Municipalities of Puerto Rico

Municipalities of Puerto Rico
Municipalities of Puerto Rico
Location	Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Number	78
Populations	1,818 (Culebra) – 395,326 (San Juan)
Areas	4.84 square miles (12.5 km2) (Cataño) – 125.95 square miles (326.2 km2) (Arecibo)
Government	Mayor–council government;
Subdivisions	Barrio;

The municipalities of Puerto Rico (Spanish: municipios de Puerto Rico) are the second-level administrative divisions in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. There are 78 such administrative divisions covering all 78 incorporated towns and cities. Each municipality is led by a mayor and divided into barrios, third-level administrative divisions, though the latter are not vested with any political authority. Every municipality is governed as stated by the Autonomous Municipalities Act of 1991, which establishes that every municipality must have an elected strong mayor with a municipal legislature as the form of government. Each legislature must be unicameral, with the number of members related to adequate representation of the total population of the municipality. In contrast to other jurisdictions, both the mayors and the municipal legislators are elected on the same date and for the same term of four years in office.

From a political and ekistic perspective, several differences and similarities exist between municipalities of differing population sizes. For instance, municipalities with 50,000 inhabitants or more are considered incorporated cities, while those with fewer than 50,000 are considered incorporated towns.[1] Size affects the autonomy exercised by the jurisdiction: cities provide and manage their own services, while towns typically depend on nearby cities for certain services. Demographically, municipalities in Puerto Rico are equivalent to counties in the United States, and Puerto Rican municipalities are registered as county subdivisions in the United States census.[2] Statistically, the municipality with the largest number of inhabitants is San Juan, with 342,259, while Culebra is the smallest, with around 1,792. Arecibo is the largest in terms of geography, with around 125 mi², and Cataño the smallest, with around 4.8 mi².[3]

All municipalities have a barrio called pueblo proper, officially called barrio-pueblo (literally "district-town"), which typically is the site of the historic Spanish colonial settlement, administrative center and urban core of the municipality.[4] Municipalities with large populations, however, may have an urban core that consist of several barrios.

Overview

Just like in Spain, in Puerto Rico the municipality is not "merely a city, but something similar to a wide-extending township in New England—like Plymouth, Massachusetts, or Barnstable, on Cape Cod comprising a central town or city with perhaps several outlying districts or barrios, usually rural in character, and occasionally having sizeable concentrated populations in villages, the municipality bearing the name of the central urban portion and all under one local government."[5] Because Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony until 1898, its system of local government bears more resemblance to that of the Hispanophone nations of the Americas than to local government in the United States. Thus, there are no literal first-order administrative divisions akin to counties, as defined by the U.S. Federal Government; instead, Puerto Rico has 78 municipalities as the secondary unit of administration.[6] For U.S. Census purposes, the municipalities are considered county equivalents. The municipalities are grouped into eight electoral districts, but these do not possess administrative functions. In 1991, the Autonomous Municipalities Act was passed, which slightly modified the rights and responsibilities of Puerto Rican municipalities with the aim of decentralizing control and improving government services.[7]

Every municipality is composed of barrios, except for Florida, which has only one barrio. The municipality of Ponce has the largest number of barrios, 31.[8][9][10][11][12]

Every municipality (except San Juan) also has an urban area made up of one or more barrios.[13] When the urban area is made up of only one barrio, it is called "Barrio Pueblo". Some urban areas are made up of multiple barrios: Ponce's urban area, for example, is made up of 12 barrios. All of San Juan's barrios are urban barrios, and the municipality of San Juan is composed of urban barrios only - thus, the entire municipality of San Juan consists of one large urban zone.[14]

Politics

The municipalities elect a mayor and a municipal legislature in the general elections every four years.

Municipalities

Municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants
San Juan, the largest municipality and capital of Puerto Rico.
Bayamón, the second largest municipality of Puerto Rico and largest suburb of San Juan.
Carolina, the third largest municipality of Puerto Rico and second largest suburb of San Juan.
Ponce, the fourth largest municipality of Puerto Rico and the largest municipality outside the San Juan metropolitan area.
Caguas, the fifth largest municipality of Puerto Rico and the largest landlocked municipality.

Name	Title	FIPS code[15]	Population (2020)[3]	Population (2010)[16]	Area[17]	Founded
Adjuntas	Town	001	18,020	19,483	66.69 sq mi (172.73 sq km)	1815
Aguada	Town	003	38,136	41,959	30.85 sq mi (79.90 sq km)	1639
Aguadilla	City	005	55,101	60,949	36.53 sq mi (94.61 sq km)	1775
Aguas Buenas	Town	007	24,223	28,659	30.08 sq mi (77.92 sq km)	1838
Aibonito	Town	009	24,637	25,900	31.31 sq mi (81.10 sq km)	1824
Añasco	Town	011	25,596	29,261	39.29 sq mi (101.75 sq km)	1733
Arecibo	City	013	87,754	96,440	125.95 sq mi (326.20 sq km)	1616
Arroyo	Town	015	15,843	19,575	15.01 sq mi (38.87 sq km)	1855
Barceloneta	Town	017	22,657	24,816	18.69 sq mi (48.41 sq km)	1881
Barranquitas	Town	019	28,983	30,318	34.25 sq mi (88.71 sq km)	1803
Bayamón	City	021	185,187	208,116	44.32 sq mi (114.80 sq km)	1772
Cabo Rojo	Town	023	47,158	50,917	70.37 sq mi (182.27 sq km)	1771
Caguas	City	025	127,244	142,893	58.60 sq mi (151.77 sq km)	1775
Camuy	Town	027	32,827	35,159	46.35 sq mi (120.06 sq km)	1807
Canóvanas	Town	029	42,337	47,648	32.87 sq mi (85.12 sq km)	1909
Carolina	City	031	154,815	176,762	45.32 sq mi (117.38 sq km)	1816
Cataño	Town	033	23,155	28,140	4.84 sq mi (12.55 sq km)	1927
Cayey	Town	035	41,652	48,119	51.93 sq mi (134.51 sq km)	1773
Ceiba	Town	037	11,307	13,631	29.04 sq mi (75.20 sq km)	1838
Ciales	Town	039	16,984	18,782	66.53 sq mi (172.31 sq km)	1820
Cidra	Town	041	39,970	43,480	36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)	1809
Coamo	Town	043	34,668	40,512	78.10 sq mi (202.27 sq km)	1579
Comerío	Town	045	18,883	20,778	28.40 sq mi (73.56 sq km)	1826
Corozal	Town	047	34,571	37,142	42.57 sq mi (110.26 sq km)	1795
Culebra	Town	049	1,792	1,818	11.62 sq mi (30.10 sq km)	1880
Dorado	Town	051	35,879	38,165	23.09 sq mi (59.80 sq km)	1842
Fajardo	Town	053	32,124	36,993	29.86 sq mi (77.34 sq km)	1772
Florida	Town	054	11,692	12,680	15.21 sq mi (39.39 sq km)	1971
Guánica	Town	055	13,787	19,427	37.05 sq mi (95.96 sq km)	1914
Guayama	Town	057	36,614	45,362	64.99 sq mi (168.32 sq km)	1736
Guayanilla	Town	059	17,784	21,581	42.27 sq mi (109.48 sq km)	1833
Guaynabo	City	061	89,780	97,924	27.58 sq mi (71.43 sq km)	1769
Gurabo	Town	063	40,622	45,369	27.89 sq mi (72.23 sq km)	1815
Hatillo	Town	065	38,486	41,953	41.78 sq mi (108.21 sq km)	1823
Hormigueros	Town	067	15,654	17,250	11.34 sq mi (29.37 sq km)	1874
Humacao	City	069	50,896	58,466	44.75 sq mi (115.90 sq km)	1722
Isabela	Town	071	42,943	45,631	55.30 sq mi (143.23 sq km)	1819
Jayuya	Town	073	14,779	16,642	44.53 sq mi (115.33 sq km)	1911
Juana Díaz	Town	075	46,538	50,747	60.28 sq mi (156.12 sq km)	1798
Juncos	Town	077	37,012	40,290	26.49 sq mi (68.61 sq km)	1797
Lajas	Town	079	23,334	25,753	59.95 sq mi (159.15 sq km)	1883
Lares	Town	081	28,105	30,753	61.45 sq mi (159.15 sq km)	1827
Las Marías	Town	083	8,874	9,881	46.36 sq mi (120.07 sq km)	1871
Las Piedras	Town	085	35,180	38,675	33.88 sq mi (87.75 sq km)	1773
Loíza	Town	087	23,693	30,060	19.37 sq mi (50.17 sq km)	1719
Luquillo	Town	089	17,781	20,068	25.81 sq mi (66.85 sq km)	1797
Manatí	Town	091	39,492	44,113	46.13 sq mi (119.48 sq km)	1738
Maricao	Town	093	4,755	6,276	36.62 sq mi (94.85 sq km)	1874
Maunabo	Town	095	10,589	12,225	21.07 sq mi (54.57 sq km)	1799
Mayagüez	City	097	73,077	89,080	77.65 sq mi (201.11 sq km)	1760
Moca	Town	099	37,460	40,109	50.34 sq mi (130.38 sq km)	1772
Morovis	Town	101	28,727	32,610	38.87 sq mi (100.67 sq km)	1818
Naguabo	Town	103	23,386	26,720	51.66 sq mi (133.80 sq km)	1821
Naranjito	Town	105	29,241	30,402	27.40 sq mi (70.97 sq km)	1824
Orocovis	Town	107	21,434	23,423	63.62 sq mi (164.78 sq km)	1825
Patillas	Town	109	15,985	19,277	46.7 sq mi (120.95 sq km)	1811
Peñuelas	Town	111	20,399	24,282	44.62 sq mi (115.57 sq km)	1793
Ponce	City	113	137,491	166,327	114.76 sq mi (297.23 sq km)	1692
Quebradillas	Town	115	23,638	25,919	22.68 sq mi (58.74 sq km)	1823
Rincón	Town	117	15,187	15,200	14.29 sq mi (37.01 sq km)	1771
Río Grande	Town	119	47,060	54,304	60.62 sq mi (157.01 sq km)	1840
Sabana Grande	Town	121	22,729	25,265	35.83 sq mi (92.80 sq km)	1813
Salinas	Town	123	25,789	31,078	69.37 sq mi (179.67 sq km)	1851
San Germán	Town	125	31,879	35,527	54.50 sq mi (141.15 sq km)	1573
San Juan	City	127	342,259	395,326	47.85 sq mi (123.93 sq km)	1519[18]
San Lorenzo	Town	129	37,693	41,058	53.11 sq mi (137.55 sq km)	1811
San Sebastián	Town	131	39,345	42,430	70.42 sq mi (182.39 sq km)	1752
Santa Isabel	Town	133	20,281	23,274	34.02 sq mi (88.119 sq km)	1842
Toa Alta	City	135	66,852	74,066	27.02 sq mi (69.98 sq km)	1751
Toa Baja	City	137	75,293	89,609	23.24 sq mi (60.19 sq km)	1745
Trujillo Alto	City	139	67,740	74,842	20.76 sq mi (53.77 sq km)	1801
Utuado	Town	141	28,287	33,149	113.53 sq mi (294.04 sq km)	1739
Vega Alta	Town	143	35,395	39,951	27.73 sq mi (71.82 sq km)	1775
Vega Baja	City	145	54,414	59,662	45.86 sq mi (118.78 sq km)	1776
Vieques	Town	147	8,249	9,301	50.77 sq mi (131.49 sq km)	1852
Villalba	Town	149	22,093	26,073	35.64 sq mi (92.31 sq km)	1917
Yabucoa	Town	151	30,412	37,941	55.21 sq mi (142.99 sq km)	1793
Yauco	Town	153	34,172	42,043	68.19 sq mi (176.61 sq km)	1756

Racial composition

The following is an alphabetical list of the municipalities and their population together with a breakdown of their racial composition.

Municipality (2010)	White (both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)[19][20]	Black (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)[21]	Amerindian (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)	Asian (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)	Multiracial (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)	Hispanic (Of any Race)
Adjuntas	93.1	3.1	0.3	0.0	3.4	99.6
Aguada	86.6	5.3	0.3	0.1	7.7	99.4
Aguadilla	83.0	7.4	0.3	0.2	8.2	98.5
Aguas Buenas	72.5	12.6	0.6	0.1	14.2	99.5
Aibonito	83.5	7.3	0.2	0.0	9.0	99.3
Añasco	82.0	7.2	0.4	0.1	10.3	99.2
Arecibo	84.5	6.1	0.4	0.1	7.9	99.2
Arroyo	53.5	32.5	0.9	0.2	13.0	99.1
Barceloneta	80.7	7.6	0.3	0.1	11.2	99.4
Barranquitas	86.0	5.4	0.3	0.0	8.3	99.3
Bayamón	78.3	10.3	0.6	0.2	10.7	99.0
Cabo Rojo	84.1	5.4	0.3	0.1	10.1	98.9
Caguas	76.1	11.0	0.6	0.2	12.1	99.1
Camuy	87.9	4.1	0.3	0.1	7.6	99.4
Canóvanas	61.2	21.6	0.9	0.2	16.1	99.2
Carolina	64.3	22.8	0.9	0.4	11.7	98.6
Cataño	70.7	14.4	1.0	0.3	13.7	99.0
Cayey	79.9	8.3	0.4	0.1	11.3	99.3
Ceiba	70.6	16.5	0.7	0.1	12.0	98.8
Ciales	89.5	4.2	0.1	0.0	6.2	99.7
Cidra	76.6	8.3	0.4	0.1	14.6	99.4
Coamo	76.8	10.4	0.3	0.1	12.3	99.6
Comerío	78.6	8.6	0.6	0.1	12.1	99.6
Corozal	85.4	5.3	0.2	0.1	9.0	99.4
Culebra	56.9	26.6	0.9	0.2	15.4	91.7
Dorado	69.5	15.7	0.7	0.2	13.9	98.0
Fajardo	64.8	18.6	0.7	0.3	15.7	98.2
Florida	90.4	4.6	0.3	0.1	4.5	99.6
Guánica	79.9	7.7	0.5	0.0	11.8	99.4
Guayama	68.2	18.5	0.8	0.1	12.3	99.1
Guayanilla	81.9	8.3	0.4	0.1	9.3	99.5
Guaynabo	79.4	9.8	0.4	0.2	10.1	98.2
Gurabo	72.5	14.6	0.4	0.1	12.5	99.2
Hatillo	87.3	4.4	0.2	0.1	8.0	99.2
Hormigueros	81.2	8.3	0.4	0.1	10.0	99.5
Humacao	66.1	18.5	0.8	0.2	14.3	99.0
Isabela	83.4	7.5	0.3	0.1	8.6	99.0
Jayuya	90.7	3.4	0.4	0.1	5.5	99.6
Juana Díaz	75.3	14.3	0.5	0.1	9.9	99.4
Juncos	71.7	13.7	0.5	0.1	14.1	99.3
Lajas	80.6	5.2	0.2	0.1	13.9	99.3
Lares	91.1	3.0	0.2	0.1	5.6	99.3
Las Marías	86.3	5.3	0.4	0.0	8.0	99.4
Las Piedras	70.5	11.8	0.5	0.1	17.1	99.4
Loíza	26.5	64.3	0.5	0.1	8.6	99.4
Luquillo	65.5	20.8	0.9	0.2	12.6	97.9
Manatí	81.8	8.7	0.5	0.1	8.9	99.2
Maricao	89.2	4.8	0.4	0.0	5.3	99.4
Maunabo	47.9	30.4	0.8	0.1	20.8	99.2
Mayagüez	78.7	8.2	0.8	0.2	12.1	98.9
Moca	89.5	4.5	0.2	0.1	5.8	99.4
Morovis	88.4	5.2	0.2	0.1	6.1	99.4
Naguabo	71.1	15.9	0.4	0.2	12.4	99.2
Naranjito	84.2	6.0	0.5	0.1	9.4	99.5
Orocovis	86.7	6.2	0.4	0.1	6.6	99.6
Patillas	61.7	19.9	0.6	0.1	17.7	99.3
Peñuelas	81.8	9.2	0.4	0.2	8.4	99.4
Ponce	82.0	9.0	0.5	0.2	8.3	99.2
Quebradillas	89.2	3.7	0.1	0.1	6.9	99.3
Rincón	85.7	5.3	0.5	0.2	8.2	96.4
Río Grande	61.9	24.6	0.7	0.2	12.6	99.0
Sabana Grande	85.3	5.5	0.4	0.0	8.8	99.5
Salinas	67.4	16.4	0.6	0.1	15.5	99.3
San Germán	83.4	5.6	0.4	0.1	10.5	99.2
San Juan	68.0	18.6	0.8	0.4	12.2	98.2
San Lorenzo	76.1	9.9	0.8	0.1	13.2	99.5
San Sebastián	88.5	3.0	0.3	0.1	8.1	99.3
Santa Isabel	73.0	15.6	0.5	0.1	10.9	99.6
Toa Alta	76.3	9.6	0.4	0.1	13.5	99.3
Toa Baja	70.2	16.8	0.6	0.3	12.1	99.0
Trujillo Alto	72.1	14.6	0.7	0.2	12.3	98.9
Utuado	92.7	2.7	0.2	0.1	4.3	99.4
Vega Alta	71.2	14.9	0.7	0.2	13.1	98.7
Vega Baja	77.3	11.5	0.5	0.1	10.6	99.3
Vieques	58.7	28.1	0.7	0.1	12.5	94.3
Villalba	82.1	8.5	0.2	0.0	9.1	99.7
Yabucoa	65.6	14.1	0.5	0.2	19.8	99.3
Yauco	83.0	5.9	0.3	0.1	9.6	99.5
Puerto Rico	75.8	12.4	0.5	0.2	11.1	99.0

Finances

In 2012, 36 of the 78 municipalities (46%) were experiencing a budget deficit.[22] In total, the combined debt carried by the municipalities stands at about US$590 million.[lower-alpha 1]

Surplus Deficit

Municipality

Mayor's party

Population[16]

Surplus or deficit[24]

Surplus or deficit per capita[24]

Public debt[24]

Public debt per capita[24]

Adjuntas

PNP

19,483

$

525,858

$

26.99

$

Aguada

PPD

41,959

$

2,209,807

$

52.67

$

Aguadilla

PNP

60,949

$	10,220,728

$

167.69

$

Aguas Buenas

PPD

28,659

$	(1,638,355)

$

(57.17)

$

9,183,000

$

320.42

Aibonito

PNP

25,900

$

681,875

$

26.33

$

Añasco

PPD

29,261

$

2,074,042

$

70.88

$

Arecibo

PNP

96,440

$	(17,784,327)

$

(184.41)

$	63,403,451

$

657.44

Arroyo

PPD

19,575

$

(390,219)

$

(19.93)

$	10,521,000

$

537.47

Barceloneta

PPD

24,816

$	(8,833,426)

$

(355.96)

$	59,354,780

$

2,391.79

Barranquitas

PNP

30,318

$

6,673,615

$

220.12

$

Bayamón

PNP

208,116

$

4,179,967

$

20.08

$	243,233,534

$

1,168.74

Cabo Rojo

PPD

50,917

$

(60,841)

$

(1.19)

$	35,561,000

$

698.41

Caguas

PPD

142,893

$	16,938,668

$

118.54

$	267,248,251

$

1,870.27

Camuy

PNP

35,159

$	(1,810,542)

$

(51.50)

$	11,603,000

$

330.02

Canóvanas

PNP

47,648

$

203,324

$

4.27

$

Carolina

PPD

176,762

$	32,757,250

$

185.32

$	350,605,890

$

1,983.49

Cataño

PPD

28,140

$	(11,320,761)

$

(402.30)

$	47,386,000

$

1,683.94

Cayey

PPD

48,119

$

7,544,584

$

156.79

$

Ceiba

PNP

13,631

$

1,833,525

$

134.51

$

Ciales

PPD

18,782

$	(5,465,145)

$

(290.98)

$

9,829,100

$

523.33

Cidra

PNP

43,480

$	(1,053,391)

$

(24.23)

$	29,445,000

$

677.21

Coamo

PPD

40,512

$

1,672,291

$

41.28

$

Comerío

PPD

20,778

$

188,417

$

9.07

$

Corozal

PPD

37,142

$

854,163

$

23.00

$

Culebra

PPD

1,818

$

802,707

$

441.53

$

Dorado

PPD

38,165

$

2,620,615

$

68.67

$

Fajardo

PNP

36,993

$	17,821,689

$

481.76

$

Florida

PNP

12,680

$	(1,619,740)

$

(127.74)

$

3,702,000

$

291.96

Guánica

PNP

19,427

$	(5,319,384)

$

(273.81)

$

8,815,000

$

453.75

Guayama

PPD

45,362

$

1,987,097

$

43.81

$

Guayanilla

PPD

21,581

$	(2,706,166)

$

(125.40)

$	16,818,000

$

779.30

Guaynabo

PNP

97,924

$

8,216,448

$

83.91

$	290,116,691

$

2,962.67

Gurabo

PNP

45,369

$	(5,797,927)

$

(127.79)

$	46,390,045

$

1,022.51

Hatillo

PPD

41,953

$	(1,024,986)

$

(24.43)

$	15,456,830

$

368.43

Hormigueros

PPD

17,250

$

1,288,509

$

74.70

$

Humacao

PPD

58,466

$	11,360,216

$

194.30

$

Isabela

PPD

45,631

$	24,738,813

$

542.15

$	16,397,000

$

359.34

Jayuya

PPD

16,642

$

629,946

$

37.85

$

Juana Díaz

PPD

79,897

$	32,789,400

$

97.89

$	22,005,000

$

433.62

Juncos

PPD

40,290

$	(2,994,898)

$

(74.33)

$	44,404,819

$

1,102.13

Lajas

PPD

25,753

$	(1,988,168)

$

(77.20)

$	11,075,000

$

430.05

Lares

PNP

30,753

$	(3,361,629)

$

(109.31)

$

5,339,000

$

173.61

Las Marías

PPD

9,881

$

660,746

$

66.87

$

Las Piedras

PNP

38,675

$

362,063

$

9.36

$

Loíza

PNP

30,060

$	(3,171,401)

$

(105.50)

$

9,207,000

$

306.29

Luquillo

PPD

20,068

$

1,646,739

$

82.06

$

Manatí

PNP

44,113

$	(12,622,526)

$

(286.14)

$	52,688,487

$

1,194.40

Maricao

PNP

6,276

$	(1,812,106)

$

(288.74)

$	10,928,300

$

1,741.28

Maunabo

PPD

12,225

$	(2,678,351)

$

(219.09)

$

8,600,000

$

703.48

Mayagüez

PPD

89,080

$	10,816,117

$

121.42

$

Moca

PNP

40,109

$

632,570

$

15.77

$

Morovis

PNP

32,610

$	(3,742,360)

$

(114.76)

$	20,239,020

$

620.64

Naguabo

PNP

26,720

$	(3,737,140)

$

(139.86)

$

7,905,100

$

295.85

Naranjito

PNP

30,402

$

1,581,161

$

52.01

$

Orocovis

PNP

23,423

$

367,461

$

15.69

$

Patillas

PPD

19,277

$	(6,001,248)

$

(311.32)

$	17,179,000

$

891.17

Peñuelas

PPD

24,282

$

4,106,788

$

169.13

$

Ponce

PNP

166,327

$	(18,480,789)

$

(111.11)

$	190,625,905

$

1,146.09

Quebradillas

PPD

25,919

$

2,327,410

$

89.80

$

Rincón

PPD

15,200

$

1,992,326

$

131.07

$

Río Grande

PPD

54,304

$	(4,147,852)

$

(76.38)

$	32,059,000

$

590.36

Sabana Grande

PPD

25,265

$	(2,835,535)

$

(112.23)

$	10,176,423

$

402.79

Salinas

PPD

31,078

$	(8,546,853)

$

(275.01)

$	14,650,000

$

471.39

San Germán

PPD

35,527

$

760,077

$

21.39

$

San Juan

PPD

395,326

$	(45,455,571)

$

(114.98)

$	668,238,329

$

1,690.35

San Lorenzo

PPD

41,058

$	(2,998,994)

$

(73.04)

$	27,034,000

$

658.43

San Sebastián

PNP

42,430

$

2,296,524

$

54.13

$

Santa Isabel

PNP

23,274

$	(3,900,907)

$

(167.61)

$	23,273,736

$

999.99

Toa Alta

PPD

74,066

$	(3,387,399)

$

(45.73)

$	33,140,000

$

447.44

Toa Baja

PNP

89,609

$	(10,543,311)

$

(117.66)

$	116,363,919

$

1,298.57

Trujillo Alto

PPD

74,842

$	(1,736,394)

$

(23.20)

$	55,516,000

$

741.78

Utuado

PPD

33,149

$	(3,007,984)

$

(90.74)

$

8,174,000

$

246.58

Vega Alta

PNP

39,951

$

3,408,501

$

85.32

$

Vega Baja

PPD

59,662

$	(1,849,612)

$

(31.00)

$	44,303,000

$

742.57

Vieques

PPD

9,301

$	(6,672,774)

$

(717.43)

$	12,420,100

$

1,335.35

Villalba

PPD

26,073

$	(2,228,520)

$

(85.47)

$

9,969,216

$

382.36

Yabucoa

PPD

37,941

$	(2,216,509)

$

(58.42)

$	17,394,380

$

458.46

Yauco

PNP

42,043

$	(5,049,263)

$

(120.10)

$	39,904,000

$

949.12

Amalgamation

Multiple times, politicians have discussed and proposed consolidating Puerto Rico's municipalities but so far no proposals has been adopted. In 1902 the Puerto Rico legislature, under pressure from the U.S.-appointed governor of Puerto Rico, passed a law consolidating the then-76 municipalities of Puerto Rico into 46.[25] The law was repealed three years later.[26][27] In October 2009, a Puerto Rican legislator proposed a bill that would reduce the current 78 municipalities of Puerto Rico down to 20. The bill called for a referendum to take place on June 13, 2010, which would let the people decide on the matter.[28] However, the bill never made into law.[29] With the Puerto Rican government-debt crisis that emerged in the first half of 2010s, a new plan to consolidate municipalities was again circulated in the legislature in 2017 as a way to alleviate the government debt crisis.[30][31] In March 2019, then Governor Ricardo Rosselló created an initiative that would preserve the existing municipalities but create regional consolidation by sharing service overhead in the form of counties but he resigned prior to anything coming of his proposal.[32]

Notes

WAPA-TV (2014; in Spanish) "El informe sobre la medida señala que al presente los municipios arrastran una deuda agregada de aproximadamente $590 millones [...]"[23]

References

Sánchez Martínez, Héctor (October 10, 2012). "Puerto Rico: la isla de los 900 barrios". La Perla del Sur (in Spanish). No. 1506. p. 36.
Bureau, US Census. "Puerto Rico". Census.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
Bureau, US Census. "Puerto Rico Population Declined 11.8% From 2010 to 2020". Census.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
José A. Mari Mut (2013-08-28). Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas.
Baxter, Sylvester (August 1920). "Recent Civic Architecture in Porto Rico by Adrian C Finlayson, Architect for the Insular Department of the Interior". The Architectural Record. p. 77. Retrieved September 23, 2022 – via Wikisource.
"Ley Núm. 70 de 2006 -Ley para disponer la oficialidad de la bandera y el escudo de los setenta y ocho (78) municipios". LexJuris de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
An Act: To amend Sections 1 and 2 of Act No. 100 of June 27, 1956 Act No. 81 of August 30, 1991: Autonomous Municipalities Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In An Act: To amend Sections 1 and 2 of Act No. 100 of June 27, 1956, Act No. 66, 3rd Session of the 13th Legislature of Puerto Rico. April 14, 1998. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Portugués, Ponce. Rafael Torrech San Inocencio. El Sur a la Vista. elsuralavista.com. 14 February 2010. Accessed 12 February 2011. Archived.
Ponce. Proyecto Salon Hogar. Map of Barrios of Ponce. (Map with fully urbanized barrios conglomerated and merged as "Zona Urbana". Barrio not labeled is named "Machuelo Abajo".) Retrieved November 30, 2009.
"Ponce: General Information." Archived 2012-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
Ponce Puerto Rico. AreciboWeb. (Map showing the 31 geo-numbered barrios of Ponce.) Retrieved November 30, 2009.
Un Acercamiento Sociohistorico y Linguistico a los Toponimos del Municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Amparo Morales, María T. Vaquero de Ramírez. "Estudios de lingüística hispánica: homenaje a María Vaquero". Page 113. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
Cartographic Boundary Files. U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
AREAS IN PUERTO RICO ELIGIBLE FOR RURAL HOUSING LOANS: BARRIOS, TOWNS AND VILLAGES. Archived 2014-05-31 at the Wayback Machine U.S. Department of Agriculture. Rural Development. Page 8. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
"EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
"U.S. Census Bureau". Retrieved July 26, 2013.
"U.S. Census Bureau geography". Retrieved August 31, 2011.
El Morro. United States National Park Service. Accessed 6 October 2019.
"2010 Census". Medgar Evers College. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
US Census Bureau: Table QT-P10 Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2010 retrieved January 22, 2012 - select state from drop-down menu
United States Census
Vázquez, Brenda (November 16, 2012). "Extensa la lista de los municipios con déficit". Metro Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Metro International. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
"Nace la Corporación de Financiamiento Municipal" (in Spanish). WAPA-TV. January 23, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
"Indicadores Socioeconómicos Municipales" (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Ombudsman. August 12, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Barrio Lapa, Salinas. Page 4. Retrieved 13 February 2011. Archived.
Guayanilla. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 28, 2010.
Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Lapa, Salinas. Accessed February 13, 2011.
Legislador propone reducir a 20 los 78 municipios de Puerto Rico. PrimeraHora.com 4 October 2009. In Spanish. Accessed 7 November 2009. Archived 15 November 2009.
Los municipios autónomos llegan a la mayoría de edad (documento). Cristina del Mar Quiles. Noticel. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012. Archived 4 June 2012.
Líderes legislativos ponen freno a la eliminación de municipios. Nydia Bauzá. Primerahora.com 31 July 2017. 31 July 2017. Archived 1 August 2017.
Presentan proyecto para consolidar 58 municipios en 20. English (via "Google Translate")=Project presented to consolidate 58 municipalities in 20 Metro.pr 16 May 2016. Accessed 23 February 2022. Archived on 23 February 2022.
Puerto Rico governor to introduce measure to consolidate Puerto Rico into Counties Maria Miranda. CaribbeanBusiness.com March 15, 2019

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[24] WAPA-TV (2014; in Spanish) "El informe sobre la medida señala que al presente los municipios arrastran una deuda agregada de aproximadamente $590 millones [...]"[23]

[sanchez-2012-1] Sánchez Martínez, Héctor (October 10, 2012). "Puerto Rico: la isla de los 900 barrios". La Perla del Sur (in Spanish). No. 1506. p. 36.

[2] Bureau, US Census. "Puerto Rico". Census.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[:0-3] Bureau, US Census. "Puerto Rico Population Declined 11.8% From 2010 to 2020". Census.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[4] José A. Mari Mut (2013-08-28). Los pueblos de Puerto Rico y las iglesias de sus plazas.

[5] Baxter, Sylvester (August 1920). "Recent Civic Architecture in Porto Rico by Adrian C Finlayson, Architect for the Insular Department of the Interior". The Architectural Record. p. 77. Retrieved September 23, 2022 – via Wikisource.

[6] "Ley Núm. 70 de 2006 -Ley para disponer la oficialidad de la bandera y el escudo de los setenta y ocho (78) municipios". LexJuris de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-15.

[7] An Act: To amend Sections 1 and 2 of Act No. 100 of June 27, 1956 Act No. 81 of August 30, 1991: Autonomous Municipalities Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In An Act: To amend Sections 1 and 2 of Act No. 100 of June 27, 1956, Act No. 66, 3rd Session of the 13th Legislature of Puerto Rico. April 14, 1998. Retrieved November 22, 2009.

[8] Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Portugués, Ponce. Rafael Torrech San Inocencio. El Sur a la Vista. elsuralavista.com. 14 February 2010. Accessed 12 February 2011. Archived.

[9] Ponce. Proyecto Salon Hogar. Map of Barrios of Ponce. (Map with fully urbanized barrios conglomerated and merged as "Zona Urbana". Barrio not labeled is named "Machuelo Abajo".) Retrieved November 30, 2009.

[10] "Ponce: General Information." Archived 2012-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 30, 2009.

[11] Ponce Puerto Rico. AreciboWeb. (Map showing the 31 geo-numbered barrios of Ponce.) Retrieved November 30, 2009.

[12] Un Acercamiento Sociohistorico y Linguistico a los Toponimos del Municipio de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Amparo Morales, María T. Vaquero de Ramírez. "Estudios de lingüística hispánica: homenaje a María Vaquero". Page 113. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

[13] Cartographic Boundary Files. U. S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 1 December 2011.

[14] AREAS IN PUERTO RICO ELIGIBLE FOR RURAL HOUSING LOANS: BARRIOS, TOWNS AND VILLAGES. Archived 2014-05-31 at the Wayback Machine U.S. Department of Agriculture. Rural Development. Page 8. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2012.

[FIPS-15] "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2008-02-23.

[census-2010-16] "U.S. Census Bureau". Retrieved July 26, 2013.

[17] "U.S. Census Bureau geography". Retrieved August 31, 2011.

[18] El Morro. United States National Park Service. Accessed 6 October 2019.

[2010_Census-19] "2010 Census". Medgar Evers College. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2010-04-13.

[20] US Census Bureau: Table QT-P10 Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2010 retrieved January 22, 2012 - select state from drop-down menu

[factfinder2.census.gov-21] United States Census

[22] Vázquez, Brenda (November 16, 2012). "Extensa la lista de los municipios con déficit". Metro Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Metro International. Retrieved September 29, 2013.

[23] "Nace la Corporación de Financiamiento Municipal" (in Spanish). WAPA-TV. January 23, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2014.

[ombudsman-2013-25] "Indicadores Socioeconómicos Municipales" (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Ombudsman. August 12, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved September 29, 2013.

[26] Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Barrio Lapa, Salinas. Page 4. Retrieved 13 February 2011. Archived.

[27] Guayanilla. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 28, 2010.

[28] Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Lapa, Salinas. Accessed February 13, 2011.

[29] Legislador propone reducir a 20 los 78 municipios de Puerto Rico. PrimeraHora.com 4 October 2009. In Spanish. Accessed 7 November 2009. Archived 15 November 2009.

[30] Los municipios autónomos llegan a la mayoría de edad (documento). Cristina del Mar Quiles. Noticel. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012. Archived 4 June 2012.

[31] Líderes legislativos ponen freno a la eliminación de municipios. Nydia Bauzá. Primerahora.com 31 July 2017. 31 July 2017. Archived 1 August 2017.

[32] Presentan proyecto para consolidar 58 municipios en 20. English (via "Google Translate")=Project presented to consolidate 58 municipalities in 20 Metro.pr 16 May 2016. Accessed 23 February 2022. Archived on 23 February 2022.

[33] Puerto Rico governor to introduce measure to consolidate Puerto Rico into Counties Maria Miranda. CaribbeanBusiness.com March 15, 2019

Lists of cities in the United States by state or territory
States	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
D.C. & territories	American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands
By population	California Connecticut Iowa Pennsylvania Texas Wisconsin

List of cities in North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

United States census topics
Regions	Division State Federal District Insular area American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands ZIP Code Tabulation Area
Native areas	Alaska Native corporation Indian colony Indian reservation list Hawaiian home land Off-reservation trust land Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area
Metropolitan	Primary statistical area list Combined statistical area Core-based statistical area list Metropolitan statistical area list Micropolitan statistical area list New England city and town area Urban area list
State-level	Congressional district County list Alaska census area Independent city Municipio Place Census-designated Public use microdata area School district lists State legislative district Urban growth area
County-level	Census county division Minor civil division Traffic analysis zone Voting district
Local	Block Block group Tract
Census Bureau Office of Management and Budget

Administrative divisions of the Americas
North America Caribbean Central America Northern America South America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Falkland Islands French Guiana Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Turks and Caicos Islands US Virgin Islands

Lists of United States counties and county equivalents
States	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Federal district	District of Columbia
Insular areas	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands
Outlying Islands	United States Minor Outlying Islands