Lajas Municipio, PR Population

Overview

23,407

Total Population

47.0

Median age

52.37%

Female population %

91:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

20-24 years

Largest age group

62.2

Total dependency ratio

some other race

Largest racial group

22,906

Hispanic population

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2021

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Age

Lajas Municipio's population is old compared to the rest of the country:

The median age in Lajas Municipio is 47.0, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Lajas Municipio's population under 18 was 16.85%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Lajas Municipio's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 24.92% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Lajas Municipio, 13.45% were under the age of 15, 18.65% aged 15 to 29, 42.99% aged 30 to 64, 22.85% aged 65 to 84, and 2.07% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 1,109 more females than males in Lajas Municipio:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 52.37% females and 47.63% males in Lajas Municipio, PR.
The Lajas Municipio, PR gender ratio is 91:100 i.e. 91 men to 100 women (0.910).
For male population, the largest age group is 20-24 years with a population of 1,166.
For the female population, the largest age group is 55-59 years with a population of 931.

Lajas Municipio's population is moderately diverse:

Racial distribution of Lajas Municipio population: 32.84% are White, 1.53% are Black or African American, 57.82% are some other race and 7.81% are multiracial.
Lajas Municipio's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of some other race population in the county.
By ethnicity, 22,906 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 501 (2.14% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Lajas Municipio is some other race with a population of 13,534 (57.82% of the total population).

Lajas Municipio's stop-gap:

The peak population was stop-gap in the year stop-gap
From 2000 to 2010, Lajas Municipio's population stop-gap by stop-gap (stop-gap), as compared to the national growth of stop-gap.
From 2010 to 2020, Lajas Municipio's population stop-gap by stop-gap (stop-gap), according to Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program. For the same period, the rate of growth for the stop-gap was stop-gap.
Between the year stop-gap and stop-gap, Lajas Municipio's population was lowest in year stop-gap at stop-gap.