Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Santurce
Aerial view of Santurce in 2008
Aerial view of Santurce in 2008
Location of Santurce shown in yellow within San Juan shown in light gray
Location of Santurce shown in yellow within San Juan shown in light gray
CommonwealthPuerto Rico
MunicipalitySan Juan
Area
 • Total8.70 sq mi (22.53 km2)
 • Land5.24 sq mi (13.57 km2)
 • Water3.46 sq mi (8.96 km2)
Elevation49 ft (15 m)
Population
 • Total69,469
 • Density13,257.4/sq mi (5,118.7/km2)
 (US Census 2020)
Time zoneUTC−4 (AST)
ZIP Codes
00907, 00908, 00909, 00911, 00912, 00913, 00914, 00915, 00916, 00936, 00940

Santurce (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtuɾse], from the Basque Santurtzi which means Saint George) is a barrio of San Juan. Its population in 2020 was 69,469. It is also the biggest and most populated of all the barrios in the capital city with a bigger population than most municipalities of Puerto Rico and one of the most densely populated areas of the island (13,257.4 persons per square mile).[2]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
19005,840
191017,338196.9%
192035,096102.4%
193081,960133.5%
1940133,09162.4%
1950195,00746.5%
1960178,179−8.6%
1970128,232−28.0%
1980101,103−21.2%
199095,184−5.9%
200094,337−0.9%
201081,251−13.9%
202069,469−14.5%
U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900)[3] 1910–1930[4]
1930–1950[5] 1980–2000[6] 2010[7]
  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Santurce Barrio
  2. ^ "Link to Puerto Rico – San Juan". Proyecto Salón Hogar (in Spanish). Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ 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 February 20, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.

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