Florida, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Florida
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Location of Florida within the municipality of San Lorenzo shown in red
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 Florida, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
Location in Caribbean
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| Commonwealth |  Puerto Rico |
| Municipality |  San Lorenzo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.67 sq mi (9.5 km2) |
| • Land | 3.64 sq mi (9.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
| Elevation | 430 ft (130 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 5,293 |
| • Density | 1,454.1/sq mi (561.4/km2) |
| Source: 2010 Census | |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Florida is a barrio in the municipality of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,293.
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 Florida barrio was 807.
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 807 | — | |
| 1980 | 3,743 | — | |
| 1990 | 5,091 | 36.0% | |
| 2000 | 5,791 | 13.7% | |
| 2010 | 5,293 | −8.6% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900) 1910-1930 1930-1950 1980-2000 2010 |
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Sectors
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.
The following sectors are in Florida barrio:
Camino Joaquín Corona, Camino Pedro Borges, Ramal 9929, Residencial Villas de San Lorenzo, Sector Acosta, Sector Artiri, Sector Arturo Hernández, Sector Camino Viejo, Sector Cendito Torres, Sector Contreras (Carretera 183), Sector Contreras (Carretera 9929), Sector Cuatro Calles, Sector El Chaparral, Sector El Coco, Sector Fernández, Sector González, Sector Hacienda Mi Sueño, Sector Las Cumbres, Sector Los Amigos, Sector Los Astacio, Sector Los Calderón, Sector Los Flores, Sector Los Gómez, Sector Los Mameyes, Sector Los Paganes, Sector Los Reyes, Sector Miguel Sánchez, Sector Montañez, Sector Pedraza, Sector Pérez, Sector Rafael Colón, Sector Terrazas de Florida, Sector Tito Morales, Sector Zarzal, Urbanización Alejandra Valley, Urbanización Ciudad Massó, Urbanización Florida Garden, Urbanización Hacienda Florida, and Urbanización Los Flamboyanes.
See also
In Spanish: Florida (San Lorenzo) para niños
- List of communities in Puerto Rico
- List of barrios and sectors of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico
