Primero, Ponce, Puerto Rico

Primero is an urban barrio located in the southern section of the municipality, within the Ponce city limits, and southwest of the traditional center of the city, Plaza Las Delicias.

Barrio Primero is bounded on the North by Villa Street, on the South by Ferrocarril and Dr. Ferran Streets, on the West by PR-2R (Carretera Pámpanos / Calle Coto Canas), and on the East by Eugenio Maria de Hostos Avenue and Marina Street.[http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812171159/http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ |date=2010-08-12 }} Retrieved 17 February 2010.

In terms of barrio-to-barrio boundaries, Primero is bounded in the North by Barrio Segundo, in the South by Canas Urbano, in the West by Barrio Canas Urbano, and in the East by Barrio Cuarto. The communities of Ponce de Leon, Los Maestros, Mariani, and Pedro J. Rosaly are located in Barrio Primero.

File:Ponce City Hall.JPG, the oldest colonial building in the city, is located in Barrio Primero.]]

Primero has {{convert|0.25|sqmi|m2|sigfig=2}} of land area and no water area.[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US72113&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false&-format=CO-2&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO2 U.S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. Ponce and Its Barrios. (Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico -- County Subdivision and Place. GCT-PH1. Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2000. Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data)] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200212033726/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=05000US72113&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-PH1&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-redoLog=false&-format=CO-2&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_GCTPH1_CO2 |date=12 February 2020 }} Retrieved 24 April 2010. In 2000, the population of Primero was 3,550. The population density in Primero was 13,997 persons per square mile.[http://www.citymelt.com/city/Puerto-Rico/Primero+Barrio-PR.html City Melt] Retrieved 17 February 2010.

In 2010, the population of Primero was 3,175 persons, and it had a density of 12,211.5 persons per square mile.{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf | url = https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau}}

{{US Census population| align= right

| 1900= 1592

| 1910= 2385

| 1920= 2658

| 1930= 3703

| 1940= 4846

| 1950= 6279

| 1960= 5768

| 1970= 5289

| 1980= 4093

| 1990= 3905

| 2000= 3550

| 2010= 3175

| 2020=

| align-fn=center

| footnote=U.S. Decennial Census
1899 (shown as 1900){{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}} 1910-1930{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}
1930-1950{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}} 1960{{cite book | title=Census of Population, 1960: Number of Inhabitants, General Population Characteristics, General Social and Economic Characteristics, and Detailed Characteristics. Characteristics of the population | publisher=U.S. Bureau of the Census| issue=v. 1 | year=1963 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nd8WAAAAYAAJ | access-date=June 10, 2023 | pages=97–101}} 1980-2000{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}} 2010{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2019-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=2017-02-20|url-status=live}}}}

Primero is home to Ponce City Hall on its northeastern end.

The Dora Colón Clavell Urban Park, is also found in Barrio Primero. The historic, NRHP-listed, Rosaly-Batiz House, Residencia Zaldo de Nebot on 27 Marina Street, and the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church on 132 Villa Street, are also in Barrio Primero.

File:Restaurante El Barril de la Mulata, Calle Villa, Bo. Primero, Ponce, PR, mirando al sureste (DSC01415B).jpg|Puerto Rican 'Criollo' food restaurant on Calle Villa and Calle Molina

File:Dora Colon Clavell Urban Park in Barrio Primero in Ponce, PR. (IMG 3576)JPG.jpg|Urban Park on Calle Concordia and Calle Marina

File:Methodist Church on Villa Street, Barrio Segundo, Ponce, Puerto Rico (IMG 2874).jpg|Historic church on Calle Villa, near Calle Torre

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