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Primero barrio, Ponce Municipio, PR

2,512 Population
0.3 square miles 9,806.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±9.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ponce Municipio: 44.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$8,321 ±$2,031 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Ponce Municipio: $14,625 ±$750
  • about half the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$8,817 ±$1,574 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Ponce Municipio: $19,877 ±$826
  • about one-third of the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261
  • about 10 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

74.6% ±12.3% (1,873  ±562) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Ponce Municipio: 49.7% 64,375 (±1.9% / ±2,424)
  • nearly double 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)

19.8 minutes ±3.3 (12,695  ±5,427) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ponce Municipio: 23.6 861,190 (±0.9 / ±44,918)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,245 ±231 Number of households
  • Ponce Municipio: 55,830 ±1,009
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.3 (2,489  ±630) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ponce Municipio: 2.3 128,992 (±0 / ±230)
  • 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

4.4% ±6.7% (24  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ponce Municipio: 4% † 1,151 (±0.9% / ±265)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,677 ±246 Number of housing units
  • Ponce Municipio: 69,741 ±812
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$95,700 ±$33,055 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ponce Municipio: $110,200 ±$2,098
  • about three-quarters 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

77.4% ±3.8% (1,425  ±308.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ponce Municipio: 81.5% 79,574
  • 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)
25% ±8.1% (461  ±178.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ponce Municipio: 29.6% 28,925
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)
  • about two-thirds 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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0.6% ±1% (12  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Ponce Municipio: 1.3% † 1,460 (±0.2% / ±225)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
12 Total veterans ±20 12 Male ±20 N/A Female ±15

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