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Lajas Municipio, PR

23,035 Population
60 square miles 384.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$11,343 ±$870 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$19,695 ±$1,928 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

52.7% ±4.9% (12,087  ±1,135) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 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)

22.9 minutes ±3 (156,675  ±26,240) Mean travel time to work
  • 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

8,844 ±557 Number of households
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (22,951  ±12) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±2.8% (199  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,573 ±412 Number of housing units
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$107,800 ±$4,483 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 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

75% (13,267  ±1,005.2) High school grad or higher
  • 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)
22.1% (3,905  ±580.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about three-fifths 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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2.3% ±0.9% (456  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
456 Total veterans ±182 456 Male ±182 N/A Female ±29

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