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County Spotlight

Mayagüez Municipio, PR

FIPS 72097 · RUCC 3 — Metro - Counties in metro areas of fewer than 250,000 population

2020 population

73,077

2024 Dem %

—

2024 GOP %

—

2024 margin

—

Shift since 2008

—

Presidential

Election history, 2008–2024

No election history on file.

ACS 5-year (2022) + ERS

Demographics & rural trends

Population

Total population
72,721
Median age
42.8 yrs
Age 65+
25.3%
Married households
30.8%

Income & economic stress

Median household income
$16,788
Poverty rate
53.5%
Households on SNAP
52.1%
Uninsured (under-65)
4.1%
Unemployment rate
23.9%
Gini income inequality
0.618

Education

Bachelor's degree +
27.3%
No HS diploma
25.5%

Race & ethnicity

White
16.8%
Black
2.4%
Hispanic / Latino
99.2%
Asian
0.1%
Native American
0.0%

Citizenship & origin

Foreign-born
2.0%

Housing

Homeowner rate
53.0%
Median home value
$105,000
Mobile-home units
0.0%

Veterans by era

Veterans (any era)
2.5%
Post-9/11 only — % of vets
11.6%
Pre-9/11 Gulf only — % of vets
1.0%
Vietnam-era only — % of vets
3.2%

USDA County Typology (2025)

No typology flags active.

ACS DP03

Industry employment shares

Education / health / social services
28.2%
Retail trade
14.7%
Arts / entertainment / food
12.8%
Manufacturing
9.5%
Professional / management
7.6%
Other services
6.5%
Public administration
5.8%
Finance / insurance / real estate
4.3%
Construction
3.3%
Transport / warehousing / utilities
3.0%
Information
1.9%
Wholesale trade
1.7%
Ag / forestry / mining
0.6%

IRS Exempt Organizations BMF

Civic infrastructure

Active exempt orgs

64

Churches

24

8 schools, 2 hospitals

Total reported revenue

$92.8M

20 orgs filing

Total reported assets

$74.3M

Largest NTEE categories by count

Education
14
Community Improvement
10
Religion
6
Housing/Shelter
4
Human Services
4
Arts/Culture/Humanities
4
Recreation/Sports
2
Employment
2

All active exempt organizations

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Source: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (irs.gov/pub/irs-soi), joined to ZIP→county via Census ZCTA-county relationship file. Revenue and assets are most-recent IRS-reported figures — orgs below the Form 990 filing threshold show $0.

DOL OLMS + IRS BMF 501(c)(5)

Organized labor

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Sources. Election results: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (2008–2020, and 2018/2022 U.S. Senate precinct returns aggregated to county), OpenElections (2008–2016 and 2020 U.S. Senate, kept only where county sums match certified statewide totals) and Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections (2024). RUCC: USDA ERS, Rural-Urban Continuum Codes 2023. Demographics: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates 2022 (detail tables and DP03 profile). USDA County Typology Codes 2025 Edition. ERS Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America + Food Environment Atlas. U.S. Religion Census 2020 (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies).