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Boquerón barrio, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

5,525 Population
12.5 square miles 441.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±7.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Cabo Rojo Municipio: 47.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,855 ±$3,682 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cabo Rojo Municipio: $17,031 ±$1,234
  • a little higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$30,279 ±$6,742 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cabo Rojo Municipio: $26,408 ±$1,743
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

38% ±8.7% (2,078  ±586) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Cabo Rojo Municipio: 38.5% 17,960 (±3.6% / ±1,688)
  • a little less than 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)

28.3 minutes ±12.1 (37,905  ±11,069) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cabo Rojo Municipio: 25.9 390,245 (±1.4 / ±32,381)
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,285 ±356 Number of households
  • Cabo Rojo Municipio: 19,137 ±803
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (5,451  ±894) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cabo Rojo Municipio: 2.4 46,697 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.3% ±2.1% (18  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cabo Rojo Municipio: 2% † 217 (±1.2% / ±124)
  • about half the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,051 ±426 Number of housing units
  • Cabo Rojo Municipio: 28,577 ±793
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$135,000 ±$21,982 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cabo Rojo Municipio: $124,800 ±$6,185
  • a little higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

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Social

78.4% ±17.8% (3,504  ±537) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cabo Rojo Municipio: 76.8% 27,515
  • a little less than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.1% ±4.9% (1,388  ±318.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cabo Rojo Municipio: 29.3% 10,511
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about 90 percent 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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3.1% ±2% (151  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Cabo Rojo Municipio: 3% † 1,209 (±0.7% / ±272)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
151 Total veterans ±100 104 Male ±68 47 Female ±53

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