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Ponce Municipio, PR

130,251 Population
114.9 square miles 1,133.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 45 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$15,072 ±$1,461 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,976 ±$435
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$18,889 ±$1,523 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $25,621 ±$602
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

50.4% ±3.5% (63,660  ±4,448) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 39.6% 1,257,607 (±0.8% / ±26,856)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.8 minutes ±0.8 (843,745  ±42,058) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28.2 28,909,430 (±0.1 / ±224,841)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

56,772 ±1,971 Number of households
  • Puerto Rico: 1,277,486 ±11,386
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (125,930  ±1,584) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,168,018
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

1.9% ±1.4% (519  ±389) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Puerto Rico: 3% † 22,016 (±0.4% / ±3,206)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

69,133 ±1,548 Number of housing units
  • Puerto Rico: 1,613,134 ±8,779
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$100,600 ±$6,757 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$1,738
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

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Social

84.7% (81,932  ±4,432) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 82% 1,974,306 (±1% / ±24,499.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
31.4% (30,383  ±2,588.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 30.8% 741,119 (±0.7% / ±15,886.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

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1.2% ±0.6% (1,260  ±608) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.2% 58,220 (±0.2% / ±4,291)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
1,260 Total veterans ±608 1,063 Male ±578 197 Female ±209

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