The Guayama metropolitan area (Spanish: área metropolitana de Guayama), is the smallest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in Puerto Rico, comprising the municipalities of Guayama, Patillas, and Arroyo between the coastal plain and the Sierra de Cayey mountain subrange in the southeastern region of the main island. One of 6 metropolitan statistical areas in Puerto Rico, it lies within the San Juan–Bayamón combined statistical area (CSA), which is one of 3 primary statistical areas in the main island as defined by the United States Census Bureau. As of 2023, census estimates place the population of the Guayama metropolitan area at 65,190.[1][2][3]
Guayama metropolitan area
Área metropolitana de Guayama | ||
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San Juan metropolitan area in southeastern Puerto Rico Aguirre Forest to Punta Viento Reserve | ||
 Map of Puerto Rico with urban areas demarcated in orange to yellow | ||
 Statistical areas in Puerto Rico
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| Country |  United States | |
| Territory |  Puerto Rico | |
| Principal city | ||
| Time zone | UTC−4 | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT | |
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Guayama metropolitan area
editWith an estimated population of 65,190 as of 2023, the Guayama metropolitan area (MSA) is the sixth and last populous in Puerto Rico, covering 3 of 78 municipalities in the southeastern region of the main island. Guayama is considered to be its principal city.[4] The Guayama metropolitan area is the 384th most populated in the United States between the Lewiston, ID-WA MSA and the Enid, OK MSA.
The 2020 Census placed the population at 68,442, a 18.73% decrease over the 2010 Census figure of 84,214, which was a 0.83% increase over the 2000 census figure of 83,570.[5]
Municipalities
edit- Aguadilla metropolitan statistical area (MSA) (3 municipalities)
Topography
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Comprising Guayama, Patillas, and Arroyo, the Guayanilla metropolitan area is situated between the southern coastal plains and the Sierra de Cayey mountain subrange in the southeastern region of the main island of Puerto Rico.
All municipalities have an urbanized, densely populated downtown area and administrative center, categorized as a barrio and known as a pueblo, and concentrated urbanized residential areas with large populations at their low-lying coastlines in the south. All municipales have rural areas within the Sierra de Cayey mountain subrange in the north.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Puerto Rico Municipios Population Totals: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. June 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- ^ "Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States and Puerto Rico, July 2023" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses (OMB Bulletin 23-01)" (CSV). 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ^ "Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses (OMB Bulletin 23-01)" (CSV). 2023-07-01. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ^ "Table 3. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas in Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-03)". 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2010-03-23. Archived from the original (CSV) on 2010-06-15. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ "Puerto Rico Municipios Population Totals: 2020-2023". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. June 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.