Minillas, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Minillas is a barrio in the municipality of Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 39,540.^[3][4][5]

Minillas
Barrio
Puerto Rico Highway 174 between Juan Sánchez and Minillas
Location of Minillas within the municipality of Bayamón shown in red
Minillas Location of Puerto Rico
Coordinates: 18°21′38″N 66°09′11″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Bayamón
Area [1]
• Total	5.83 sq mi (15.1 km2)
• Land	5.80 sq mi (15.0 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation [2]	121 ft (37 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	39,540
• Density	2,942.3/sq mi (1,136.0/km2)
	Source: 2010 Census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

History

Minillas 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 Minillas barrio was 1000.^[7]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	1,000		—
1910	1,436		43.6%
1920	1,458		1.5%
1930	1,630		11.8%
1940	1,784		9.4%
1950	2,519		41.2%
1960	9,093		261.0%
1970	0		−100.0%
1980	42,584		—
1990	42,420		−0.4%
2000	42,617		0.5%
2010	39,540		−7.2%
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1980-2000[11] 2010[12]

See also

• Puerto Rico portal

• List of communities in Puerto Rico