In 2023, Puerto Rico had a population of 3.25M people with a median age of 44.2 and a median household income of $25,096. Between 2022 and 2023 the population of Puerto Rico declined from 3.27M to 3.25M, a −0.535% decrease and its median household income grew from $24,002 to $25,096, a 4.56% increase.
The 5 largest ethnic groups in Puerto Rico are White (Hispanic) (34.5%), Other (Hispanic) (26.9%), Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) (25.3%), Black or African American (Hispanic) (7.18%), and Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Hispanic) (4.73%).
95.1% of the households in Puerto Rico reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
The largest universities in Puerto Rico are NUC University (10,526 degrees awarded in 2023), University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (2,090 degrees), and Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus (2,003 degrees).
In 2023, the median property value in Puerto Rico was $124,600, and the homeownership rate was 68.1%.
Most people in Puerto Rico drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 28.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Puerto Rico was 2 cars per household.
