| Official Name: | Santa Cruz |
| Settlement Type: | Barrio |
| Pushpin Map: | Caribbean |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates: | 18.3491°N -65.9398°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Commonwealth |
| Subdivision Name: |  Puerto Rico |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Carolina |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.39 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.39 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Note: | Source: 2010 Census |
| Population Total: | 1927 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1386.3 |
| Timezone: | AST |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 394 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Santa Cruz is a barrio in the municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico. According to the 2010 Census, its population in that year was 1,927.[2] [3] [4]
Santa Cruz was in Spain's gazetteers[5] 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 Santa Cruz barrio was 435.[6]