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Arecibo barrio-pueblo, Arecibo Municipio, PR

6,801 Population
1.3 square miles 5,116.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Arecibo Municipio: 45.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$10,291 ±$1,378 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arecibo Municipio: $15,244 ±$737
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$13,247 ±$2,687 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Arecibo Municipio: $23,635 ±$1,228
  • about half the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

65.7% ±7.2% (4,419  ±784) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Arecibo Municipio: 41.3% 35,141 (±2.4% / ±2,082)
  • more than 1.5 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)

22.1 minutes ±3.9 (31,385  ±8,329) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arecibo Municipio: 25.5 633,715 (±1.5 / ±46,988)
  • 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

3,209 ±331 Number of households
  • Arecibo Municipio: 33,403 ±1,004
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (6,649  ±931) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Arecibo Municipio: 2.5 84,512 (±0.1 / ±1,043)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±3.5% (89  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arecibo Municipio: 3.1% † 595 (±1% / ±199)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,761 ±411 Number of housing units
  • Arecibo Municipio: 43,237 ±932
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$86,700 ±$7,402 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Arecibo Municipio: $116,700 ±$3,368
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

75.3% ±13.5% (3,711  ±463.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Arecibo Municipio: 81.8% 53,182
  • 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)
19.5% ±4.2% (960  ±239.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arecibo Municipio: 27.9% 18,131
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about half 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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2.1% ±1.1% (113  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arecibo Municipio: 2.6% † 1,877 (±0.4% / ±323)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
113 Total veterans ±64 113 Male ±64 N/A Female ±22

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