Santo Domingo, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico

Santo Domingo is a barrio in the municipality of Peñuelas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,761.^[3][4][5]

Santo Domingo
Barrio
Location of Santo Domingo within the municipality of Peñuelas shown in red
Santo Domingo Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°03′51″N 66°44′50″W / 18.064068°N 66.747256°W / 18.064068; -66.747256^[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Peñuelas
Area ^[1]
• Total	4.01 sq mi (10.4 km^2)
• Land	4.01 sq mi (10.4 km^2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km^2)
Elevation ^[2]	446 ft (136 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	5,761
• Density	1,436.7/sq mi (554.7/km^2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Geography

The barrio is located near the source of the 2019-20 Puerto Rico earthquakes^[6] and suffered from flooding that took place after Hurricane Isaias in 2020.^[7]

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 Santo Domingo barrio was 812.^[8]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	812		—
1910	962		18.5%
1920	1,062		10.4%
1930	1,105		4.0%
1940	1,469		32.9%
1950	1,847		25.7%
1960	980		−46.9%
1980	3,687		—
1990	5,726		55.3%
2000	6,792		18.6%
2010	5,761		−15.2%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)^[9] 1910-1930^[10] 1930-1950^[11] 1980-2000^[12] 2010^[13]

Santo Domingo community

Santo Domingo is one of several communities located in Santo Domingo barrio. As of 2000, Santo Domingo community had a population of 3,633 living in a land area of 2.14 square miles (5.5 km²).^[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: Santo Domingo 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. "Temblor de 4.8 vuelve a sembrar miedo en los residentes del suroeste". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
7. "Peñuelas con inundaciones y derrumbes tras Isaías". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
8. 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. 165.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "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.
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. (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
14. Puerto Rico 2000: Population and Housing Unit Counts