Sábalos, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Sábalos is a barrio in the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 10,741.^[3][4][5]

Sábalos
Barrio
Location of Sábalos within the municipality of Mayagüez shown in red
Sábalos Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°10′47″N 67°08′59″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Mayagüez
Area [1]
• Total	2.11 sq mi (5.5 km2)
• Land	1.99 sq mi (5.2 km2)
• Water	0.12 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation [2]	36 ft (11 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	10,741
• Density	5,397.5/sq mi (2,084.0/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Sábalos 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 Sábalos barrio was 2,365.^[7]

Sábalos is a rural, coastal town named after the Atlantic tarpon, (Spanish: Sábalo Real), which were fished by Christopher Columbus at this location in and around November 19, 1493.^[8]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	2,365		—
1910	3,400		43.8%
1920	4,358		28.2%
1930	3,536		−18.9%
1940	4,574		29.4%
1950	3,578		−21.8%
1960	4,608		28.8%
1970	8,179		77.5%
1980	9,787		19.7%
1990	11,683		19.4%
2000	10,271		−12.1%
2010	10,741		4.6%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[9] 1910-1930[10] 1930-1950[11] 1980-2000[12] 2010[13]

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sábalos barrio
3. Picó, Rafael; Buitrago de Santiago, Zayda; Berrios, Hector H. Nueva geografía de Puerto Rico: física, económica, y social, por Rafael Picó. Con la colaboración de Zayda Buitrago de Santiago y Héctor H. Berrios. San Juan Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Puerto Rico,1969.
4. Gwillim Law (20 May 2015). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries: A Comprehensive World Reference, 1900 through 1998. McFarland. p. 300. ISBN 978-1-4766-0447-3. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
5. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
6. "Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administración. 1881". Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish). p. 1614. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
7. Joseph Prentiss Sanger; Henry Gannett; Walter Francis Willcox (1900). Informe sobre el censo de Puerto Rico, 1899, United States. War Dept. Porto Rico Census Office (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno. p. 164.
8. Cedo-Alzamora, Federico. "Barrio Sábalos". Aquí esta Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2019.
9. "Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899". War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
10. "Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
11. "Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 30, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
12. "Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
13. Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.