Río Blanco, Naguabo, Puerto Rico
History
Río Blanco 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 Río Blanco Abajo barrio was 976 and Río Blanco Arriba barrio was 959.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1,935 | — | |
| 1910 | 2,033 | 5.1% | |
| 1920 | 2,361 | 16.1% | |
| 1930 | 2,823 | 19.6% | |
| 1940 | 3,199 | 13.3% | |
| 1950 | 2,991 | −6.5% | |
| 1960 | 2,665 | −10.9% | |
| 1970 | 2,659 | −0.2% | |
| 1980 | 3,065 | 15.3% | |
| 1990 | 3,191 | 4.1% | |
| 2000 | 3,235 | 1.4% | |
| 2010 | 3,412 | 5.5% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 | |||
Sectors
Barrios (which are, in contemporary times, roughly comparable to minor civil divisions) in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores (sectors in English). The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.
The following sectors are in Río Blanco barrio:
Finca San Eladio, Parcelas Río Blanco, Parcelas Sector Común, Sector Camino Viejo, Sector Común, Sector Cubuy, Sector El Fuego, Sector El Puente, Sector Florida, Sector La Cuchilla, Sector La Joba, Sector La Mina, Sector Río Blanco Arriba, Urbanización Río Blanco Heights, and Urbanización Vistas de Río Blanco.
