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Arecibo, Puerto Rico QuickFacts

	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	United States
Total population	49,318	281,421,906
State	Puerto Rico
City	arecibo

Arecibo, Puerto Rico Population

	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	%, Arecibo, Puerto Rico	United States
Male	23,279	47.2%	49.06%
Female	26,039	52.8%	50.94%
Median age (years)	35.1		35.3

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	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	%, Arecibo, Puerto Rico	United States
18 years and over	36,542	74.09%	74.31%
21 years and over	34,253	69.45%	69.97%
62 years and over	8,416	17.06%	14.66%
65 years and over	6,964	14.12%	12.43%

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	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	%, Arecibo, Puerto Rico	United States
White	43,537	88.28%	75.14%
Black or African American	2,232	4.53%	12.32%
Asian	72	0.15%	3.64%
Some other race	1,881	3.81%	5.46%
Two or more races	1,596	3.24%	2.43%

Arecibo, Puerto Rico Housing

	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	%, Arecibo, Puerto Rico	United States
Total households	17,479		105,480,101
Family households (families)	13,470	77.06%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	4,009	22.94%	31.94%

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	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	%, Arecibo, Puerto Rico	United States
Total housing units	19,584		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	2,152	10.99%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	17,479	89.25%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	11,914	60.84%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	5,565	28.42%	30.77%

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	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	3,011	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	5,372	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,439	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	560	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	391	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	99	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	39	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	71,900	119,600

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	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	%, Arecibo, Puerto Rico	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	2,146	12.28%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	3,495	20.0%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	2,684	15.36%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	3,152	18.03%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	3,342	19.12%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	2,613	14.95%	9.65%

Arecibo, Puerto Rico Education

	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	%, Arecibo, Puerto Rico	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school			76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool			6.47%
Kindergarten			5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)			43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)			21.38%
College or graduate school			22.81%

Arecibo, Puerto Rico Economy

	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	%, Arecibo, Puerto Rico	United States
Population 16 years and over	38,003		217,168,077
In labor force	14,617	38.46%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	14,613	38.45%	63.39%
- - Employed	11,975	31.51%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	2,638	6.94%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	18.1		5.8
- Armed Forces	4	0.01%	0.53%
Not in labor force	23,386	61.54%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	20,498	53.94%	51.66%
In labor force	6,225	16.38%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	6,225	16.38%	29.65%
- - Employed	4,928	12.97%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	3,907	10.28%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,334		12,787,501

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	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	%, Arecibo, Puerto Rico	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	17,453		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	7,154	40.99%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,417	13.85%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	3,083	17.66%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,830	10.49%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,336	7.65%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,128	6.46%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	279	1.6%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	125	0.72%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	36	0.21%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	65	0.37%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	12,867		41,994

	Arecibo, Puerto Rico	%, Arecibo, Puerto Rico	United States
With earnings	10,154	26.72%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	25,636		56,604
With Social Security income	6,806	17.91%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	7,554		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	309	0.81%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,190		6,320
With public assistance income	4,112	10.82%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,042		3,032
With retirement income	2,350	6.18%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	9,174		17,376

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