Gobernador Piñero, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Gobernador Piñero is one of the 18 barrios of the municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico. With a population in 2000 of 47,779 living in a land area of 4.44 square miles (11.5 km²), it is San Juan’s second most populated barrio after Santurce, and the fourth largest in land area. It has a population density of 10,770.4 residents per square mile (4,158.47/km²). Gobernador Piñero is bounded to the North by the San Juan Harbor and Hato Rey Norte Barrio, with the barrios of Hato Rey Sur and El Cinco to the East, by Monacillo Urbano to the South, and by the municipality of Guaynabo to the West.[3]

Gobernador Piñero
Barrio
Location of Gobernador Piñero shown in yellow.
Coordinates: 18°24′34″N 66°05′29″W[1]
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	San Juan
Area [1]
• Total	4.83 sq mi (12.5 km^2)
• Land	4.56 sq mi (11.8 km^2)
• Water	0.27 sq mi (0.7 km^2)
Elevation [2]	95 ft (29 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	44,006
• Density	9,650.4/sq mi (3,726.0/km^2)
	2010 census
Time zone	UTC−4 (AST)

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1980	51,091		—
1990	49,427		−3.3%
2000	47,779		−3.3%
2010	44,006		−7.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[4] 1899 (shown as 1900)[5] 1910-1930[6] 1930-1950[7] 1980-2000[8] 2010[9]

Gobernador Piñero includes the areas of Puerto Nuevo (including Puerto Nuevo Norte), Villa Borinquen, Bosque Urbano de San Patricio, Caparra Terrace and Centro Médico.

The Martínez Nadal Tren Urbano station is located in the neighbourhood of Gobernador Piñero bordering with the municipality of Guaynabo.

See also

• List of communities in Puerto Rico

References

1. "US Gazetteer 2019". US Census. US Government.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gobernador Piñero barrio
3. Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf (PDF). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 2010.
4. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
5. "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.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. 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 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2019-08-02.