Demographics of Arecibo Municipio, Puerto Rico

Arecibo Municipio, in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, had 85,539 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −2,113 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Arecibo Municipio, in four figures

85,539
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −2.4%
Change since July 2020: −2,113 people.; 45.5 ±0.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $23,635 ±$1,228
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Arecibo Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 2.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Arecibo Municipio, Puerto Rico's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Arecibo Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 2.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Arecibo Municipio, Puerto Rico's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	87,652	100.0	100.0
2021	87,160	99.4	100.2
2022	86,094	98.2	100.7
2023	85,682	97.8	101.6
2024	85,828	97.9	102.5
2025	85,539	97.6	103.1

Population of Arecibo Municipio, Puerto Rico on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	87,652	—
2021	87,160	−492
2022	86,094	−1,066
2023	85,682	−412
2024	85,828	+146
2025	85,539	−289

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 45.5 ±0.2: for men 43.0 ±0.5 and for women 47.3 ±0.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Arecibo Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under 5	2,664 ±0	3.1% ±<0.1	3.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	11,048 ±613	12.8% ±0.7	13.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	7,735 ±551	8.9% ±0.6	9.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	21,147 ±705	24.5% ±0.8	25.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	23,046 ±699	26.7% ±0.8	26.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	20,827 ±941	24.1% ±1.1	23.4% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $23,635 ±$1,228, and income per person $15,244 ±$737, in 2024 dollars. The median is $26,297 ±$261 in Puerto Rico and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Arecibo Municipio by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under $25,000	17,455 ±996	52.3% ±2.5	48.2% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	8,566 ±741	25.6% ±2.1	25.6% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	3,827 ±463	11.5% ±1.3	12.1% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,412 ±321	4.2% ±1.0	6.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,599 ±363	4.8% ±1.1	4.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	311 ±135	0.9% ±0.4	1.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	233 ±108	0.7% ±0.3	1.7% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Arecibo Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Puerto Rico	United States
All ages	35,141 ±2,082	41.3% ±2.4	40.5% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	7,821 ±702	57.3% ±3.3	54.9% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	16,964 ±1,480	37.2% ±2.7	37.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	10,356 ±745	39.9% ±2.3	39.1% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Arecibo Municipio, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Arecibo Municipio	Puerto Rico	United States
Housing units	43,237 ±932	1,634,357 ±4,364	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	77.3% ±1.6	79.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	22.7% ±1.4	21.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	65.4% ±1.4	67.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	34.6% ±2.3	32.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$116,700 ±$3,368	$131,500 ±$959	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$531 ±$27	$578 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±1	1979 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Arecibo Municipio by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Hispanic or Latino	86,037 ±146	99.5% ±0.2	99.0% ±0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	270 ±129	0.3% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	4 to 58	< 0.1% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to < 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 36	0% to < 0.1%	0% to < 0.1%	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 36	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	19 to 223	< 0.1% to 0.3%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	0 to 36	0% to < 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

The Bureau counts a person born in Puerto Rico as born outside the United States, in Puerto Rico, and the table says so. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Arecibo Municipio by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Born in one of the 50 states or DC	4,574 ±614	5.3% ±0.7	5.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born in Puerto Rico, an island area, or abroad to American parents	81,272 ±623	94.0% ±0.7	92.1% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	621 ±230	0.7% ±0.3	2.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	132 to 428	0.2% to 0.5%	1.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	148 to 534	0.2% to 0.6%	1.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Arecibo Municipio among the municipios of Puerto Rico

7th of 78 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Puerto Rico page.

Municipios of Puerto Rico near Arecibo Municipio in population, July 2025
Municipio	July 2025	Change since 2020
Bayamón Municipio	180,562	−2.4%
Carolina Municipio	149,874	−3.0%
Ponce Municipio	128,384	−6.4%
Caguas Municipio	124,161	−2.3%
Guaynabo Municipio	89,055	−0.8%
Arecibo Municipio	85,539	−2.4%
Toa Baja Municipio	70,931	−5.6%
Mayagüez Municipio	68,905	−5.5%
Trujillo Alto Municipio	66,348	−2.0%
Toa Alta Municipio	65,754	−1.7%
Vega Baja Municipio	53,505	−1.6%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026