Mayaguez Municipio, PR Population

Overview

74,146

Total Population

42.3

Median age

52.26%

Female population %

91.3:100

Gender ratio (M:F)

20-24 years

Largest age group

59.8

Total dependency ratio

some other race

Largest racial group

73,552

Hispanic population

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

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Age

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

The median age in Mayaguez Municipio is 42.3, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Mayaguez Municipio's population under 18 was 16.52%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Mayaguez Municipio's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 24.54% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Mayaguez Municipio, 12.89% were under the age of 15, 25.31% aged 15 to 29, 37.26% aged 30 to 64, 21.27% aged 65 to 84, and 3.27% were 85 years of age and older.

There are 3,356 more females than males in Mayaguez Municipio:

The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 52.26% females and 47.74% males in Mayaguez Municipio, PR.
The Mayaguez Municipio, PR gender ratio is 91.3:100 i.e. 91.3 men to 100 women (0.913).
For male population, the largest age group is 20-24 years with a population of 4,529.
For the female population, the largest age group is 20-24 years with a population of 3,938.

Mayaguez Municipio's population has become increasingly diverse:

Racial distribution of Mayaguez Municipio population: 19.86% are White, 2.83% are Black or African American, 0.02% are Asian, 72.17% are some other race and 5.12% are multiracial.
Mayaguez Municipio's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is an absolute majority of some other race population in the county.
By ethnicity, 73,552 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 594 (0.80% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
The largest racial group in Mayaguez Municipio is some other race with a population of 53,512 (72.17% of the total population).

Mayaguez Municipio's stop-gap:

The peak population was stop-gap in the year stop-gap
From 2000 to 2010, Mayaguez Municipio's population stop-gap by stop-gap (stop-gap), as compared to the national growth of stop-gap.
From 2010 to 2020, Mayaguez 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, Mayaguez Municipio's population was lowest in year stop-gap at stop-gap.