Guayama, PR Metro Area

The Guayama, PR metro area is made up of 3 municipios in Puerto Rico: Guayama, Patillas, and Arroyo, largest first. About 63,864 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (the Census estimates for its municipios, added up), 6.7% fewer than in April 2020.

Arroyo Municipio, centralGuayama Municipio, centralPatillas Municipio, centralGuayama
3 municipios in Puerto Rico
Population, July 2025
63,864 6.7% fewer than in April 2020; the sum of its municipios’ estimates
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Municipios
3, all central
Land area
127 sq mi (328 km²)
Time zone
Atlantic TimeUTC-04:00
State
Puerto Rico
Combined statistical area
San Juan-Bayamón, PR
CBSA code
25020

Municipios in the Guayama, PR metro area, largest first

MunicipioRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Guayama MunicipioCentral34,04353.3%
Patillas MunicipioCentral15,07723.6%
Arroyo MunicipioCentral14,74423.1%

A central municipio holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. This area has no outlying municipios: no neighboring municipio sends enough commuters to join it. A municipio belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Guayama18,216 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the San Juan-Bayamón, PR combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 5 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area2,024,195 people
  2. Arecibo, PR Metro Area179,229 people
  3. Lares, PR Micro Area27,744 people
  4. Utuado, PR Micro Area26,894 people
  5. Coco, PR Micro Area24,218 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a municipio on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Coco, PR Micro Area10.0 mi west
  2. San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area30 mi north

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