Demographics of Caguas Municipio, Puerto Rico

Caguas Municipio, in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, had 124,161 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −2,923 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.

Caguas Municipio, in four figures

124,161
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −2.3%
Change since July 2020: −2,923 people.; 44.5 ±0.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $31,379 ±$1,516
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.

Caguas Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 2.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Caguas 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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Caguas Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 2.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Caguas 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	127,084	100.0	100.0
2021	126,644	99.7	100.2
2022	125,142	98.5	100.7
2023	124,614	98.1	101.6
2024	124,714	98.1	102.5
2025	124,161	97.7	103.1

Population of Caguas Municipio, Puerto Rico on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	127,084	—
2021	126,644	−440
2022	125,142	−1,502
2023	124,614	−528
2024	124,714	+100
2025	124,161	−553

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 44.5 ±0.1: for men 42.2 ±0.4 and for women 46.4 ±0.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Caguas Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under 5	3,868 ±0	3.1% ±<0.1	3.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	16,078 ±760	12.8% ±0.6	13.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	11,311 ±621	9.0% ±0.5	9.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	32,714 ±897	26.0% ±0.7	25.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	33,374 ±796	26.6% ±0.6	26.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	28,241 ±1,114	22.5% ±0.9	23.4% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $31,379 ±$1,516, and income per person $21,862 ±$1,559, 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 Caguas Municipio by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under $25,000	21,830 ±1,290	42.8% ±2.4	48.2% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	12,946 ±989	25.4% ±1.9	25.6% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	6,638 ±717	13.0% ±1.4	12.1% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	4,145 ±614	8.1% ±1.2	6.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,887 ±476	5.7% ±0.9	4.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,252 ±304	2.5% ±0.6	1.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,350 ±374	2.6% ±0.7	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 Caguas Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Puerto Rico	United States
All ages	44,652 ±2,624	35.7% ±2.1	40.5% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	10,152 ±917	51.2% ±3.1	54.9% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	22,134 ±1,509	32.2% ±1.9	37.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	12,366 ±837	33.9% ±2.0	39.1% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Caguas Municipio, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Caguas Municipio	Puerto Rico	United States
Housing units	61,398 ±956	1,634,357 ±4,364	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	83.1% ±1.1	79.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	16.9% ±1.1	21.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	67.1% ±1.5	67.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	32.9% ±2.1	32.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$151,000 ±$3,356	$131,500 ±$959	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$659 ±$49	$578 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1980 ±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 Caguas Municipio by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Hispanic or Latino	123,318 ±496	98.2% ±0.4	99.0% ±0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	1,574 ±392	1.3% ±0.3	0.6% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	338 ±154	0.3% ±0.1	0.1% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 90	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 70	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	129 to 449	0.1% to 0.4%	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 Caguas 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	6,296 ±628	5.0% ±0.5	5.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born in Puerto Rico, an island area, or abroad to American parents	116,078 ±904	92.4% ±0.7	92.1% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	3,212 ±701	2.6% ±0.6	2.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,689 ±378	1.3% ±0.3	1.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,523 ±621	1.2% ±0.5	1.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Caguas Municipio among the municipios of Puerto Rico

5th of 78 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Puerto Rico page.

Municipios of Puerto Rico near Caguas Municipio in population, July 2025
Municipio	July 2025	Change since 2020
San Juan Municipio	329,737	−3.5%
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%

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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

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