Pasto, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
Pasto is a rural barrio in the municipality of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 327.
Features and demographics
Pasto has 3.83 square miles (9.9 km) of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 327 with a population density of 85.4 inhabitants per square mile (33.0/km).
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1,276 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,235 | −3.2% | |
| 1920 | 1,321 | 7.0% | |
| 1930 | 1,204 | −8.9% | |
| 1940 | 1,302 | 8.1% | |
| 1950 | 1,152 | −11.5% | |
| 1960 | 987 | −14.3% | |
| 1970 | 645 | −34.7% | |
| 1980 | 393 | −39.1% | |
| 1990 | 440 | 12.0% | |
| 2000 | 360 | −18.2% | |
| 2010 | 327 | −9.2% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 | |||
History
Pasto 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 Pasto barrio was 1,276.
