Demographics of Guayama Municipio, Puerto Rico

Guayama Municipio, in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, had 34,043 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −2,443 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.

Guayama Municipio, in four figures

34,043
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −6.7%
Change since July 2020: −2,443 people.; 41.5 ±0.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $20,402 ±$1,517
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.

Guayama Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 6.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Guayama 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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Guayama Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 6.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Guayama 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	36,486	100.0	100.0
2021	35,652	97.7	100.2
2022	35,317	96.8	100.7
2023	34,838	95.5	101.6
2024	34,496	94.5	102.5
2025	34,043	93.3	103.1

Population of Guayama Municipio, Puerto Rico on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	36,486	—
2021	35,652	−834
2022	35,317	−335
2023	34,838	−479
2024	34,496	−342
2025	34,043	−453

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.5 ±0.8: for men 37.3 ±0.6 and for women 44.9 ±0.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Guayama Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under 5	1,130 ±0	3.2% ±<0.1	3.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,765 ±443	13.5% ±1.3	13.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	3,545 ±370	10.0% ±1.0	9.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	9,657 ±432	27.4% ±1.2	25.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	8,784 ±441	24.9% ±1.2	26.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	7,417 ±516	21.0% ±1.5	23.4% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $20,402 ±$1,517, and income per person $13,751 ±$913, 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 Guayama Municipio by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under $25,000	9,051 ±826	57.3% ±4.6	48.2% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,608 ±496	22.8% ±3.0	25.6% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,620 ±384	10.3% ±2.4	12.1% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	826 ±322	5.2% ±2.0	6.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	211 to 733	1.3% to 4.6%	4.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	7 to 173	< 0.1% to 1.1%	1.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	42 to 208	0.3% to 1.3%	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 Guayama Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Puerto Rico	United States
All ages	16,493 ±1,315	49.0% ±3.9	40.5% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	3,744 ±537	64.0% ±4.8	54.9% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	8,126 ±883	44.5% ±3.7	37.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	4,623 ±408	48.5% ±2.8	39.1% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Guayama Municipio, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Guayama Municipio	Puerto Rico	United States
Housing units	18,983 ±603	1,634,357 ±4,364	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	83.2% ±2.3	79.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	16.8% ±2.3	21.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	68.3% ±3.1	67.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	31.7% ±3.5	32.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$108,200 ±$4,977	$131,500 ±$959	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$436 ±$40	$578 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±3	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 Guayama Municipio by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Hispanic or Latino	35,213 ±58	99.8% ±0.2	99.0% ±0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	0 to 60	0% to 0.2%	0.6% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	12 ±3	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.1% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to 0.1%	0% to < 0.1%	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 33	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	0 to 94	0% to 0.3%	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 Guayama 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	1,982 ±356	5.6% ±1.0	5.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born in Puerto Rico, an island area, or abroad to American parents	33,054 ±395	93.6% ±1.1	92.1% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	115 to 409	0.3% to 1.2%	2.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	74 to 300	0.2% to 0.8%	1.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	12 to 138	< 0.1% to 0.4%	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%.

Guayama Municipio among the municipios of Puerto Rico

34th of 78 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Puerto Rico page.

Municipios of Puerto Rico near Guayama Municipio in population, July 2025
Municipio	July 2025	Change since 2020
Juncos Municipio	36,639	−1.0%
Dorado Municipio	35,891	< +0.1%
Las Piedras Municipio	34,723	−1.3%
Corozal Municipio	34,531	> −0.1%
Vega Alta Municipio	34,351	−2.8%
Guayama Municipio	34,043	−6.7%
Coamo Municipio	33,076	−4.5%
Camuy Municipio	32,691	−0.4%
Yauco Municipio	31,608	−7.2%
San Germán Municipio	30,809	−3.2%
Fajardo Municipio	30,780	−4.0%

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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