Cañabón, Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
History
Cañabón was in Spain's gazetteers 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 Cañabon barrio was 1,117.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1,117 | — | |
| 1910 | 984 | −11.9% | |
| 1920 | 1,026 | 4.3% | |
| 1930 | 1,538 | 49.9% | |
| 1940 | 1,488 | −3.3% | |
| 1950 | 1,266 | −14.9% | |
| 1960 | 1,066 | −15.8% | |
| 1970 | 1,339 | 25.6% | |
| 1980 | 1,666 | 24.4% | |
| 1990 | 2,011 | 20.7% | |
| 2000 | 2,221 | 10.4% | |
| 2010 | 2,654 | 19.5% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 | |||
Special community
Since 2001 when law 1-2001 was passed, measures have been taken to identify and address the high levels of poverty and the lack of resources and opportunities affecting specific communities in Puerto Rico. Initially there were 686 places that made the list. By 2008, there were 742 places on the list of Comunidades especiales de Puerto Rico. The places on the list are barrios, communities, sectors, or neighborhoods and in 2004, Cañabon made the list. In 2017, Jesús Vélez Vargas, the director of the Special Communities of Puerto Rico program stated that the program was evolving with more ways to help the residents of these so-called marginalized communities.
