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Lares Municipio, PR

27,944 Population
61.5 square miles 454.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.2 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$10,871 ±$996 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $16,794 ±$142
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$19,323 ±$1,088 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Puerto Rico: $25,096 ±$232
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

54.9% ±3.6% (15,152  ±999) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 41.6% 1,340,637 (±0.4% / ±11,638)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

31.8 minutes ±2.9 (260,465  ±30,449) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28.2 28,909,430 (±0.1 / ±224,841)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

10,517 ±411 Number of households
  • Puerto Rico: 1,239,243 ±5,156
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (27,594  ±39) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.6 3,217,696
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.1% ±1.9% (191  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.8% 21,275 (±0.2% / ±1,342)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

12,448 ±396 Number of housing units
  • Puerto Rico: 1,575,105 ±4,606
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$102,200 ±$5,835 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $124,600 ±$462
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

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Social

69.2% (14,535  ±878.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 80.4% 1,939,602 (±0.5% / ±10,834.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
21.3% (4,477  ±485.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.1% 702,653 (±0.3% / ±6,800)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

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1.7% ±0.6% (391  ±134) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.5% 66,253 (±0.1% / ±1,830)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
391 Total veterans ±134 391 Male ±134 N/A Female ±28

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