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Lares Municipio, PR

27,855 Population
61.5 square miles 453.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • 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

$11,029 ±$840 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
$18,917 ±$1,377 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

55.4% ±3.9% (15,268  ±1,082) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 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)

30.7 minutes ±2.3 (260,195  ±27,904) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,770 ±453 Number of households
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (27,507  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3% ±1.7% (181  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as 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

12,921 ±374 Number of housing units
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$105,100 ±$5,828 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

69.4% (14,698  ±868.8) 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 three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.3% (4,504  ±504.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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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1.7% ±0.6% (392  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • 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)
392 Total veterans ±142 392 Male ±142 N/A Female ±29

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