Demographics of Morovis Municipio, Puerto Rico

Morovis Municipio, in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, had 28,170 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −519 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.

Morovis Municipio, in four figures

28,170
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −1.8%
Change since July 2020: −519 people.; 43.1 ±0.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $25,003 ±$2,217
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.

Morovis Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 1.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Morovis 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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Morovis Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 1.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Morovis 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	28,689	100.0	100.0
2021	28,582	99.6	100.2
2022	28,274	98.6	100.7
2023	28,199	98.3	101.6
2024	28,254	98.5	102.5
2025	28,170	98.2	103.1

Population of Morovis Municipio, Puerto Rico on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	28,689	—
2021	28,582	−107
2022	28,274	−308
2023	28,199	−75
2024	28,254	+55
2025	28,170	−84

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.1 ±0.6: for men 42.7 ±1.0 and for women 43.3 ±0.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Morovis Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under 5	1,003 ±0	3.5% ±<0.1	3.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	3,874 ±317	13.6% ±1.1	13.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,592 ±258	9.1% ±0.9	9.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	7,657 ±360	27.0% ±1.3	25.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	7,769 ±411	27.4% ±1.4	26.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	5,502 ±452	19.4% ±1.6	23.4% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $25,003 ±$2,217, and income per person $15,456 ±$2,095, 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 Morovis Municipio by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under $25,000	5,451 ±603	50.0% ±5.2	48.2% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,968 ±454	27.2% ±4.1	25.6% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,382 ±289	12.7% ±2.6	12.1% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	544 ±185	5.0% ±1.7	6.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	422 ±169	3.9% ±1.5	4.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	0 to 121	0% to 1.1%	1.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	14 to 140	0.1% 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 Morovis Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Puerto Rico	United States
All ages	12,732 ±1,154	44.9% ±4.1	40.5% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	2,743 ±421	56.2% ±5.6	54.9% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	6,700 ±805	42.2% ±4.0	37.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	3,289 ±414	43.2% ±4.1	39.1% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Morovis Municipio, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Morovis Municipio	Puerto Rico	United States
Housing units	12,703 ±375	1,634,357 ±4,364	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	85.8% ±1.7	79.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	14.2% ±2.2	21.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	73.5% ±1.9	67.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	26.5% ±3.5	32.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$115,100 ±$4,615	$131,500 ±$959	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$618 ±$100	$578 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1987 ±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 Morovis Municipio by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Hispanic or Latino	28,397 ±29	100.0% ±0.1	99.0% ±0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	0 to 29	0% to 0.1%	0.6% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 29	0% to 0.1%	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 29	0% to 0.1%	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 Morovis 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	800 ±247	2.8% ±0.9	5.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born in Puerto Rico, an island area, or abroad to American parents	27,476 ±267	96.8% ±0.9	92.1% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	25 to 217	0.1% to 0.8%	2.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 149	0% to 0.5%	1.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 105	0% 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%.

Morovis Municipio among the municipios of Puerto Rico

42nd of 78 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Puerto Rico page.

Municipios of Puerto Rico near Morovis Municipio in population, July 2025
Municipio	July 2025	Change since 2020
Yauco Municipio	31,608	−7.2%
San Germán Municipio	30,809	−3.2%
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%

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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