Quebradas, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
Quebradas is a rural barrio in the municipality of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,425.
Features and demographics
Quebradas has 1.77 square miles (4.6 km) of land area and no water area. In 2010, its population was 2,425 with a population density of 1,370.1 inhabitants per square mile (529.0/km).
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 563 | — | |
| 1920 | 631 | 12.1% | |
| 1930 | 677 | 7.3% | |
| 1940 | 774 | 14.3% | |
| 1950 | 934 | 20.7% | |
| 1960 | 1,026 | 9.9% | |
| 1970 | 1,057 | 3.0% | |
| 1980 | 2,329 | 120.3% | |
| 1990 | 2,903 | 24.6% | |
| 2000 | 2,609 | −10.1% | |
| 2010 | 2,425 | −7.1% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1900 (N/A) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 | |||
History
Quebradas 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 Llano and Quebradas barrios was 977.
