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Ponce Municipio, PR

129,659 Population
114.9 square miles 1,128.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 45.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$14,852 ±$1,109 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $18,766 ±$378
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$22,210 ±$2,563 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $27,213 ±$751
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

44.9% ±4.3% (56,187  ±5,371) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than 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)

23.6 minutes ±0.9 (861,190  ±44,918) 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 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

56,424 ±1,696 Number of households
  • Puerto Rico: 1,242,609 ±10,856
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (124,782  ±228) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.6 3,164,676
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.2% ±3% (1,713  ±829) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.7% † 19,803 (±0.4% / ±3,206)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

70,087 ±1,424 Number of housing units
  • Puerto Rico: 1,616,963 ±7,687
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$117,900 ±$5,924 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

84.1% (81,550  ±4,700.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.9% 1,988,848 (±1.1% / ±26,943.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.8% (25,051  ±2,510.6) 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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1.2% ±0.4% (1,282  ±438) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.3% 62,064 (±0.2% / ±4,271)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,282 Total veterans ±438 1,219 Male ±408 63 Female ±103

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