Demographics of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory, had 3,184,835 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −96,756 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.
Puerto Rico, in five figures
- 3,184,835
- Population
- July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.
- 3,281,591
- Population in July 2020
- July 1, 2020, Vintage 2025 estimate.
- −2.9%
- Change since July 2020
- −96,756 people.
- 44.8 ±0.2
- Median age
- ACS 2020–2024.
- $26,297 ±$261
- Median household income
- ACS 2020–2024, in 2024 dollars.
Population, year by year
July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year’s change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from other states, with the Bureau’s small residual. The 2020 row’s components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.
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| July 1 | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3,281,591 | −4,283 |
| 2021 | 3,262,731 | −18,860 |
| 2022 | 3,220,148 | −42,583 |
| 2023 | 3,203,794 | −16,354 |
| 2024 | 3,202,521 | −1,273 |
| 2025 | 3,184,835 | −17,686 |
Every municipio in Puerto Rico, July 2025
Largest first. The change and its parts are July 2020 to July 2025, the five full years. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a municipio.
Every one of Puerto Rico’s 54 places of 5,000 or more
Largest first, by the American Community Survey’s 2020–2024 count and its margin of error. A place that is also a county is listed with the counties.
Age, 2020–2024
The median age is 44.8 ±0.2: for men 42.7 ±0.2 and for women 46.6 ±0.1. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).
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| Age | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 5 | 101,519 ±745 | 3.1% ±<0.1 |
| 5 to 17 | 419,870 ±3,425 | 13.0% ±0.1 |
| 18 to 24 | 291,744 ±3,423 | 9.0% ±0.1 |
| 25 to 44 | 814,272 ±4,029 | 25.2% ±0.1 |
| 45 to 64 | 848,818 ±4,058 | 26.2% ±0.1 |
| 65 and over | 758,086 ±5,187 | 23.4% ±0.2 |
Income and poverty, 2020–2024
Median household income is $26,297 ±$261, and income per person $17,981 ±$179, in 2024 dollars. The median is $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.
Households by income
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| Household income | Households | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under $25,000 | 622,474 ±5,796 | 48.2% ±0.4 |
| $25,000 to $49,999 | 330,667 ±4,451 | 25.6% ±0.3 |
| $50,000 to $74,999 | 156,702 ±3,328 | 12.1% ±0.3 |
| $75,000 to $99,999 | 79,148 ±2,483 | 6.1% ±0.2 |
| $100,000 to $149,999 | 59,036 ±2,134 | 4.6% ±0.2 |
| $150,000 to $199,999 | 21,242 ±1,256 | 1.6% ±0.1 |
| $200,000 or more | 21,597 ±1,172 | 1.7% ±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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| Age | Below poverty | Rate |
|---|---|---|
| All ages | 1,299,426 ±12,068 | 40.5% ±0.4 |
| Under 18 | 284,390 ±4,439 | 54.9% ±0.6 |
| 18 to 59 | 636,076 ±7,262 | 37.0% ±0.4 |
| 60 and over | 378,960 ±4,875 | 39.1% ±0.4 |
Housing, 2020–2024
| Measure | Puerto Rico | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 1,634,357 ±4,364 | 143,775,355 ±10,234 |
| Occupied | 79.0% ±0.2 | 89.9% ±0.1 |
| Vacant | 21.0% ±0.2 | 10.1% ±0.1 |
| Owner occupied | 67.9% ±0.3 | 65.2% ±0.3 |
| Renter occupied | 32.1% ±0.3 | 34.8% ±0.1 |
| Median home value | $131,500 ±$959 | $332,700 ±$236 |
| Median gross rent | $578 ±$6 | $1,413 ±$2 |
| Median year built | 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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| Origin | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 3,200,873 ±1,984 | 99.0% ±0.1 |
| White alone, not Hispanic | 20,116 ±1,579 | 0.6% ±<0.1 |
| Black alone, not Hispanic | 3,706 ±549 | 0.1% ±<0.1 |
| Asian alone, not Hispanic | 2,441 ±497 | 0.1% ±<0.1 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic | 0 to 60 | 0% to < 0.1% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic | 9 to 213 | < 0.1% |
| Some other race alone, not Hispanic | 3,497 ±752 | 0.1% ±<0.1 |
| Two or more races, not Hispanic | 3,541 ±784 | 0.1% ±<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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| Born | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Born in one of the 50 states or DC | 168,731 ±3,527 | 5.2% ±0.1 |
| Born in Puerto Rico, an island area, or abroad to American parents | 2,978,112 ±4,842 | 92.1% ±0.1 |
| Born abroad | 87,466 ±3,020 | 2.7% ±0.1 |
| Naturalized citizens | 45,519 ±1,888 | 1.4% ±0.1 |
| Not citizens | 41,947 ±2,415 | 1.3% ±0.1 |
Where Puerto Rico ranks
Not ranked: the rankings are of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Puerto Rico is shown beneath each with its figure, in states by population and states by population growth.
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
- Census Bureau population estimates — nation and states, with components of change
- American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work
- Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns · U.S. Government work
Data retrieved