Demographics of Barceloneta Municipio, Puerto Rico

Barceloneta Municipio, in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, had 22,316 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −350 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.

Barceloneta Municipio, in four figures

22,316
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −1.5%
Change since July 2020: −350 people.; 43.3 ±0.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $24,508 ±$3,531
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.

Barceloneta Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Barceloneta 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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Barceloneta Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 1.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Barceloneta 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	22,666	100.0	100.0
2021	22,621	99.8	100.2
2022	22,387	98.8	100.7
2023	22,324	98.5	101.6
2024	22,372	98.7	102.5
2025	22,316	98.5	103.1

Population of Barceloneta Municipio, Puerto Rico on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	22,666	—
2021	22,621	−45
2022	22,387	−234
2023	22,324	−63
2024	22,372	+48
2025	22,316	−56

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.3 ±0.6: for men 41.5 ±1.9 and for women 43.8 ±0.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Barceloneta Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under 5	740 ±0	3.3% ±<0.1	3.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,969 ±401	13.2% ±1.8	13.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,073 ±356	9.2% ±1.6	9.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	6,146 ±377	27.3% ±1.7	25.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,738 ±345	25.5% ±1.5	26.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,828 ±492	21.5% ±2.2	23.4% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $24,508 ±$3,531, and income per person $16,031 ±$1,676, 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 Barceloneta Municipio by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under $25,000	4,581 ±574	50.6% ±5.8	48.2% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,211 ±470	24.4% ±5.0	25.6% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,395 ±371	15.4% ±4.0	12.1% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	535 ±193	5.9% ±2.1	6.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	57 to 319	0.6% to 3.5%	4.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	9 to 183	0.1% to 2.0%	1.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	2 to 92	< 0.1% to 1.0%	1.7% ±0.1	13.4% ±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%.

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 Barceloneta Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Puerto Rico	United States
All ages	9,421 ±1,190	41.9% ±5.3	40.5% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,946 ±428	52.5% ±7.9	54.9% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	5,026 ±802	39.0% ±5.1	37.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,449 ±391	41.8% ±5.2	39.1% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Barceloneta Municipio, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Barceloneta Municipio	Puerto Rico	United States
Housing units	10,798 ±424	1,634,357 ±4,364	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	83.8% ±2.8	79.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	16.2% ±3.0	21.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	74.1% ±4.2	67.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	25.9% ±4.0	32.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$126,300 ±$8,558	$131,500 ±$959	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$582 ±$109	$578 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1986 ±4	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 Barceloneta Municipio by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Hispanic or Latino	22,339 ±146	99.3% ±0.6	99.0% ±0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	0 to 157	0% to 0.7%	0.6% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 29	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 29	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 29	0% to 0.1%	0% to < 0.1%	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 29	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 53	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	0 to 169	0% to 0.8%	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 Barceloneta 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	1,360 ±359	6.0% ±1.6	5.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born in Puerto Rico, an island area, or abroad to American parents	20,916 ±407	93.0% ±1.8	92.1% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	64 to 372	0.3% to 1.7%	2.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 151	0% to 0.7%	1.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	24 to 274	0.1% to 1.2%	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%.

Barceloneta Municipio among the municipios of Puerto Rico

53rd of 78 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Puerto Rico page.

Municipios of Puerto Rico near Barceloneta Municipio in population, July 2025
Municipio	July 2025	Change since 2020
Salinas Municipio	24,218	−5.8%
Quebradillas Municipio	23,189	−1.8%
Aguas Buenas Municipio	22,838	−5.5%
Lajas Municipio	22,784	−2.1%
Naguabo Municipio	22,666	−3.1%
Barceloneta Municipio	22,316	−1.5%
Sabana Grande Municipio	22,055	−2.8%
Cataño Municipio	21,701	−6.2%
Loíza Municipio	21,542	−8.7%
Orocovis Municipio	21,329	−0.5%
Villalba Municipio	21,133	−4.2%

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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