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County Spotlight

Vega Baja Municipio, PR

FIPS 72145 · RUCC 1 — Metro - Counties in metro areas of 1 million population or more

2020 population

54,414

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
54,182
Median age
43.9 yrs
Age 65+
21.8%
Married households
35.6%

Income & economic stress

Median household income
$23,701
Poverty rate
43.2%
Households on SNAP
42.7%
Uninsured (under-65)
9.4%
Unemployment rate
16.3%
Gini income inequality
0.536

Education

Bachelor's degree +
25.1%
No HS diploma
23.3%

Race & ethnicity

White
40.5%
Black
4.5%
Hispanic / Latino
97.9%
Asian
0.0%
Native American
0.0%

Citizenship & origin

Foreign-born
0.7%

Housing

Homeowner rate
75.5%
Median home value
$115,900
Mobile-home units
0.7%

Veterans by era

Veterans (any era)
2.4%
Post-9/11 only — % of vets
7.6%
Pre-9/11 Gulf only — % of vets
0.0%
Vietnam-era only — % of vets
0.0%

USDA County Typology (2025)

No typology flags active.

ACS DP03

Industry employment shares

Education / health / social services
22.2%
Manufacturing
14.0%
Retail trade
12.6%
Professional / management
11.0%
Arts / entertainment / food
7.7%
Public administration
7.6%
Construction
6.8%
Other services
5.5%
Finance / insurance / real estate
4.8%
Wholesale trade
3.2%
Transport / warehousing / utilities
3.0%
Ag / forestry / mining
1.0%
Information
0.7%

IRS Exempt Organizations BMF

Civic infrastructure

Active exempt orgs

36

Churches

4

4 schools, 0 hospitals

Total reported revenue

$13.6M

6 orgs filing

Total reported assets

$18.5M

Largest NTEE categories by count

Religion
10
Education
6
Mental Health
2
Community Improvement
2
Environment
2
Human Services
2
Food/Agriculture/Nutrition
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).