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Lares, PR Micro Area

The Lares, PR micro area is one municipio in Puerto Rico: Lares Municipio. About 27,744 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (the Census estimates for its municipios, added up), 1.3% fewer than in April 2020.

Lares Municipio, centralLares
Lares Municipio in Puerto Rico
Population, July 2025
27,744 1.3% fewer than in April 2020; the sum of its municipios’ estimates
Type
Micropolitan statistical area
Municipio
Lares Municipio
Land area
61.5 sq mi (159 km²)
Time zone
Atlantic TimeUTC-04:00
State
Puerto Rico
Combined statistical area
San Juan-Bayamón, PR
CBSA code
29720
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The municipio in the Lares, PR micro area

MunicipioRolePopulation, July 2025
Lares MunicipioCentral27,744

A central municipio holds the area’s core, an urban area of 10,000 to 49,999 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. Lares5,286 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. Guayama, PR Metro Area63,864 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. Utuado, PR Micro Area12 mi east
  2. Arecibo, PR Metro Area15 mi northeast
  3. Aguadilla, PR Metro Area20 mi northwest
  4. Ponce, PR Metro Area27 mi southeast

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