Bucarabones, Maricao, Puerto Rico
Barrio of Puerto Rico
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Bucarabones is a barrio in the municipality of Maricao, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 164.[3][4][5]
Bucarabones | |
|---|---|
Barrio | |
Location of Bucarabones within the municipality of Maricao shown in red | |
  Bucarabones Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Coordinates: 18°11′27″N 66°56′06″W[1] | |
| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  Maricao |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.29 sq mi (13.7 km2) |
| • Land | 5.29 sq mi (13.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,991 ft (607 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 164 |
| • Density | 31/sq mi (12/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
History
Bucarabones was in Spain's gazetteers[6] 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 Bucarabones barrio was 1,354.[7]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 1,354 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,454 | 7.4% | |
| 1920 | 1,866 | 28.3% | |
| 1930 | 1,188 | −36.3% | |
| 1940 | 1,543 | 29.9% | |
| 1950 | 1,019 | −34.0% | |
| 1960 | 716 | −29.7% | |
| 1970 | 690 | −3.6% | |
| 1980 | 610 | −11.6% | |
| 1990 | 497 | −18.5% | |
| 2000 | 50 | −89.9% | |
| 2010 | 164 | 228.0% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1960[11] 1970[12] 1980-2000[13] 2010[14] | |||
