Algarrobo, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Algarrobo
Barrio
Rock wall in Algarrobo
Location of Algarrobo within the municipality of Vega Baja shown in red
Algarrobo, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Location in Caribbean
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Vega Baja
Area
• Total	5.70 sq mi (14.8 km²)
• Land	5.43 sq mi (14.1 km²)
• Water	0.27 sq mi (0.7 km²)
Elevation	66 ft (20 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	15,764
• Density	2,892.5/sq mi (1,116.8/km²)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Algarrobo is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 15,764.

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History

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 Algarrobo barrio was 877.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1900	877	—
1960	4,753	—
1980	11,037	—
1990	13,757	24.6%
2000	16,562	20.4%
2010	15,764	−4.8%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1960 1980-2000 2010

Sectors and features

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.