Cabo Caribe | |
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Barrio | |
![]() Puerto Rico Highway 688 in Cabo Caribe | |
![]() Location of Cabo Caribe within the municipality of Vega Baja shown in red | |
Coordinates: 18°27′52″N 66°22′54″W / 18.464513°N 66.381531°W[1] | |
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Area | |
• Total | 4.88 sq mi (12.6 km2) |
• Land | 4.85 sq mi (12.6 km2) |
• Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 3,989 |
• Density | 820.8/sq mi (316.9/km2) |
Source: 2010 Census | |
Time zone | UTC−4 (AST) |
Cabo Caribe is a barrio in the municipality of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,989.[3][4][5]
Cabo Caribe 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 Cabo Caribe barrio was 277.[7]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1900 | 277 | — | |
1910 | 310 | 11.9% | |
1920 | 400 | 29.0% | |
1930 | 483 | 20.8% | |
1940 | 496 | 2.7% | |
1950 | 576 | 16.1% | |
1960 | 1,488 | 158.3% | |
1970 | 0 | −100.0% | |
1980 | 5,296 | — | |
1990 | 4,901 | −7.5% | |
2000 | 4,581 | −6.5% | |
2010 | 3,989 | −12.9% | |
U.S. Decennial Census 1899 (shown as 1900)[8] 1910-1930[9] 1930-1950[10] 1960[11] 1980-2000[12] 2010[13] |