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Puerto Rico Statistics

Population (2000): 3,808,610
Land Area (2000): 8,869.568 square kilometers
Water Area (2000): 4,920.823 square kilometers
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Area Code(s): 787, 939

Urban/Rural	Population	Percent
Urban	3,594,948	94.39%
Rural, Farm	5,524	0.15%
Rural, Non-farm	208,138	5.46%

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Puerto Rico Employment Information

Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
1990	2,264,717	1,943,641	321,076	14.18%	262
1991	2,337,462	1,963,902	373,560	15.98%	320
1992	2,380,602	1,984,150	396,452	16.65%	307
1993	2,435,782	2,021,099	414,683	17.02%	341
1994	2,416,697	2,064,671	352,027	14.57%	270
1995	2,494,490	2,153,146	341,345	13.68%	213
1996	2,566,717	2,223,290	343,427	13.38%	228
1997	2,618,670	2,265,572	353,098	13.48%	230
1998	2,621,764	2,272,402	349,363	13.33%	227
1999	2,589,028	2,285,260	303,769	11.73%	200
2000	2,586,685	2,324,482	262,203	10.14%	203
2001	2,558,782	2,267,957	290,824	11.37%	208
2002	2,666,217	2,339,455	326,761	12.26%	206
2003	2,727,208	2,400,708	326,499	11.97%	222
2004	2,742,715	2,452,730	289,986	10.57%	211
2005	2,820,565	2,500,904	319,662	11.33%	209
2006	2,813,450	2,521,548	291,902	10.38%	190
2007	2,787,606	2,482,891	304,715	10.93%	201
2008	2,731,851	2,428,656	303,195	11.10%	203

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1990	2,234,690	1,911,971	322,719	14.44%	288
Feb 1990	2,214,013	1,905,604	308,409	13.93%	279
Mar 1990	2,235,050	1,919,554	315,496	14.12%	282
Apr 1990	2,246,207	1,913,727	332,480	14.80%	296
May 1990	2,229,921	1,974,517	255,404	11.45%	229
Jun 1990	2,305,519	1,978,149	327,370	14.20%	284
Jul 1990	2,252,472	1,943,038	309,434	13.74%	275
Aug 1990	2,273,772	1,935,385	338,387	14.88%	297
Sep 1990	2,295,573	1,962,770	332,803	14.50%	29
Oct 1990	2,279,734	1,939,361	340,373	14.93%	298
Nov 1990	2,290,054	1,963,155	326,899	14.27%	286
Dec 1990	2,319,593	1,976,461	343,132	14.79%	296

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1991	2,315,115	1,969,816	345,299	14.91%	298
Feb 1991	2,340,547	1,958,858	381,689	16.31%	326
Mar 1991	2,315,921	1,960,151	355,770	15.36%	307
Apr 1991	2,349,550	1,969,439	380,111	16.18%	323
May 1991	2,323,121	1,955,668	367,453	15.82%	317
Jun 1991	2,347,030	1,957,252	389,778	16.61%	333
Jul 1991	2,343,555	1,977,186	366,369	15.63%	313
Aug 1991	2,309,332	1,925,265	384,067	16.63%	332
Sep 1991	2,338,843	1,965,930	372,913	15.94%	319
Oct 1991	2,361,902	1,993,899	368,003	15.58%	312
Nov 1991	2,353,344	1,966,841	386,503	16.42%	328
Dec 1991	2,351,280	1,966,518	384,762	16.36%	328

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1992	2,338,777	1,934,925	403,852	17.27%	346
Feb 1992	2,311,080	1,902,008	409,072	17.70%	354
Mar 1992	2,334,739	1,940,679	394,060	16.88%	338
Apr 1992	2,354,228	1,970,493	383,735	16.30%	326
May 1992	2,383,284	1,981,282	402,002	16.87%	337
Jun 1992	2,429,205	2,030,168	399,037	16.43%	329
Jul 1992	2,417,381	1,994,684	422,697	17.49%	35
Aug 1992	2,383,739	1,995,556	388,183	16.28%	326
Sep 1992	2,408,214	1,994,518	413,696	17.18%	344
Oct 1992	2,426,121	2,038,519	387,602	15.98%	319
Nov 1992	2,404,856	2,021,753	383,103	15.93%	318
Dec 1992	2,375,596	2,005,212	370,384	15.59%	312

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1993	2,372,110	1,967,116	404,994	17.07%	342
Feb 1993	2,386,386	1,960,821	425,565	17.83%	357
Mar 1993	2,444,495	2,022,265	422,230	17.27%	346
Apr 1993	2,441,119	2,028,854	412,265	16.89%	338
May 1993	2,487,978	2,056,679	431,299	17.34%	347
Jun 1993	2,466,221	2,047,362	418,859	16.98%	339
Jul 1993	2,426,541	2,005,271	421,270	17.36%	347
Aug 1993	2,445,681	2,004,409	441,272	18.04%	361
Sep 1993	2,429,447	2,019,233	410,214	16.89%	337
Oct 1993	2,445,203	2,035,950	409,253	16.74%	334
Nov 1993	2,449,181	2,050,763	398,418	16.27%	325
Dec 1993	2,435,025	2,054,464	380,561	15.63%	313

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1994	2,415,117	2,015,581	399,536	16.54%	331
Feb 1994	2,408,293	2,029,193	379,100	15.74%	314
Mar 1994	2,393,335	2,031,623	361,712	15.11%	302
Apr 1994	2,386,430	2,035,671	350,759	14.70%	294
May 1994	2,400,397	2,069,611	330,786	13.78%	275
Jun 1994	2,416,363	2,062,555	353,808	14.64%	293
Jul 1994	2,450,834	2,100,070	350,764	14.31%	286
Aug 1994	2,458,944	2,104,440	354,504	14.42%	289
Sep 1994	2,420,472	2,080,262	340,210	14.06%	281
Oct 1994	2,405,760	2,062,195	343,565	14.28%	286
Nov 1994	2,427,487	2,087,623	339,864	14.00%	28
Dec 1994	2,416,937	2,097,227	319,710	13.23%	265

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1995	2,458,793	2,123,709	335,084	13.63%	273
Feb 1995	2,506,530	2,179,761	326,769	13.04%	26
Mar 1995	2,480,784	2,140,100	340,684	13.73%	275
Apr 1995	2,472,315	2,132,978	339,337	13.73%	274
May 1995	2,435,448	2,107,340	328,108	13.47%	269
Jun 1995	2,436,376	2,101,076	335,300	13.76%	275
Jul 1995	2,500,361	2,140,130	360,231	14.41%	288
Aug 1995	2,493,790	2,157,300	336,490	13.49%	27
Sep 1995	2,482,880	2,134,688	348,192	14.02%	28
Oct 1995	2,571,361	2,195,212	376,149	14.63%	292
Nov 1995	2,539,624	2,206,423	333,201	13.12%	262
Dec 1995	2,555,623	2,219,032	336,591	13.17%	263

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1996	2,543,003	2,193,855	349,148	13.73%	275
Feb 1996	2,561,666	2,226,803	334,863	13.07%	261
Mar 1996	2,536,184	2,209,348	326,836	12.89%	257
Apr 1996	2,529,509	2,184,120	345,389	13.65%	273
May 1996	2,552,983	2,182,323	370,660	14.52%	29
Jun 1996	2,564,931	2,171,077	393,854	15.36%	307
Jul 1996	2,600,138	2,234,747	365,391	14.05%	281
Aug 1996	2,545,691	2,185,644	360,047	14.14%	283
Sep 1996	2,552,565	2,204,295	348,270	13.64%	272
Oct 1996	2,601,970	2,268,750	333,220	12.81%	256
Nov 1996	2,622,342	2,307,849	314,493	11.99%	24
Dec 1996	2,589,616	2,310,668	278,948	10.77%	215

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1997	2,602,158	2,277,536	324,622	12.48%	249
Feb 1997	2,591,149	2,261,093	330,056	12.74%	255
Mar 1997	2,589,220	2,252,494	336,726	13.00%	26
Apr 1997	2,598,051	2,242,891	355,160	13.67%	274
May 1997	2,596,910	2,242,797	354,113	13.64%	272
Jun 1997	2,644,727	2,264,637	380,090	14.37%	287
Jul 1997	2,638,040	2,261,864	376,176	14.26%	285
Aug 1997	2,642,306	2,286,787	355,519	13.45%	269
Sep 1997	2,659,147	2,305,558	353,589	13.30%	266
Oct 1997	2,632,252	2,276,676	355,576	13.51%	27
Nov 1997	2,647,584	2,286,605	360,979	13.63%	272
Dec 1997	2,582,494	2,227,925	354,569	13.73%	275

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1998	2,606,972	2,233,105	373,867	14.34%	287
Feb 1998	2,624,110	2,259,137	364,973	13.91%	278
Mar 1998	2,652,671	2,295,218	357,453	13.48%	27
Apr 1998	2,626,200	2,273,252	352,948	13.44%	268
May 1998	2,650,184	2,305,219	344,965	13.02%	26
Jun 1998	2,671,193	2,311,456	359,737	13.47%	269
Jul 1998	2,626,295	2,276,864	349,431	13.31%	266
Aug 1998	2,591,086	2,255,310	335,776	12.96%	259
Sep 1998	2,621,985	2,264,738	357,247	13.63%	272
Oct 1998	2,533,554	2,179,993	353,561	13.96%	279
Nov 1998	2,616,393	2,282,938	333,455	12.74%	255
Dec 1998	2,640,527	2,331,588	308,939	11.70%	234

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 1999	2,651,859	2,315,713	336,146	12.68%	253
Feb 1999	2,627,916	2,300,192	327,724	12.47%	249
Mar 1999	2,629,007	2,293,226	335,781	12.77%	256
Apr 1999	2,600,574	2,314,195	286,379	11.01%	22
May 1999	2,598,679	2,311,237	287,442	11.06%	222
Jun 1999	2,600,892	2,304,327	296,565	11.40%	228
Jul 1999	2,550,004	2,277,990	272,014	10.67%	214
Aug 1999	2,549,782	2,249,436	300,346	11.78%	235
Sep 1999	2,545,604	2,243,136	302,468	11.88%	238
Oct 1999	2,571,845	2,256,541	315,304	12.26%	245
Nov 1999	2,559,363	2,252,905	306,458	11.97%	24
Dec 1999	2,582,815	2,304,218	278,597	10.79%	215

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2000	2,600,274	2,298,584	301,690	11.60%	232
Feb 2000	2,592,309	2,325,055	267,254	10.31%	207
Mar 2000	2,624,838	2,351,388	273,450	10.42%	209
Apr 2000	2,580,279	2,318,828	261,451	10.13%	202
May 2000	2,653,565	2,386,420	267,145	10.07%	201
Jun 2000	2,598,246	2,339,044	259,202	9.98%	199
Jul 2000	2,604,590	2,347,511	257,079	9.87%	198
Aug 2000	2,563,761	2,284,409	279,352	10.90%	218
Sep 2000	2,557,054	2,312,548	244,506	9.56%	191
Oct 2000	2,545,708	2,293,890	251,818	9.89%	198
Nov 2000	2,555,038	2,317,862	237,176	9.28%	185
Dec 2000	2,564,555	2,318,247	246,308	9.60%	192

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2001	2,534,179	2,270,285	263,894	10.41%	208
Feb 2001	2,555,281	2,267,526	287,755	11.26%	225
Mar 2001	2,529,273	2,257,488	271,785	10.75%	215
Apr 2001	2,542,780	2,255,460	287,320	11.30%	226
May 2001	2,554,689	2,262,523	292,166	11.44%	229
Jun 2001	2,558,897	2,271,025	287,872	11.25%	225
Jul 2001	2,513,975	2,243,959	270,016	10.74%	214
Aug 2001	2,561,493	2,241,863	319,630	12.48%	249
Sep 2001	2,576,740	2,256,109	320,631	12.44%	249
Oct 2001	2,579,340	2,257,095	322,245	12.49%	25
Nov 2001	2,611,590	2,313,144	298,446	11.43%	229
Dec 2001	2,587,141	2,319,008	268,133	10.36%	207

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2002	2,613,091	2,313,978	299,113	11.45%	229
Feb 2002	2,702,424	2,337,640	364,784	13.50%	27
Mar 2002	2,668,188	2,341,708	326,480	12.24%	245
Apr 2002	2,660,624	2,340,305	320,319	12.04%	241
May 2002	2,658,216	2,333,087	325,129	12.23%	245
Jun 2002	2,689,281	2,345,585	343,696	12.78%	255
Jul 2002	2,660,273	2,320,834	339,439	12.76%	255
Aug 2002	2,678,554	2,334,890	343,664	12.83%	256
Sep 2002	2,675,523	2,342,261	333,262	12.46%	25
Oct 2002	2,660,893	2,344,136	316,757	11.90%	238
Nov 2002	2,677,612	2,375,229	302,383	11.29%	226
Dec 2002	2,649,919	2,343,812	306,107	11.55%	231

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2003	2,703,949	2,395,463	308,486	11.41%	228
Feb 2003	2,716,635	2,375,327	341,308	12.56%	251
Mar 2003	2,730,500	2,398,614	331,886	12.15%	243
Apr 2003	2,759,446	2,417,916	341,530	12.38%	247
May 2003	2,778,060	2,442,942	335,118	12.06%	241
Jun 2003	2,766,644	2,419,393	347,251	12.55%	251
Jul 2003	2,741,110	2,407,436	333,674	12.17%	244
Aug 2003	2,705,598	2,381,843	323,755	11.97%	239
Sep 2003	2,665,910	2,343,993	321,917	12.08%	241
Oct 2003	2,710,490	2,398,808	311,682	11.50%	23
Nov 2003	2,722,806	2,389,569	333,237	12.24%	244
Dec 2003	2,725,342	2,437,196	288,146	10.57%	212

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2004	2,714,429	2,406,848	307,581	11.33%	227
Feb 2004	2,706,085	2,409,926	296,159	10.94%	219
Mar 2004	2,753,050	2,430,396	322,654	11.72%	234
Apr 2004	2,735,084	2,433,090	301,994	11.04%	221
May 2004	2,721,960	2,427,449	294,511	10.82%	216
Jun 2004	2,743,085	2,467,896	275,189	10.03%	201
Jul 2004	2,725,614	2,458,735	266,879	9.79%	195
Aug 2004	2,771,344	2,460,092	311,252	11.23%	224
Sep 2004	2,766,144	2,498,844	267,300	9.66%	194
Oct 2004	2,755,231	2,481,209	274,022	9.95%	199
Nov 2004	2,752,205	2,474,358	277,847	10.10%	202
Dec 2004	2,768,354	2,483,915	284,439	10.27%	205

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2005	2,752,918	2,455,349	297,569	10.81%	216
Feb 2005	2,734,577	2,453,534	281,043	10.28%	205
Mar 2005	2,770,600	2,454,995	315,605	11.39%	228
Apr 2005	2,746,568	2,430,466	316,102	11.51%	23
May 2005	2,817,352	2,509,184	308,168	10.94%	219
Jun 2005	2,872,914	2,541,971	330,943	11.52%	231
Jul 2005	2,844,943	2,513,570	331,373	11.65%	233
Aug 2005	2,863,923	2,547,082	316,841	11.06%	221
Sep 2005	2,888,479	2,582,420	306,059	10.60%	211
Oct 2005	2,848,000	2,497,238	350,762	12.32%	246
Nov 2005	2,873,187	2,507,882	365,305	12.71%	254
Dec 2005	2,833,323	2,517,151	316,172	11.16%	223

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2006	2,776,901	2,456,938	319,963	11.52%	23
Feb 2006	2,809,042	2,525,758	283,284	10.08%	202
Mar 2006	2,828,392	2,570,289	258,103	9.13%	182
Apr 2006	2,856,577	2,576,538	280,039	9.80%	196
May 2006	2,838,873	2,521,994	316,879	11.16%	223
Jun 2006	2,821,640	2,508,621	313,019	11.09%	222
Jul 2006	2,776,773	2,461,674	315,099	11.35%	227
Aug 2006	2,791,919	2,497,407	294,512	10.55%	211
Sep 2006	2,817,636	2,512,033	305,603	10.85%	217
Oct 2006	2,801,811	2,539,669	262,142	9.36%	187
Nov 2006	2,824,369	2,547,912	276,457	9.79%	196
Dec 2006	2,817,467	2,539,738	277,729	9.86%	197

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2007	2,838,964	2,558,663	280,301	9.87%	197
Feb 2007	2,901,443	2,580,745	320,698	11.05%	221
Mar 2007	2,854,463	2,566,191	288,272	10.10%	201
Apr 2007	2,820,875	2,540,020	280,855	9.96%	199
May 2007	2,800,924	2,503,854	297,070	10.61%	213
Jun 2007	2,780,600	2,461,000	319,600	11.49%	23
Jul 2007	2,766,625	2,442,643	323,982	11.71%	235
Aug 2007	2,760,518	2,433,938	326,580	11.83%	236
Sep 2007	2,729,946	2,428,924	301,022	11.03%	221
Oct 2007	2,736,514	2,417,694	318,820	11.65%	233
Nov 2007	2,736,514	2,433,338	303,176	11.08%	221
Dec 2007	2,723,884	2,427,684	296,200	10.87%	217

Month	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployment
Month	Labor Force	Employed	Total	Percent	Rate
Jan 2008	2,728,726	2,434,514	294,212	10.78%	216
Feb 2008	2,749,158	2,449,652	299,506	10.89%	218
Mar 2008	2,717,629	2,458,945	258,684	9.52%	19
Apr 2008	2,711,056	2,438,094	272,962	10.07%	201
May 2008	2,741,930	2,432,087	309,843	11.30%	226
Jun 2008	2,736,400	2,423,069	313,331	11.45%	229
Jul 2008	2,731,512	2,408,460	323,052	11.83%	236
Aug 2008	2,737,337	2,403,392	333,945	12.20%	244
Sep 2008	2,732,915	2,409,695	323,220	11.83%	237
Oct, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Nov, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--
Dec, 2008	--	--	--	--%	--

Puerto Rico Employment By Industry

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Construction	74,967	14.09%
2.	Public Administration	53,985	10.15%
3.	Accommodation and Food Services	28,462	5.35%
4.	Educational Services	25,368	4.77%
5.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	22,485	4.23%
6.	Health Care	22,021	4.14%
7.	Repair and Maintenance	21,598	4.06%
8.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	18,210	3.42%
9.	Chemical Manufacturing	17,806	3.35%
10.	Finance and Insurance	14,708	2.76%
11.	Food and Beverage Stores	14,230	2.67%
12.	Agriculture / Forestry / Fishing / Hunting	13,721	2.58%
13.	Utilities	10,731	2.02%
14.	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	10,366	1.95%
15.	Other Transportation	10,006	1.88%
16.	Food Manufacturing	9,865	1.85%
17.	Broadcasting and Telecommunications	8,355	1.57%
18.	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	7,606	1.43%
19.	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	6,597	1.24%
20.	Groceries and Related Products, Wholesale	6,503	1.22%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Educational Services	67,846	17.01%
2.	Health Care	50,440	12.65%
3.	Public Administration	45,283	11.35%
4.	Accommodation and Food Services	23,579	5.91%
5.	Finance and Insurance	20,495	5.14%
6.	Professional / Scientific / Tech Services	13,641	3.42%
7.	Chemical Manufacturing	12,270	3.08%
8.	Social Assistance	11,390	2.86%
9.	Apparel Manufacturing	10,162	2.55%
10.	Department and Other General Stores	8,712	2.18%
11.	Admin, Support, and Waste Management	8,605	2.16%
12.	Food and Beverage Stores	8,504	2.13%
13.	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	8,019	2.01%
14.	Personal and Laundry Services	7,576	1.90%
15.	Clothing and Apparel Including Shoes	7,367	1.85%
16.	Private Household Services	7,044	1.77%
17.	Construction	5,321	1.33%
18.	Pharmacies and Drug Stores	5,236	1.31%
19.	Broadcasting and Telecommunications	5,183	1.30%
20.	Food Manufacturing	4,569	1.15%

Puerto Rico Employment By Job

Male, with percent of employed male population
1.	Other Production Occupations	27,718	5.21%
2.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	27,573	5.18%
3.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	24,266	4.56%
4.	Other Installation / Maintenance	23,254	4.37%
5.	Driver / Sales Workers and Truckers	18,844	3.54%
6.	Vehicle Mechanics	17,942	3.37%
7.	Other Management Occupations	17,295	3.25%
8.	Construction Laborers	17,255	3.24%
9.	Other Construction Trades	16,914	3.18%
10.	Other Protective Service Workers	16,368	3.08%
11.	Other Office and Admin Support	16,265	3.06%
12.	Law Enforcement Workers	15,987	3.01%
13.	Sales Reps / Wholesale and Manufact	15,357	2.89%
14.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	15,292	2.87%
15.	Recording / Scheduling / Dispatching	14,579	2.74%
16.	Laborers and Material Movers / Handlers	12,496	2.35%
17.	Carpenters	11,568	2.17%
18.	Accountants and Auditors	9,097	1.71%
19.	Agricultural Workers	8,994	1.69%
20.	Cashiers	8,671	1.63%

Female, with percent of employed female population
1.	Secretaries and Admins	48,304	12.11%
2.	Teachers, Pre/Primary School	26,946	6.76%
3.	Other Office and Admin Support	24,586	6.16%
4.	Cashiers	22,606	5.67%
5.	Other Production Occupations	16,593	4.16%
6.	Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	15,872	3.98%
7.	Registered Nurses	13,664	3.43%
8.	Other Management Occupations	13,245	3.32%
9.	Retail Sales, Not cashiers	13,242	3.32%
10.	Cooks and Food Preparation Workers	12,214	3.06%
11.	Other Sales and Related Occupations	11,812	2.96%
12.	Textile / Apparel / Furnishings	11,171	2.80%
13.	Informaion and Record Clerks, Not Customer Service	10,270	2.57%
14.	Accountants and Auditors	9,880	2.48%
15.	Counselors / Social Workers / Etc.	9,008	2.26%
16.	Health Technologists and Technicians	7,475	1.87%
17.	Sales Reps / Wholesale and Manufact	7,127	1.79%
18.	Business Operations Specialists	6,731	1.69%
19.	Other Teachers / Instructors / Librarians	5,966	1.50%
20.	Teachers, Secondary School	5,555	1.39%

Puerto Rico Hours Worked Per Week In 1999

Hours Per Week	Population	Percent
35 or more hours	982,519	34.56%
15-35 hours	201,464	7.09%
1-14 hours	67,684	2.38%
No regular hours	1,591,209	55.97%

Puerto Rico Time Left For Work

Time	Population	Percent
Midnight-4:59 AM	41,081	4.60%
5 AM-5:29 AM	46,836	5.25%
5:30 AM-5:59 AM	55,214	6.19%
6 AM-6:29 AM	120,801	13.54%
6:30 AM-6:59 AM	116,663	13.07%
7 AM-7:29 AM	167,242	18.74%
7:30 AM-7:59 AM	108,234	12.13%
8 AM-8:29 AM	67,468	7.56%
8:30 AM-8:59 AM	22,809	2.56%
9:00 AM-9:59 AM	31,108	3.49%
10:00 AM-10:59 AM	13,014	1.46%
11:00 AM-11:59 AM	8,235	0.92%
Noon-3:59 PM	50,776	5.69%
4 PM-11:59 PM	42,941	4.81%

Puerto Rico Length Of Commute In Minutes

Minutes	Population	Percent
Less than 5	19,379	2.17%
5-9	66,306	7.43%
10-14	107,375	12.03%
15-19	143,555	16.09%
20-24	116,071	13.01%
25-29	38,665	4.33%
30-34	160,003	17.93%
35-39	18,034	2.02%
40-44	32,329	3.62%
45-59	74,890	8.39%
60-89	78,808	8.83%
At least 90	37,007	4.15%

Puerto Rico Length Of Commute In Mintues - Public vs. Private Transportation

Minutes	Population (public)	Percent	Population (private)	Percent
Under 30	16,271	1.82%	475,080	53.23%
30-44	14,095	1.58%	196,271	21.99%
45-59	4,880	0.55%	70,010	7.84%
At least 60	13,076	1.47%	102,739	11.51%

Puerto Rico Type Of Commute

Type	Population	Percent
Bicycle	2,249	0.25%
Car / truck / van, carpool	163,579	18.01%
Car / truck / van, solo	626,578	68.98%
Motorcycle	970	0.11%
Other	13,890	1.53%
Public transportation	48,322	5.32%
Walked	36,834	4.05%
Worked at home	15,964	1.76%

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Puerto Rico Family Information

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Puerto Rico Household Income in 1999

Income	Population	Percent
Under $10,000	468,223	37.11%
$10,000-$14,999	180,320	14.29%
$15,000-$19,999	128,899	10.22%
$20,000-$24,999	105,928	8.39%
$25,000-$29,999	76,106	6.03%
$30,000-$34,999	62,212	4.93%
$35,000-$39,999	47,978	3.80%
$40,000-$44,999	37,453	2.97%
$45,000-$49,999	27,407	2.17%
$50,000-$59,999	38,187	3.03%
$60,000-$74,999	33,898	2.69%
$75,000-$99,999	25,504	2.02%
$100,000-$124,999	12,379	0.98%
$125,000-$149,999	5,062	0.40%
$150,000-$199,999	4,525	0.36%
$200,000 or more	7,735	0.61%

Puerto Rico Household Type

Type	Population	Percent
Nonfamily, 1 person	232,560	18.44%
Family, 2 people	304,682	24.16%
Nonfamily, 2 people	20,597	1.63%
Family, 3 people	261,756	20.75%
Nonfamily, 3 people	2,286	0.18%
Family, 4 people	235,398	18.66%
Nonfamily, 4 people	958	0.08%
Family, 5 people	128,212	10.16%
Nonfamily, 5 people	461	0.04%
Family, 6 people	45,563	3.61%
Nonfamily, 6 people	198	0.02%
Family, 7 or more people	28,469	2.26%
Nonfamily, 7 or more people	185	0.01%

Puerto Rico Household Income Type

Type	Population	Percent
Earnings	816,328	29.57%
Interest / Dividend / Rent	59,075	2.14%
Public Assistance	253,358	9.18%
Retirement	134,969	4.89%
Self Employment	97,846	3.54%
Social Security	426,429	15.45%
Supplemental Security	16,992	0.62%
Wage / Salary	774,978	28.07%
Other	180,441	6.54%

Puerto Rico Family Type

Type	Population	Percent
No children under 18	346,988	50.03%
With children under 18	346,521	49.97%

Puerto Rico Marital Status - Male (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	101,573	7.42%
Married	795,172	58.11%
Never Married	433,769	31.70%
Widowed	37,802	2.76%

Puerto Rico Marital Status - Female (for those 15+ in 2000)

Type	Population	Percent
Divorced	176,549	11.50%
Married	819,128	53.36%
Never Married	380,015	24.76%
Widowed	159,321	10.38%

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Puerto Rico Education Information

Degree	Population	Percent
Less than 9th grade	616,131	22.66%
9th-12th grade, no diploma	427,269	15.71%
High school diploma or equivalent	621,133	22.84%
Some college, no degree	412,294	15.16%
Associate degree	194,566	7.16%
Bachelors degree	338,016	12.43%
Graduate or professional degree	109,769	4.04%

Puerto Rico Population In School (3 or older)

School Level	In Public School	Percent	In Private School	Percent	Total	Percent
Nursery or preschool	34,245	0.90%	22,868	0.60%	57,113	1.50%
Kindergarten	45,252	1.19%	14,411	0.38%	59,663	1.57%
Grades 1-4	203,267	5.34%	47,641	1.25%	250,908	6.59%
Grades 5-8	221,934	5.83%	43,616	1.15%	265,550	6.97%
Grades 9-12	215,157	5.65%	45,189	1.19%	260,346	6.84%
Undergrad college	89,621	2.35%	120,725	3.17%	210,346	5.52%
Graduate or professional school	8,511	0.22%	17,877	0.47%	26,388	0.69%
Total	817,987	21.48%	312,327	8.20%	1,130,314	29.68%

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Puerto Rico Public Benefits Information

Above/Below	Population	Percent
At Or Above Poverty Level	1,951,095	51.76%
Below Poverty Level	1,818,687	48.24%

Puerto Rico Bankruptcies By Chapter And Year

Chapter	7	11	12	13	7	11	13
Year	Business				Non-Business
2001	163	106	1	63	4,115	20	9,878
2002	146	104	3	98	3,964	31	9,465
2003	140	92	10	12	4,098	36	9,885
2004	147	91	2	46	4,116	46	8,837
2005	165	102	15	190	3,891	24	8,789
2006	64	58	9	75	1,243	7	3,998
2007	93	78	14	91	1,675	15	5,820
2008	116	114	20	99	2,209	14	6,510

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Puerto Rico Criminal Information

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Puerto Rico DUI / DWI Information

Year	Alcohol Crash Fatalities
2002	241
2003	233
2004	248
2005	217
2006	215

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Puerto Rico Car Accidents Information

Year	Cars	Light Trucks	Large Trucks	Motorcycles	Buses	Other Vehicles	Total
1994	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Puerto Rico Immigration & Civil Rights Information

Age	Population	Percent
0-9 Years	600,568	15.77%
10-19 Years	619,236	16.26%
20-29 Years	572,698	15.04%
30-39 Years	527,674	13.85%
40-49 Years	483,934	12.71%
50-59 Years	418,799	11.00%
60-69 Years	294,845	7.74%
70-79 Years	189,748	4.98%
80-89 Years	85,100	2.23%
90+ Years	16,008	0.42%

Puerto Rico Population - Male/Female

Male/Female	Population	Percent
Male	1,833,577	48.14%
Female	1,975,033	51.86%

Puerto Rico Population By Ethnicity

Ethnicity	Population	Percent
Hispanic/Latino	3,762,746	98.80%
Caucasian	33,966	0.89%
African-American	5,064	0.13%
Asian	2,875	0.08%
Multiracial	2,646	0.07%
Amerindian	563	0.01%
Other Race	385	0.01%
Pacific Islander	365	0.01%

Puerto Rico Top Specified Ancestries

Rank	Ancestry	Population	Percent Of Specified Ancestries
1.	United States Or American	97,202	70.72%
2.	Italian	6,871	5.00%
3.	African	6,013	4.37%
4.	French Non-Basque	4,810	3.50%
5.	West Indian	3,500	2.55%
6.	German	3,315	2.41%
7.	Irish	2,346	1.71%
8.	English	1,725	1.25%
9.	Arab / Arabic	1,307	0.95%
10.	Lebanese	828	0.60%

Puerto Rico Top Languages Spoken At Home

Rank	Language	Population	Percent Of Reported Languages
1.	Spanish Or Spanish Creole	3,001,286	85.38%
2.	Only English	506,661	14.41%
3.	French	1,639	0.05%
4.	Chinese	1,130	0.03%
5.	Arabic	1,025	0.03%
6.	Italian	887	0.03%
7.	German	760	0.02%
8.	Portuguese / Portuguese Creole	368	0.01%
9.	Japanese	188	0.01%
10.	Tagalog	187	0.01%

Puerto Rico Citizen Type

Type	Population	Percent
Citizen by birth	3,699,029	97.12%
Naturalized immigrant	46,296	1.22%
Not a citizen	63,285	1.66%

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Puerto Rico Metros

Alphabetical | By Population

Adjuntas	Jayuya	Santa Isabel
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebasti·n	Mayag¸ez	Utuado
Coamo	Ponce	Yauco
Fajardo	San Germ·n-Cabo Rojo
Guayama	San Juan

Puerto Rico Counties

Alphabetical | By Population

Adjuntas County	Fajardo County	Naguabo County
Aguada County	Florida County	Naranjito County
Aguadilla County	Guanica County	Orocovis County
Aguas Buenas County	Guayama County	Patillas County
Aibonito County	Guayanilla County	Penuelas County
Anasco County	Guaynabo County	Ponce County
Arecibo County	Gurabo County	Quebradillas County
Arroyo County	Hatillo County	Rincon County
Barceloneta County	Hormigueros County	Rio Grande County
Barranquitas County	Humacao County	Sabana Grande County
Bayamon County	Isabela County	Salinas County
Cabo Rojo County	Jayuya County	San German County
Caguas County	Juana Diaz County	San Juan County
Camuy County	Juncos County	San Lorenzo County
Canovanas County	Lajas County	San Sebastian County
Carolina County	Lares County	Santa Isabel County
Catano County	Las Marias County	Toa Alta County
Cayey County	Las Piedras County	Toa Baja County
Ceiba County	Loiza County	Trujillo Alto County
Ciales County	Luquillo County	Utuado County
Cidra County	Manati County	Vega Alta County
Coamo County	Maricao County	Vega Baja County
Comerio County	Maunabo County	Vieques County
Corozal County	Mayaguez County	Villalba County
Culebra County	Moca County	Yabucoa County
Dorado County	Morovis County	Yauco County

Largest Puerto Rico Cities

Alphabetical | By Population

Aguadilla	Espinosa	Pueblo
Aibonito	Fajardo	Puerto Real
Algarrobo	Florida	Quebrada
Arecibo	Garrochales	Quebrada Arenas
Arenas	Guanica	Quebrada Grande
Arroyo	Guayama	Quebradillas
Bayamon	Guaynabo	Rincon
Beatriz	Gurabo	Rio Canas
Boqueron	Hatillo	Rio Grande
Borinquen	Hormigueros	Sabana
Buena Vista	Humacao	Sabana Grande
Cabo Rojo	Isabela	Sabana Hoyos
Cacao	Jobos	Sabana Seca
Caguas	Juana Diaz	San Antonio
Caimito	Juncos	San German
Camaceyes	Lajas	San Isidro
Campanilla	Lares	San Juan
Canaboncito	Levittown	San Lorenzo
Candelaria	Lomas	San Sebastian
Canovanas	Luquillo	Santa Isabel
Carolina	Mamey	Santa Rosa
Carraizo	Manati	Santana
Carrizales	Maricao	Santo Domingo
Catano	Mayaguez	Tallaboa
Cayey	Mediania Baja	Tejas
Ceiba	Morovis	Tomas de Castro
Cerro Gordo	Mucarabones	Trujillo Alto
Coamo	Naranjo	Utuado
Collores	Ortiz	Vega Alta
Corozal	Pajaros	Vega Baja
Coto Norte	Palmarejo	Villalba
Cuchillas	Pasto	Yabucoa
Dorado	Penuelas	Yauco
Espino	Ponce	Zarzal

Puerto Rico - All Cities

Last reviewed October 2024

San Juan (2,489,005)	Yauco (96,175)	Santa Isabel (21,665)
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebasti·n (284,254)	Guayama (83,570)	Adjuntas (19,143)
Ponce (264,919)	Fajardo (78,533)	Jayuya (17,318)
San Germ·n-Cabo Rojo (136,212)	Coamo (37,597)
Mayag¸ez (115,048)	Utuado (35,336)