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The Municipalities of Puerto Rico number 78 and they make up the smallest electoral division of the Commonwealth. Each municipality is divided into barrios, though the latter are not vested with political authority.

Contents

1 Administrative divisions
2 Municipal politics
3 List of municipalities
- 3.1 Racial composition of municipalities
4 The municipal amalgamation proposal
5 References
6 See also
7 External links

Administrative divisions

There are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the United States Government, but Puerto Rico has 78 municipalities or "municipios" at the secondary order. For U.S. Census purposes, the municipalities are equivalent to a county.^[1] They are conveniently grouped into eight electoral districts, which do not possess administrative functions. In 1991, the Autonomous Municipalities of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Act was passed as a strategy for the decentralizing control and for improving government services to the people.

Municipal politics

The municipalities elect a Mayor and a legislative assembly in the general elections every four years.

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List of municipalities

The following is an alphabetical list of the municipalities in Puerto Rico, and their corresponding foundation year, population, and geographic area.

Municipality	FIPS code^[2]	Founded	Population (2010)^[3]	Area^[4]
Adjuntas !Adjuntas	001 !001	1815 !1815	019,143 !19,143	066.69 !66.69 sq mi (172.73 sq km)
Aguada !Aguada	003 !003	1508 !1508	042,042 !42,042	030.85 !30.85 sq mi (79.90 sq km)
Aguadilla !Aguadilla	005 !005	1780 !1780	064,685 !64,685	036.53 !36.53 sq mi (94.61 sq km)
Aguas Buenas !Aguas Buenas	007 !007	1838 !1838	029,032 !29,032	030.09 !30.08 sq mi (77.92 sq km)
Aibonito !Aibonito	009 !009	1824 !1824	026,493 !26,493	031.31 !31.31 sq mi (81.10 sq km)
Añasco !Añasco	011 !011	1733 !1733	028,348 !28,348	039.29 !39.29 sq mi (101.75 sq km)
Arecibo !Arecibo	013 !013	1616 !1616	100,131 !100,131	125.95 !125.95 sq mi (326.20 sq km)
Arroyo !Arroyo	015 !015	1855 !1855	019,117 !19,117	015.01 !15.01 sq mi (38.87 sq km)
Barceloneta !Barceloneta	017 !017	1881 !1881	022,322 !22,322	018.69 !18.69 sq mi (48.41 sq km)
Barranquitas !Barranquitas	019 !019	1803 !1803	028,909 !28,909	034.25 !34.25 sq mi (88.71 sq km)
Bayamón !Bayamón	021 !021	1772 !1772	208,116 !208,116	044.32 !44.32 sq mi (114.80 sq km)
Cabo Rojo !Cabo Rojo	023 !023	1771 !1771	050,917 !50,917	070.37 !70.37 sq mi (182.27 sq km)
Caguas !Caguas	025 !025	1775 !1775	142,893 !142,893	058.60 !58.60 sq mi (151.77 sq km)
Camuy !Camuy	027 !027	1807 !1807	035,159 !35,159	046.36 !46.35 sq mi (120.06 sq km)
Canóvanas !Canóvanas	029 !029	1909 !1909	047,648 !47,648	032.87 !32.87 sq mi (85.12 sq km)
Carolina !Carolina	031 !031	1816 !1816	176,762 !176,762	045.32 !45.32 sq mi (117.38 sq km)
Cataño !Cataño	033 !033	1927 !1927	028,140 !28,140	004.85 !4.84 sq mi (12.55 sq km)
Cayey !Cayey	035 !035	1773 !1773	048,119 !48,119	051.93 !51.93 sq mi (134.51 sq km)
Ceiba !Ceiba	037 !037	1838 !1838	013,631 !13,631	029.04 !29.04 sq mi (75.20 sq km)
Ciales !Ciales	039 !039	1820 !1820	018,782 !18,782	066.53 !66.53 sq mi (172.31 sq km)
Cidra !Cidra	041 !041	1809 !1809	043,480 !43,480	036.02 !36.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Coamo !Coamo	043 !043	1579 !1579	040,512 !40,512	078.1 !78.1 sq mi (202.15 km2)
Comerío !Comerío	045 !045	1826 !1826	020,778 !20,778	028.40 !28.40 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Corozal !Corozal	047 !047	1795 !1795	037,1420 !37,142	042.57 !42.57 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Culebra !Culebra	049 !049	1880 !1880	001,818 !1,818	011.62 !11.62 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Dorado !Dorado	051 !051	1842 !1842	038,165 !38,165	023.09 !23.09 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Fajardo !Fajardo	053 !053	1772 !1772	036,9930 !36,993	029.86 !29.86 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Florida !Florida	054 !054	1971 !1971	012,680 !12,680	015.21 !15.21 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Guánica !Guánica	055 !055	1508 !1508	019,427 !19,427	037.05 !37.05 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Guayama !Guayama	057 !057	1736 !1736	045,362 !45,362	064.99 !64.99 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Guayanilla !Guayanilla	059 !059	1833 !1833	021,581 !21,581	042.27 !42.27 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Guaynabo !Guaynabo	061 !061	1769 !1769	097,924 !97,924	027.58 !27.58 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Gurabo !Gurabo	063 !063	1815 !1815	045,3690 !45,369	027.89 !27.89 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Hatillo !Hatillo	065 !065	1823 !1823	041,953 !41,953	041.78 !41.78 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Hormigueros !Hormigueros	067 !067	1874 !1874	017,250 !17,250	011.34 !11.34 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Humacao !Humacao	069 !069	1722 !1722	058,466 !58,466	044.75 !44.75 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Isabela !Isabela	071 !071	1819 !1819	045,631 !45,631	055.30 !55.30 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Jayuya !Jayuya	073 !073	1911 !1911	016,642 !16,642	044.53 !44.53 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Juana Díaz !Juana Díaz	075 !075	1798 !1798	050,747 !50,747	060.28 !60.28 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Juncos !Juncos	077 !077	1797 !1797	040,290 !40,290	026.49 !26.49 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Lajas !Lajas	079 !079	1883 !1883	025,753 !25,753	059.95 !59.95 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Lares !Lares	081 !081	1827 !1827	030,753 !30,753	061.45 !61.45 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Las Marías !Las Marías	083 !083	1871 !1871	009,881 !9,881	046.36 !46.36 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Las Piedras !Las Piedras	085 !085	1773 !1773	038,675 !38,675	033.88 !33.88 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Loíza !Loíza	087 !087	1719 !1719	030,060 !30,060	019.37 !19.37 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Luquillo !Luquillo	089 !089	1797 !1797	020,068 !20,068	025.81 !25.81 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Manatí !Manatí	091 !091	1738 !1738	044,113 !44,113	046.13 !46.13 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Maricao !Maricao	093 !093	1874 !1874	006,276 !6,276	036.62 !36.62 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Maunabo !Maunabo	095 !095	1799 !1799	012,225 !12,225	021.07 !21.07 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Mayagüez !Mayagüez	097 !097	1760 !1760	089,0800 !89,080	077.65 !77.65 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Moca !Moca	099 !099	1772 !1772	040,109 !40,109	050.34 !50.34 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Morovis !Morovis	101 !101	1818 !1818	032,610 !32,610	038.87 !38.87 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Naguabo !Naguabo	103 !103	1821 !1821	026,720 !26,720	051.66 !51.66 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Naranjito !Naranjito	105 !105	1824 !1824	030,402 !30,402	027.40 !27.40 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Orocovis !Orocovis	107 !107	1772 !1772	023,423 !23,423	063.62 !63.62 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Patillas !Patillas	109 !109	1811 !1811	019,277 !19,277	046.7 !46.7 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Peñuelas !Peñuelas	111 !111	1793 !1793	024,282 !24,282	044.62 !44.62 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Ponce !Ponce	113 !113	1692 !1692	166,327 !166,327	114.76 !114.76 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Quebradillas !Quebradillas	115 !115	1823 !1823	025,919 !25,919	022.68 !22.68 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Rincón !Rincón	117 !117	1771 !1771	015,200 !15,200	014.29 !14.29 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Río Grande !Río Grande	119 !119	1840 !1840	054,304 !54,304	060.62 !60.62 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Sabana Grande !Sabana Grande	121 !121	1813 !1813	025,265 !25,265	035.83 !35.83 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Salinas !Salinas	123 !123	1851 !1851	031,078 !31,078	069.37 !69.37 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
San Germán !San Germán	125 !0125	1573 !1573	035,527 !35,527	054.50 !54.50 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
San Juan !San Juan	127 !127	1509 !1509	395,326 !395,326	047.85 !47.85 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
San Lorenzo !San Lorenzo	129 !129	1811 !1811	041,058 !41,058	053.11 !53.11 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
San Sebastián !San Sebastián	131 !131	1752 !1752	042,430 !42,430	070.42 !70.42 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Santa Isabel !Santa Isabel	133 !133	1842 !1842	023,274 !23,274	034.02 !34.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Toa Alta !Toa Alta	135 !135	1751 !1751	074,066 !74,066	027.02 !27.02 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Toa Baja !Toa Baja	137 !137	1745 !1745	089,609 !89,609	023.24 !23.24 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Trujillo Alto !Trujillo Alto	139 !139	1801 !1801	074,842 !74,842	020.76 !20.76 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Utuado !Utuado	141 !141	1739 !1739	033,149 !33,149	113.53 !113.53 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Vega Alta !Vega Alta	143 !143	1775 !1775	039,951 !39,951	027.73 !27.73 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Vega Baja !Vega Baja	145 !145	1776 !1776	059,662 !59,662	045.86 !45.86 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Vieques !Vieques	147 !147	1852 !1852	009,301 !9,301	050.77 !50.77 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Villalba !Villalba	149 !149	1917 !1917	026,073 !26,073	035.64 !35.64 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Yabucoa !Yabucoa	151 !151	1793 !1793	037,941 !37,941	055.21 !55.21 sq mi (93.29 sq km)
Yauco !Yauco	153 !153	1756 !1756	042,043 !42,043	068.19 !68.19 sq mi (93.29 sq km)

Racial composition of municipalities

The following is an alphabetical list of the municipalities and their population together with a breakdown of their racial composition.

Municipality (2010)	White (both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)^[5]^[6]	Black (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)^[7]	Amerindian (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)	Asian (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)	Multiracial (Both Hispanic and Non-Hispanic)	Hispanic (Of any Race)
Adjuntas	93.1	3.1	0.3	0.0	3.4	99.6
Aguada	86.6	5.3	0.3	0.1	7.7	99.4
Aguadilla	83.0	7.4	0.3	0.2	8.2	98.5
Aguas Buenas	72.5	12.6	0.6	0.1	14.2	99.5
Aibonito	83.5	7.3	0.2	0.0	9.0	99.3
Añasco	82.0	7.2	0.4	0.1	10.3	99.2
Arecibo	84.5	6.1	0.4	0.1	7.9	99.2
Arroyo	53.5	32.5	0.9	0.2	13.0	99.1
Barceloneta	80.7	7.6	0.3	0.1	11.2	99.4
Barranquitas	86.0	5.4	0.3	0.0	8.3	99.3
Bayamón	78.3	10.3	0.6	0.2	10.7	99.0
Cabo Rojo	84.1	5.4	0.3	0.1	10.1	98.9
Caguas	76.1	11.0	0.6	0.2	12.1	99.1
Camuy	87.9	4.1	0.3	0.1	7.6	99.4
Canóvanas	61.2	21.6	0.9	0.2	16.1	99.2
Carolina	64.3	22.8	0.9	0.4	11.7	98.6
Cataño	70.7	14.4	1.0	0.3	13.7	99.0
Cayey	79.9	8.3	0.4	0.1	11.3	99.3
Ceiba	70.6	16.5	0.7	0.1	12.0	98.8
Ciales	89.5	4.2	0.1	0.0	6.2	99.7
Cidra	76.6	8.3	0.4	0.1	14.6	99.4
Coamo	76.8	10.4	0.3	0.1	12.3	99.6
Comerío	78.6	8.6	0.6	0.1	12.1	99.6
Corozal	85.4	5.3	0.2	0.1	9.0	99.4
Culebra	56.9	26.6	0.9	0.2	15.4	91.7
Dorado	69.5	15.7	0.7	0.2	13.9	98.0
Fajardo	64.8	18.6	0.7	0.3	15.7	98.2
Florida	90.4	4.6	0.3	0.1	4.5	99.6
Guánica	79.9	7.7	0.5	0.0	11.8	99.4
Guayama	68.2	18.5	0.8	0.1	12.3	99.1
Guayanilla	81.9	8.3	0.4	0.1	9.3	99.5
Guaynabo	79.4	9.8	0.4	0.2	10.1	98.2
Gurabo	72.5	14.6	0.4	0.1	12.5	99.2
Hatillo	87.3	4.4	0.2	0.1	8.0	99.2
Hormigueros	81.2	8.3	0.4	0.1	10.0	99.5
Humacao	66.1	18.5	0.8	0.2	14.3	99.0
Isabela	83.4	7.5	0.3	0.1	8.6	99.0
Jayuya	90.7	3.4	0.4	0.1	5.5	99.6
Juana Díaz	75.3	14.3	0.5	0.1	9.9	99.4
Juncos	71.7	13.7	0.5	0.1	14.1	99.3
Lajas	80.6	5.2	0.2	0.1	13.9	99.3
Lares	91.1	3.0	0.2	0.1	5.6	99.3
Las Marías	86.3	5.3	0.4	0.0	8.0	99.4
Las Piedras	70.5	11.8	0.5	0.1	17.1	99.4
Loíza	26.5	64.3	0.5	0.1	8.6	99.4
Luquillo	65.5	20.8	0.9	0.2	12.6	97.9
Manatí	81.8	8.7	0.5	0.1	8.9	99.2
Maricao	89.2	4.8	0.4	0.0	5.3	99.4
Maunabo	47.9	30.4	0.8	0.1	20.8	99.2
Mayagüez	78.7	8.2	0.8	0.2	12.1	98.9
Moca	89.5	4.5	0.2	0.1	5.8	99.4
Morovis	88.4	5.2	0.2	0.1	6.1	99.4
Naguabo	71.1	15.9	0.4	0.2	12.4	99.2
Naranjito	84.2	6.0	0.5	0.1	9.4	99.5
Orocovis	86.7	6.2	0.4	0.1	6.6	99.6
Patillas	61.7	19.9	0.6	0.1	17.7	99.3
Peñuelas	81.8	9.2	0.4	0.2	8.4	99.4
Ponce	82.0	9.0	0.5	0.2	8.3	99.2
Quebradillas	89.2	3.7	0.1	0.1	6.9	99.3
Rincón	85.7	5.3	0.5	0.2	8.2	96.4
Río Grande	61.9	24.6	0.7	0.2	12.6	99.0
Sabana Grande	85.3	5.5	0.4	0.0	8.8	99.5
Salinas	67.4	16.4	0.6	0.1	15.5	99.3
San Germán	83.4	5.6	0.4	0.1	10.5	99.2
San Juan	68.0	18.6	0.8	0.4	12.2	98.2
San Lorenzo	76.1	9.9	0.8	0.1	13.2	99.5
San Sebastián	88.5	3.0	0.3	0.1	8.1	99.3
Santa Isabel	73.0	15.6	0.5	0.1	10.9	99.6
Toa Alta	76.3	9.6	0.4	0.1	13.5	99.3
Toa Baja	70.2	16.8	0.6	0.3	12.1	99.0
Trujillo Alto	72.1	14.6	0.7	0.2	12.3	98.9
Utuado	92.7	2.7	0.2	0.1	4.3	99.4
Vega Alta	71.2	14.9	0.7	0.2	13.1	98.7
Vega Baja	77.3	11.5	0.5	0.1	10.6	99.3
Vieques	58.7	28.1	0.7	0.1	12.5	94.3
Villalba	82.1	8.5	0.2	0.0	9.1	99.7
Yabucoa	65.6	14.1	0.5	0.2	19.8	99.3
Yauco	83.0	5.9	0.3	0.1	9.6	99.5
Puerto Rico	75.8	12.4	0.5	0.2	11.1	99.0

The municipal amalgamation proposal

In October 2009, a Puerto Rican legislator proposed a bill that would reduce to 20 the 78 municipalities currently making up the Island. The bill called for a referendum to take place on June 13, 2010, and which would let the people decide on the matter.^[8] The bill never made into law.

It was not the first time that an attempt to consolidate municipalities had failed. In 1902 the Puerto Rico legislature, under pressure from the US.-appointed governor of the Island, passed a law consolidating the then-76 municipalities of Puerto Rico into 46.^[9] The law was repealed three years later.^[10]^[11]

A legislator's proposal of Puerto Rico's future set of municipalities and their boundaries

The proposed twenty new municipalities (in bold) and the existing municipalities that would have made them up:

Aguadilla
- Aguadilla
- Aguada
- Isabela
- Moca
- Rincón

Arecibo
- Arecibo
- Camuy
- Hatillo
- Quebradillas

Bayamón
- Bayamón
- Cataño
- Guaynabo

Caguas
- Caguas
- Aguas Buenas
- Gurabo
- Juncos
- San Lorenzo

Carolina
- Carolina
- Canóvanas
- Loíza
- Río Grande

Cayey
- Cayey
- Aibonito
- Barranquitas
- Cidra
- Comerío

Fajardo
- Fajardo
- Ceiba
- Culebra
- Luquillo
- Vieques

Guayama
- Guayama
- Arroyo
- Patillas
- Salinas

Humacao
- Humacao
- Las Piedras
- Maunabo
- Naguabo
- Yabucoa

Juana Díaz
- Juana Díaz
- Coamo
- Santa Isabel
- Villalba

Manatí
- Manatí
- Barceloneta
- Ciales
- Florida

Mayagüez
- Mayagüez
- Añasco
- Hormigueros

Ponce
- Ponce
- Guayanilla
- Peñuelas

San Germán
- San Germán
- Cabo Rojo
- Lajas

San Sebastián
- San Sebastián
- Lares
- Las Marías

San Juan
- San Juan
- Trujillo Alto

Toa Baja
- Toa Baja
- Dorado
- Naranjito
- Toa Alta

Utuado
- Utuado
- Adjuntas
- Jayuya

Vega Baja
- Vega Baja
- Corozal
- Morovis
- Orocovis
- Vega Alta

Yauco
- Yauco
- Guánica
- Maricao
- Sabana Grande

References

^ county equivalent
^ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/pr.html. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
^ "U.S. Census Bureau municipality information". http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
^ "U.S. Census Bureau geography". http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?ref=geo&refresh=t#. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
^ "2010 Census". Medgar Evers College. http://2010.census.gov/partners/materials/factsheets-pr.php. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
^ US Census Bureau: Table QT-P10 Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2010 retrieved January 22, 2012 - select state from drop-down menu
^ http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP10&prodType=table
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^ Guayanilla. Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Retrieved April 28, 2010.
^ Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Lapa, Salinas. Accessed February 13, 2011.

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