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00659

37,327 Population
41.1 square miles 909.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 45.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Puerto Rico: 44.8 ±0.2

Economics

$16,335 ±$1,116 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: $15,334 ±$501
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Puerto Rico: $17,981 ±$179
$27,513 ±$3,123 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: $25,084 ±$1,076
  • a little higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $26,297 ±$261

37.9% ±3.3% (14,059  ±1,216) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 40.3% 72,078 (±1.6% / ±2,878)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Puerto Rico: 40.5% 1,299,426 (±0.4% / ±12,068)

26.2 minutes ±1.6 (329,685  ±28,617) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 26.6 1,477,010 (±0.8 / ±66,869)
  • a little less than the figure in Puerto Rico: 28 29,404,204 (±0.2 / ±261,029)

Families

13,338 ±658 Number of households
  • the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 67,958 ±1,467
  • Puerto Rico: 1,290,866 ±4,630
2.8 ±0.1 (37,057  ±324) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 2.6 177,902 (±0.1 / ±999)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Puerto Rico: 2.5 3,197,034

3.8% ±1.9% (333  ±167) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 2.9% † 1,187 (±0.7% / ±294)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.9% 21,908 (±0.2% / ±1,392)

Housing

16,983 ±583 Number of housing units
  • the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 86,582 ±1,192
  • Puerto Rico: 1,634,357 ±4,364

$135,800 ±$10,106 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: $116,800 ±$2,341
  • a little higher than the amount in Puerto Rico: $131,500 ±$959

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Social

77.4% ±4.9% (22,226  ±1,418.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 78.5% 107,414
  • a little less than the rate in Puerto Rico: 81.2% 1,965,301 (±0.5% / ±11,189.7)
30.7% ±3% (8,812  ±860.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 26.7% 36,527
  • a little higher than the rate in Puerto Rico: 29.8% 721,619 (±0.3% / ±6,901.7)

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

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1.8% ±0.6% (572  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Arecibo, PR Metro Area: 2.2% † 3,394 (±0.3% / ±433)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Puerto Rico: 2.4% 64,118 (±0.1% / ±1,785)
572 Total veterans ±204 562 Male ±203 10 Female ±16

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