Demographics of Gurabo Municipio, Puerto Rico

Gurabo Municipio, in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, had 39,780 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −791 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.

Gurabo Municipio, in four figures

39,780
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −1.9%
Change since July 2020: −791 people.; 42.3 ±0.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $42,216 ±$3,622
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.

Gurabo Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 1.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Gurabo 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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Gurabo Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 1.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Gurabo 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	40,571	100.0	100.0
2021	40,444	99.7	100.2
2022	39,984	98.6	100.7
2023	39,867	98.3	101.6
2024	39,924	98.4	102.5
2025	39,780	98.1	103.1

Population of Gurabo Municipio, Puerto Rico on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	40,571	—
2021	40,444	−127
2022	39,984	−460
2023	39,867	−117
2024	39,924	+57
2025	39,780	−144

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 42.3 ±0.4: for men 40.9 ±1.0 and for women 43.1 ±0.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Gurabo Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under 5	1,207 ±0	3.0% ±<0.1	3.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,476 ±440	13.6% ±1.1	13.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	3,790 ±377	9.4% ±0.9	9.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	11,446 ±523	28.5% ±1.3	25.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	11,151 ±491	27.7% ±1.2	26.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	7,158 ±528	17.8% ±1.3	23.4% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $42,216 ±$3,622, and income per person $25,845 ±$2,650, 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 Gurabo Municipio by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under $25,000	5,748 ±606	36.3% ±3.6	48.2% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,146 ±516	19.9% ±3.2	25.6% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,853 ±454	18.0% ±2.8	12.1% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,505 ±348	9.5% ±2.2	6.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,405 ±375	8.9% ±2.3	4.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	541 ±218	3.4% ±1.4	1.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	648 ±229	4.1% ±1.4	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 Gurabo Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Puerto Rico	United States
All ages	11,640 ±1,157	29.0% ±2.9	40.5% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,432 ±506	36.5% ±6.4	54.9% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	5,705 ±812	23.8% ±3.2	37.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	3,503 ±431	37.1% ±3.8	39.1% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Gurabo Municipio, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Gurabo Municipio	Puerto Rico	United States
Housing units	18,002 ±466	1,634,357 ±4,364	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	88.0% ±2.0	79.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	12.0% ±1.4	21.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	77.2% ±2.9	67.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	22.8% ±2.9	32.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$158,500 ±$7,736	$131,500 ±$959	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$678 ±$90	$578 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1992 ±2	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 Gurabo Municipio by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Hispanic or Latino	39,448 ±268	98.1% ±0.7	99.0% ±0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	404 ±172	1.0% ±0.4	0.6% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	38 to 318	0.1% to 0.8%	0.1% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 42	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 250	0% to 0.6%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	0 to 162	0% to 0.4%	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 Gurabo 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	2,367 ±401	5.9% ±1.0	5.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born in Puerto Rico, an island area, or abroad to American parents	37,493 ±444	93.2% ±1.1	92.1% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	368 ±144	0.9% ±0.4	2.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	106 to 324	0.3% to 0.8%	1.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	57 to 249	0.1% 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%.

Gurabo Municipio among the municipios of Puerto Rico

21st of 78 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Puerto Rico page.

Municipios of Puerto Rico near Gurabo Municipio in population, July 2025
Municipio	July 2025	Change since 2020
Juana Díaz Municipio	45,853	−1.4%
Río Grande Municipio	44,799	−4.7%
Isabela Municipio	42,938	< +0.1%
Canóvanas Municipio	41,302	−2.4%
Cayey Municipio	40,027	−3.7%
Gurabo Municipio	39,780	−1.9%
Cidra Municipio	39,669	−0.8%
San Sebastián Municipio	39,019	−0.8%
Manatí Municipio	38,413	−2.7%
Hatillo Municipio	37,810	−1.7%
Moca Municipio	37,562	+0.2%

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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