Demographics of Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico

Ponce Municipio, in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, had 128,384 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −8,812 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.

Ponce Municipio, in four figures

128,384
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −6.4%
Change since July 2020: −8,812 people.; 44.5 ±0.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $19,877 ±$826
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.

Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 6.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Ponce 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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Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico's population shrank 6.4% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Ponce 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	137,196	100.0	100.0
2021	134,901	98.3	100.2
2022	132,290	96.4	100.7
2023	130,664	95.2	101.6
2024	130,077	94.8	102.5
2025	128,384	93.6	103.1

Population of Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	137,196	—
2021	134,901	−2,295
2022	132,290	−2,611
2023	130,664	−1,626
2024	130,077	−587
2025	128,384	−1,693

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 44.5 ±0.2: for men 40.9 ±0.4 and for women 47.6 ±0.2. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Ponce Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under 5	4,485 ±0	3.4% ±<0.1	3.1% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	18,250 ±741	13.7% ±0.6	13.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	12,413 ±674	9.3% ±0.5	9.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	32,035 ±746	24.1% ±0.6	25.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	32,132 ±757	24.2% ±0.6	26.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	33,445 ±1,030	25.2% ±0.8	23.4% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $19,877 ±$826, and income per person $14,625 ±$750, 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 Ponce Municipio by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Under $25,000	31,809 ±1,087	57.0% ±1.7	48.2% ±0.4	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	12,981 ±819	23.3% ±1.4	25.6% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	5,731 ±519	10.3% ±0.9	12.1% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,408 ±383	4.3% ±0.7	6.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,894 ±325	3.4% ±0.6	4.6% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	520 ±180	0.9% ±0.3	1.6% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	487 ±167	0.9% ±0.3	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 Ponce Municipio by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Puerto Rico	United States
All ages	64,375 ±2,424	49.7% ±1.9	40.5% ±0.4	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	14,726 ±803	64.9% ±1.5	54.9% ±0.6	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	31,480 ±1,605	48.0% ±1.8	37.0% ±0.4	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	18,169 ±813	44.0% ±1.5	39.1% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Ponce Municipio, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Ponce Municipio	Puerto Rico	United States
Housing units	69,741 ±812	1,634,357 ±4,364	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	80.1% ±1.1	79.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	19.9% ±1.0	21.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	67.3% ±1.4	67.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	32.7% ±1.4	32.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$110,200 ±$2,098	$131,500 ±$959	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$536 ±$21	$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 Ponce Municipio by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Puerto Rico	United States
Hispanic or Latino	131,922 ±274	99.4% ±0.2	99.0% ±0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	350 ±113	0.3% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	78 to 288	0.1% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	8 to 188	< 0.1% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 36	0% to < 0.1%	0% to < 0.1%	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 36	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 152	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	0 to 345	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 Ponce 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	3,780 ±528	2.8% ±0.4	5.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born in Puerto Rico, an island area, or abroad to American parents	127,638 ±637	96.1% ±0.5	92.1% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,342 ±345	1.0% ±0.3	2.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	583 ±181	0.4% ±0.1	1.4% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	759 ±302	0.6% ±0.2	1.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Ponce Municipio among the municipios of Puerto Rico

4th of 78 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Puerto Rico page.

Municipios of Puerto Rico near Ponce Municipio in population, July 2025
Municipio	July 2025	Change since 2020
San Juan Municipio	329,737	−3.5%
Bayamón Municipio	180,562	−2.4%
Carolina Municipio	149,874	−3.0%
Ponce Municipio	128,384	−6.4%
Caguas Municipio	124,161	−2.3%
Guaynabo Municipio	89,055	−0.8%
Arecibo Municipio	85,539	−2.4%
Toa Baja Municipio	70,931	−5.6%
Mayagüez Municipio	68,905	−5.5%

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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