Demographics of Cataño Municipio, Puerto Rico

Cataño Municipio, in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, had 21,701 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −1,431 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.

Cataño Municipio, in four figures

21,701
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −6.2%
Change since July 2020: −1,431 people.; 43.9 ±0.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $25,508 ±$1,492
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.

Cataño Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 6.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Cataño 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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The figures

Cataño Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 6.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Cataño 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	23,132	100.0	100.0
2021	22,819	98.6	100.2
2022	22,328	96.5	100.7
2023	22,069	95.4	101.6
2024	21,924	94.8	102.5
2025	21,701	93.8	103.1

Population of Cataño Municipio, Puerto Rico on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	23,132	—
2021	22,819	−313
2022	22,328	−491
2023	22,069	−259
2024	21,924	−145
2025	21,701	−223

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.9 ±0.4: for men 41.5 ±0.7 and for women 45.7 ±0.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Cataño Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under 5	732 ±0	3.3% ±<0.1	3.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,022 ±301	13.5% ±1.3	13.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,972 ±226	8.8% ±1.0	9.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	5,803 ±311	25.8% ±1.4	25.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	5,478 ±282	24.4% ±1.3	26.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,460 ±412	24.3% ±1.8	23.4% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $25,508 ±$1,492, and income per person $16,629 ±$1,304, 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 Cataño Municipio by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under $25,000	4,532 ±388	48.8% ±3.7	48.2% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,376 ±338	25.6% ±3.5	25.6% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,110 ±259	11.9% ±2.7	12.1% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	516 ±169	5.6% ±1.8	6.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	440 ±144	4.7% ±1.5	4.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	120 to 370	1.3% to 4.0%	1.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	21 to 127	0.2% to 1.4%	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 Cataño Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Puerto Rico	United States
All ages	9,487 ±1,019	42.2% ±4.5	40.5% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,000 ±285	53.4% ±4.4	54.9% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	4,718 ±582	40.0% ±4.0	37.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	2,769 ±331	40.0% ±3.9	39.1% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Cataño Municipio, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Cataño Municipio	Puerto Rico	United States
Housing units	11,337 ±326	1,634,357 ±4,364	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	82.0% ±2.3	79.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	18.0% ±2.5	21.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	59.5% ±3.4	67.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	40.5% ±3.7	32.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$144,500 ±$8,543	$131,500 ±$959	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$564 ±$65	$578 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1976 ±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 Cataño Municipio by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Hispanic or Latino	22,245 ±118	99.0% ±0.5	99.0% ±0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	61 to 209	0.3% to 0.9%	0.6% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 140	0% to 0.6%	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 49	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	0 to 26	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 Cataño 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	777 ±207	3.5% ±0.9	5.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born in Puerto Rico, an island area, or abroad to American parents	21,129 ±270	94.0% ±1.2	92.1% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	561 ±189	2.5% ±0.8	2.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	356 ±154	1.6% ±0.7	1.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	205 ±100	0.9% ±0.4	1.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Cataño Municipio among the municipios of Puerto Rico

55th of 78 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Puerto Rico page.

Municipios of Puerto Rico near Cataño Municipio in population, July 2025
Municipio	July 2025	Change since 2020
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%
Santa Isabel Municipio	19,547	−3.6%
Peñuelas Municipio	19,325	−5.0%

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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 · 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