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Vega Baja, Puerto Rico QuickFacts

	Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	United States
Total population	28,811	281,421,906
State	Puerto Rico
City	vega baja

Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Population

	Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	%, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	United States
Male	13,745	47.71%	49.06%
Female	15,066	52.29%	50.94%
Median age (years)	31.6		35.3

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	Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	%, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	United States
18 years and over	20,274	70.37%	74.31%
21 years and over	18,894	65.58%	69.97%
62 years and over	3,803	13.2%	14.66%
65 years and over	3,087	10.71%	12.43%

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	Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	%, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	United States
White	25,786	89.5%	75.14%
Black or African American	1,244	4.32%	12.32%
Asian	70	0.24%	3.64%
Some other race	995	3.45%	5.46%
Two or more races	716	2.49%	2.43%

Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Housing

	Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	%, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	United States
Total households	9,373		105,480,101
Family households (families)	7,744	82.62%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	1,629	17.38%	31.94%

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	Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	%, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	United States
Total housing units	10,212		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	899	8.8%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	9,373	91.78%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	7,309	71.57%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	2,064	20.21%	30.77%

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	Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	1,641	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	4,090	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	787	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	180	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	182	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	0	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	0	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	10	0.57%
Median (dollars)	73,900	119,600

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	Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	%, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	1,078	11.5%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	1,729	18.45%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	1,225	13.07%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	2,087	22.27%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	1,808	19.29%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	1,428	15.24%	9.65%

Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Education

	Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	%, Vega Baja, 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%

Vega Baja, Puerto Rico Economy

	Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	%, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	United States
Population 16 years and over	21,236		217,168,077
In labor force	8,381	39.47%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	8,367	39.4%	63.39%
- - Employed	6,455	30.4%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	1,912	9.0%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	22.9		5.8
- Armed Forces	14	0.07%	0.53%
Not in labor force	12,855	60.53%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	11,392	53.64%	51.66%
In labor force	3,773	17.77%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	3,773	17.77%	29.65%
- - Employed	2,789	13.13%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	2,656	12.51%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,081		12,787,501

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	Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	%, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	9,442		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	3,691	39.09%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,525	16.15%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	1,671	17.7%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,110	11.76%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	752	7.96%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	445	4.71%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	120	1.27%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	84	0.89%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	19	0.2%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	25	0.26%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	13,007		41,994

	Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	%, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico	United States
With earnings	5,812	27.37%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	25,509		56,604
With Social Security income	3,423	16.12%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	7,271		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	157	0.74%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,782		6,320
With public assistance income	2,184	10.28%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,292		3,032
With retirement income	1,010	4.76%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	10,445		17,376

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