Portugués, Adjuntas, Puerto Rico
Portugués is a rural barrio in the municipality of Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 476.
History
Portugués 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 combined population of Portugués barrio and Juan González barrio was 1,235.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 510 | — | |
| 1920 | 633 | 24.1% | |
| 1930 | 449 | −29.1% | |
| 1940 | 507 | 12.9% | |
| 1950 | 404 | −20.3% | |
| 1960 | 390 | −3.5% | |
| 1970 | 414 | 6.2% | |
| 1980 | 297 | −28.3% | |
| 1990 | 353 | 18.9% | |
| 2000 | 494 | 39.9% | |
| 2010 | 476 | −3.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1960 1980-2000 2010 | |||
