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Ponce, Puerto Rico QuickFacts

	Ponce, Puerto Rico	United States
Total population	155,038	281,421,906
State	Puerto Rico
City	ponce

Ponce, Puerto Rico Population

	Ponce, Puerto Rico	%, Ponce, Puerto Rico	United States
Male	73,341	47.31%	49.06%
Female	81,697	52.69%	50.94%
Median age (years)	31.8		35.3

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	Ponce, Puerto Rico	%, Ponce, Puerto Rico	United States
18 years and over	109,816	70.83%	74.31%
21 years and over	101,635	65.55%	69.97%
62 years and over	22,991	14.83%	14.66%
65 years and over	19,031	12.28%	12.43%

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	Ponce, Puerto Rico	%, Ponce, Puerto Rico	United States
White	129,878	83.77%	75.14%
Black or African American	8,291	5.35%	12.32%
Asian	229	0.15%	3.64%
Some other race	8,478	5.47%	5.46%
Two or more races	8,162	5.26%	2.43%

Ponce, Puerto Rico Housing

	Ponce, Puerto Rico	%, Ponce, Puerto Rico	United States
Total households	50,819		105,480,101
Family households (families)	39,922	78.56%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	10,897	21.44%	31.94%

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	Ponce, Puerto Rico	%, Ponce, Puerto Rico	United States
Total housing units	56,577		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	5,753	10.17%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	50,819	89.82%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	34,514	61.0%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	16,305	28.82%	30.77%

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	Ponce, Puerto Rico	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	8,902	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	16,312	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	3,814	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,484	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	740	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	419	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	86	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	21	0.57%
Median (dollars)	74,400	119,600

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	Ponce, Puerto Rico	%, Ponce, Puerto Rico	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	6,113	12.03%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	10,304	20.28%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	7,470	14.7%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	9,363	18.42%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	10,461	20.58%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	7,127	14.02%	9.65%

Ponce, Puerto Rico Education

	Ponce, Puerto Rico	%, Ponce, 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%

Ponce, Puerto Rico Economy

	Ponce, Puerto Rico	%, Ponce, Puerto Rico	United States
Population 16 years and over	114,817		217,168,077
In labor force	46,889	40.84%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	46,816	40.77%	63.39%
- - Employed	35,457	30.88%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	11,359	9.89%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	24.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	73	0.06%	0.53%
Not in labor force	67,928	59.16%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	62,274	54.24%	51.66%
In labor force	20,816	18.13%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	20,816	18.13%	29.65%
- - Employed	15,379	13.39%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	13,631	11.87%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	5,376		12,787,501

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	Ponce, Puerto Rico	%, Ponce, Puerto Rico	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	50,843		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	20,231	39.79%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	7,125	14.01%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	9,220	18.13%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	5,319	10.46%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	4,228	8.32%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	2,694	5.3%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	929	1.83%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	717	1.41%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	133	0.26%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	247	0.49%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	13,397		41,994

	Ponce, Puerto Rico	%, Ponce, Puerto Rico	United States
With earnings	30,828	26.85%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	26,606		56,604
With Social Security income	17,297	15.06%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	7,788		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	525	0.46%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	4,988		6,320
With public assistance income	11,695	10.19%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,429		3,032
With retirement income	5,865	5.11%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	11,535		17,376

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