Demographics of Lares Municipio, Puerto Rico

Lares Municipio, in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, had 27,744 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −370 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.

Lares Municipio, in four figures

27,744
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −1.3%
Change since July 2020: −370 people.; 45.5 ±0.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $18,917 ±$1,377
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.

Lares Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 1.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Lares 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

Lares Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 1.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Lares 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	28,114	100.0	100.0
2021	28,022	99.7	100.2
2022	27,815	98.9	100.7
2023	27,792	98.9	101.6
2024	27,816	98.9	102.5
2025	27,744	98.7	103.1

Population of Lares Municipio, Puerto Rico on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	28,114	—
2021	28,022	−92
2022	27,815	−207
2023	27,792	−23
2024	27,816	+24
2025	27,744	−72

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 45.5 ±0.2: for men 43.5 ±0.5 and for women 47.4 ±0.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Lares Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under 5	851 ±0	3.1% ±<0.1	3.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,566 ±302	12.8% ±1.1	13.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,262 ±244	8.1% ±0.9	9.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	7,054 ±339	25.3% ±1.2	25.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	7,539 ±382	27.1% ±1.4	26.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,583 ±470	23.6% ±1.7	23.4% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $18,917 ±$1,377, and income per person $11,029 ±$840, 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 Lares Municipio by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under $25,000	6,779 ±618	62.9% ±5.1	48.2% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,688 ±374	25.0% ±3.3	25.6% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	796 ±207	7.4% ±1.9	12.1% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	320 ±134	3.0% ±1.2	6.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	42 to 184	0.4% to 1.7%	4.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	0 to 99	0% to 0.9%	1.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	0 to 57	0% to 0.5%	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 Lares Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Puerto Rico	United States
All ages	15,268 ±1,082	55.4% ±3.9	40.5% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,953 ±392	67.0% ±4.4	54.9% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	7,827 ±727	53.6% ±3.3	37.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	4,488 ±472	52.5% ±3.9	39.1% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Lares Municipio, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Lares Municipio	Puerto Rico	United States
Housing units	12,921 ±374	1,634,357 ±4,364	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	83.4% ±2.5	79.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	16.6% ±2.4	21.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	63.0% ±3.5	67.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	37.0% ±4.0	32.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$105,100 ±$5,828	$131,500 ±$959	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$505 ±$24	$578 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1984 ±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 Lares Municipio by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Hispanic or Latino	27,716 ±104	99.5% ±0.4	99.0% ±0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	0 to 192	0% to 0.7%	0.6% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 57	0% to 0.2%	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 59	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	0 to 29	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 Lares 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	1,653 ±377	5.9% ±1.4	5.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born in Puerto Rico, an island area, or abroad to American parents	26,086 ±376	93.6% ±1.3	92.1% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	37 to 195	0.1% to 0.7%	2.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	2 to 82	< 0.1% to 0.3%	1.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	2 to 146	< 0.1% to 0.5%	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%.

Lares Municipio among the municipios of Puerto Rico

44th of 78 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Puerto Rico page.

Municipios of Puerto Rico near Lares Municipio in population, July 2025
Municipio	July 2025	Change since 2020
Fajardo Municipio	30,780	−4.0%
Naranjito Municipio	29,627	+1.3%
Barranquitas Municipio	29,509	+1.8%
Morovis Municipio	28,170	−1.8%
Yabucoa Municipio	28,058	−7.4%
Lares Municipio	27,744	−1.3%
Utuado Municipio	26,894	−4.7%
Aibonito Municipio	24,746	+0.5%
Añasco Municipio	24,449	−4.4%
Salinas Municipio	24,218	−5.8%
Quebradillas Municipio	23,189	−1.8%

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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