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Mayagüez barrio-pueblo, Mayagüez Municipio, PR

19,987 Population
2.6 square miles 7,761.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mayagüez Municipio: 43.3 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$8,408 ±$739 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mayagüez Municipio: $14,431 ±$846
  • about half the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$9,634 ±$1,693 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Mayagüez Municipio: $18,295 ±$805
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about 10 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

72.2% ±4% (14,115  ±1,250) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mayagüez Municipio: 53.3% 37,014 (±2.1% / ±1,441)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.4 minutes ±2.1 (93,085  ±15,605) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Mayagüez Municipio: 21.8 415,165 (±1.2 / ±28,527)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,413 ±501 Number of households
  • Mayagüez Municipio: 30,020 ±743
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (19,417  ±1,343) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mayagüez Municipio: 2.3 69,148 (±0.1 / ±126)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±3.3% (271  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mayagüez Municipio: 3.5% † 557 (±1.5% / ±232)
  • nearly double the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,111 ±526 Number of housing units
  • Mayagüez Municipio: 42,468 ±722
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$92,100 ±$5,776 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mayagüez Municipio: $111,600 ±$4,090
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

69.6% ±2.9% (8,032  ±577.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mayagüez Municipio: 76.1% 36,998
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.4% ±2.1% (2,013  ±267.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mayagüez Municipio: 27.3% 13,261
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

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1.5% ±0.6% (255  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mayagüez Municipio: 2.3% † 1,394 (±0.5% / ±283)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
255 Total veterans ±94 249 Male ±89 6 Female ±10

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