Puerto Rico
Population3.3m
Municipios78county-level areas on the 2024 Census map
Density367.0people per km² of land
Median household income$25,0962nd percentile of states
How it has changed
The state’s own figures from 2010 to 2024. A measure published for only one year shows as a single point instead of a line.
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The state figure, and the range across its counties
The state figure is the one its own agency publishes. It is never an average of the counties. You cannot average medians (middle values) to get a new median, and a rate has to be worked out again from the added-up counts. The county range next to it shows what a single state number has to hide.
Sometimes fewer counties report than the state has. The missing ones were held back because their counts were too small to publish — mostly deaths. A range from only part of the state is not the state’s full range. It can even sit entirely above or below the state figure. So the number of counties reporting is shown next to it.
You can sort by any column. 7 of these 53 measures have a clear better end, and those are ranked best first. For example, the lowest infant death rate is first place, and so is the highest life expectancy. The rest have no better end, so they are ranked highest first, and the cell says “highest” instead of “best”. A state is not winning or losing by how much of its tax comes from severance taxes (taxes on oil, gas and minerals taken from the ground).
| Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 50 | 28.2 | 52nd highest of 52 | 0 | 31.1 | 58 | 21 |
| Effective property tax rate | 0.503 | 48th highest of 52 | 0.199 | 0.451 | 0.778 | 44 |
| Gini index of income inequality | 0.546 | 52nd best of 52 | 0.397 | 0.499 | 0.617 | 78 |
| Homeownership rate | 68.1% | 21st highest of 52 | 50.7% | 71.2% | 82% | 78 |
| Mean travel time to work | 28.2 min | 45th best of 52 | 12.3 min | 27.1 min | 40.3 min | 78 |
| Median age | 44.2 years | 2nd highest of 52 | 39.6 years | 44.3 years | 49.7 years | 78 |
| Median gross rent | $562 | 52nd highest of 52 | $330 | $522 | $850 | 78 |
| Median home value | $124,600 | 52nd highest of 52 | $82,800 | $112,700 | $214,500 | 77 |
| Median household income | $25,096 | 52nd best of 52 | $16,170 | $22,430 | $46,050 | 78 |
| Median property tax bill | 627 | 52nd highest of 52 | $200 or less | 469 | 1,227 | 59 |
| Millionaire returns as a share of all returns | 0.307 | 40th highest of 52 | — | — | — | — |
| Millionaires' share of all income | 22.3 | 7th highest of 52 | — | — | — | — |
| Per capita income | $16,794 | 52nd best of 52 | $9,346 | $13,830 | $31,720 | 78 |
| Poverty rate | 41.6% | 52nd best of 52 | 20.8% | 44.9% | 64.8% | 78 |
| Private job growth | 1.69 | 37th highest of 52 | -21.5 | 1.76 | 20 | 78 |
| Share aged 65 and over | 22.7% | 1st highest of 52 | 16.6% | 22.3% | 29.8% | 78 |
| Share Asian, not Hispanic | 0.082% | 52nd highest of 52 | 0% | 0% | 0.224% | 44 |
| Share Black, not Hispanic | 0.12% | 52nd highest of 52 | 0% | 0% | 0.191% | 29 |
| Share divorced | 13.9% | 1st highest of 52 | 8.55% | 13.6% | 20.7% | 78 |
| Share foreign-born | 2.72% | 49th highest of 52 | 0% | 1.45% | 10.9% | 26 |
| Share Hispanic or Latino, any race | 98.8% | 1st highest of 52 | 91.3% | 99.2% | 100% | 78 |
| Share never married | 41.9% | 2nd highest of 52 | 33% | 41.5% | 57.1% | 78 |
| Share now married | 36.4% | 51st highest of 52 | 22.9% | 36.7% | 44.4% | 78 |
| Share of births to unmarried women | 61.1% | 1st highest of 52 | 0% | 70.9% | 100% | 46 |
| Share of some other race, not Hispanic | 0.136% | 52nd highest of 52 | 0% | 0% | 0.178% | 32 |
| Share of two or more races, not Hispanic | 0.095% | 52nd highest of 52 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 40 |
| Share separated | 2.13% | 6th highest of 52 | 1.14% | 2.14% | 4.08% | 58 |
| Share White, not Hispanic | 0.761% | 52nd highest of 52 | 0% | 1.19% | 3.83% | 23 |
| Share widowed | 7.85% | 2nd highest of 52 | 5.36% | 7.9% | 10.1% | 77 |
| Share with a bachelor's degree or higher | 29.1% | 43rd best of 52 | 11.5% | 23.8% | 49.1% | 77 |
| Unemployment rate | 5.89% | 52nd best of 52 | 1.7% | 6.6% | 13.3% | 78 |
| Vacancy rate | 21.3% | 1st highest of 52 | 9.62% | 20.8% | 70.5% | 78 |
| Aggregate travel time to work | 28,909,000 min | 33rd highest of 52 | 7,550 min | 250,100 min | 2,933,000 min | 78 |
| Employed | 1,130,900 | 36th highest of 52 | 1,048 | 9,348 | 134,400 | 78 |
| Foreign-born population | 88,645 | 42nd highest of 52 | 0 | 680 | 36,770 | 26 |
| Housing units | 1,575,100 | 29th highest of 52 | 1,449 | 13,770 | 193,000 | 78 |
| Labour force | 1,201,600 | 36th highest of 52 | 1,066 | 9,960 | 140,700 | 78 |
| Millionaire tax returns | 260 | 52nd highest of 52 | — | — | — | — |
| Occupied housing units | 1,239,200 | 31st highest of 52 | 428 | 11,230 | 147,800 | 78 |
| Owner-occupied housing units | 844,230 | 31st highest of 52 | 283 | 7,980 | 79,040 | 78 |
| Population aged 15 and over | 2,825,800 | 30th highest of 52 | 1,118 | 26,730 | 296,400 | 78 |
| Population aged 25 and over | 2,412,100 | 30th highest of 52 | 838 | 22,880 | 253,800 | 78 |
| Population aged 65 and over | 740,400 | 28th highest of 52 | 235 | 6,862 | 83,950 | 78 |
| Population below the poverty line | 1,340,600 | 10th highest of 52 | 267 | 13,490 | 132,100 | 78 |
| Population for whom poverty status is determined | 3,226,300 | 31st highest of 52 | 1,281 | 30,510 | 334,700 | 78 |
| Population with a bachelor's degree or higher | 702,650 | 31st highest of 52 | 453 | 5,346 | 107,000 | 76 |
| Private jobs | 742,130 | 37th highest of 52 | 257 | 3,517 | 194,000 | 78 |
| Total population | 3,254,900 | 31st highest of 52 | 1,281 | 30,690 | 338,700 | 78 |
| Unemployed | 70,768 | 28th highest of 52 | 18 | 704 | 6,306 | 78 |
| Vacant housing units | 335,860 | 13th highest of 52 | 516 | 2,980 | 45,220 | 78 |
| Women aged 15 to 50 | 753,270 | 31st highest of 52 | 401 | 6,792 | 79,250 | 78 |
| Women who gave birth in the past year | 21,275 | 39th highest of 52 | 0 | 476 | 2,121 | 21 |
| Workers aged 16 and over who commute | 1,024,800 | 36th highest of 52 | 616 | 8,767 | 118,700 | 78 |
Links inside Puerto Rico
These are the site’s strongest pairs nationwide, worked out again using only this state’s counties. The r column shows how closely two measures rise and fall together, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step); 0 means no link. A link that shows up nationally but disappears inside every state is really about differences between states. A link that also holds here is not.
These figures are before adjusting for anything. Unlike the national figures, they do not take out population density, income or education.
| Pair | r within PR | counties |
|---|---|---|
| Median age × Share aged 65 and overInside Puerto Rico, where Median age is higher, Share aged 65 and over tends to be higher: a strong link across 78 counties, before adjusting for anything. | +0.87 | 78 |
What this state is divided into
78 county-level areas, largest first. Each one is compared with its peers — the counties across the country most like it — not with the rest of this state.
San Juan Municipio · Bayamón Municipio · Carolina Municipio · Ponce Municipio · Caguas Municipio · Guaynabo Municipio · Arecibo Municipio · Toa Baja Municipio · Mayagüez Municipio · Trujillo Alto Municipio · Toa Alta Municipio · Aguadilla Municipio · Vega Baja Municipio · Humacao Municipio · Cabo Rojo Municipio · RÃo Grande Municipio · Juana DÃaz Municipio · Isabela Municipio · Canóvanas Municipio · Cayey Municipio · Gurabo Municipio · Cidra Municipio · San Sebastián Municipio · Manatà Municipio · Hatillo Municipio · Aguada Municipio · San Lorenzo Municipio · Moca Municipio · Juncos Municipio · Guayama Municipio · Dorado Municipio · Vega Alta Municipio · Las Piedras Municipio · Corozal Municipio · Coamo Municipio · Yauco Municipio · Camuy Municipio · Fajardo Municipio · San Germán Municipio · Yabucoa Municipio · Naranjito Municipio · Barranquitas Municipio · Morovis Municipio · Lares Municipio · Utuado Municipio · Salinas Municipio · Añasco Municipio · Aibonito Municipio · Aguas Buenas Municipio · Quebradillas Municipio · Naguabo Municipio · LoÃza Municipio · Lajas Municipio · Cataño Municipio · Barceloneta Municipio · Sabana Grande Municipio · Villalba Municipio · Orocovis Municipio · Peñuelas Municipio · Santa Isabel Municipio · ComerÃo Municipio · Adjuntas Municipio · Luquillo Municipio · Guayanilla Municipio · Ciales Municipio · Patillas Municipio · Arroyo Municipio · Hormigueros Municipio · Rincón Municipio · Jayuya Municipio · Guánica Municipio · Florida Municipio · Ceiba Municipio · Maunabo Municipio · Las MarÃas Municipio · Vieques Municipio · Maricao Municipio · Culebra Municipio