		146.9%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	15,369		—
1990	22,643		47.3%
2000	25,747		13.7%
2010	22,951		−10.9%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)^[8] 1910-1930^[9] 1930-1950^[10] 1980-2000^[11] 2010^[12]

Gallery

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  Puerto Rico Highway 174 between Juan Sánchez and Minillas
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  Puerto Rico Highway 889 in Juan Sánchez
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  Puerto Rico Highway 8855 in Juan Sánchez

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: Juan Sánchez 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. 161.
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.

External links

•   Media related to Juan Sánchez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico at Wikimedia Commons