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Mayagüez Municipio, PR

69,044 Population
77.6 square miles 889.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 45.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$12,832 ±$1,300 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $18,766 ±$378
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$16,803 ±$2,658 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $27,213 ±$751
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

51.6% ±5.8% (35,057  ±3,939) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 37.3% 1,184,965 (±1% / ±30,230)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.8 minutes ±1.2 (415,165  ±28,527) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

27,436 ±1,837 Number of households
  • Puerto Rico: 1,242,609 ±10,856
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.2 (67,473  ±456) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.6 3,164,676
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.5% ±1.5% (557  ±232) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

42,249 ±1,121 Number of housing units
  • Puerto Rico: 1,616,963 ±7,687
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$120,700 ±$10,498 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $142,100 ±$1,869
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

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Social

75.6% (35,930  ±3,150.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.9% 1,988,848 (±1.1% / ±26,943.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.1% (12,408  ±1,781.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.7% 721,127 (±0.7% / ±16,025.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

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2.2% ±0.9% (1,298  ±499) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.3% 62,064 (±0.2% / ±4,271)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,298 Total veterans ±499 1,185 Male ±469 113 Female ±139

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