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Ponce, PR Metro Area

The Ponce, PR metro area is made up of 6 municipios in Puerto Rico: Ponce, Juana Díaz, Yauco, Villalba, Peñuelas, and Guayanilla, largest first. About 262,792 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (the Census estimates for its municipios, added up), 5.6% fewer than in April 2020.

Guayanilla Municipio, outlyingJuana Díaz Municipio, outlyingPeñuelas Municipio, outlyingPonce Municipio, centralVillalba Municipio, outlyingYauco Municipio, outlyingPonce
Central Outlying 6 municipios in Puerto Rico
Population, July 2025
262,792 5.6% fewer than in April 2020; the sum of its municipios’ estimates
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Municipios
6: 1 central, 5 outlying
Land area
366 sq mi (947 km²)
Time zone
Atlantic TimeUTC-04:00
State
Puerto Rico
Combined statistical area
Ponce-Coamo, PR
CBSA code
38660
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Municipios in the Ponce, PR metro area, largest first

MunicipioRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Ponce MunicipioCentral128,38448.9%
Juana Díaz MunicipioOutlying45,85317.4%
Yauco MunicipioOutlying31,60812.0%
Villalba MunicipioOutlying21,1338.0%
Peñuelas MunicipioOutlying19,3257.4%
Guayanilla MunicipioOutlying16,4896.3%

A central municipio holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying municipio is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central municipio, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A municipio belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal city

  1. Ponce107,805 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 Ponce-Coamo, PR combined statistical area

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

  1. Coamo, PR Micro Area52,623 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. Coamo, PR Micro Area18 mi east
  2. Utuado, PR Micro Area19 mi north
  3. Lares, PR Micro Area27 mi northwest
  4. Mayagüez, PR Metro Area37 mi west
  5. San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area46 mi northeast

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