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Arecibo, PR

40,831 Population
15.5 square miles 2,631.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 45.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$15,906 ±$1,074 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: $15,334 ±$501
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$22,968 ±$1,651 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: $25,084 ±$1,076
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

40.7% ±2.7% (16,322  ±1,340) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 40.3% 72,078 (±1.6% / ±2,878)
  • about the same as 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)

23.5 minutes ±1.5 (278,480  ±31,604) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 26.6 1,477,010 (±0.8 / ±66,869)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,438 ±751 Number of households
  • the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 67,958 ±1,467
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0 (39,792  ±1,956) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 2.6 177,902 (±0.1 / ±999)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±1.6% (272  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 2.9% † 1,187 (±0.7% / ±294)
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,388 ±758 Number of housing units
  • the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 86,582 ±1,192
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,000 ±$4,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: $116,800 ±$2,341
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

83.6% ±2.4% (25,447  ±1,409.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 78.5% 107,414
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.4% ±2.5% (9,249  ±874.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 26.7% 36,527
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about 80 percent of 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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3.4% ±0.7% (1,146  ±247) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 2.2% † 3,394 (±0.3% / ±433)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,146 Total veterans ±247 1,125 Male ±241 21 Female ±35

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