Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico
The Census of Governments does not count Puerto Rico’s local governments, one school district serves all of Puerto Rico, and USDA lists 0 farmers markets. Everything below says where it came from.
In four numbers
- People
- 132,760
- Median household income
- $19,877
- ±826
- Unemployed
- 15.1%
- 6,959 of 46,091 in the labour force
- Homes with broadband
- 86.2%
- 48,132 of 55,830 households
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; read 2026-09-26. Percentages worked out here from the two counts shown.
Who governs here
The 2022 Census of Governments counts the local governments of the fifty states and the District of Columbia only. Ponce Municipio has a local government; this project holds no record of it, so it is not listed — that is a gap in our sources, not an absence of government.
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Government Units List (published August 2023); the file read 2026-09-26. Offices are placed by county; a special district’s territory can cross county lines. Each body posts its own meetings on its website where the Census records one.
School districts based here
PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Serves all of Puerto Rico862 schools
The only public school district the federal directory lists for Puerto Rico; its office is at CALLE FEDERICO COSTAS NUM. 150, Hato Rey, PR, 00919.
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2024-25; read 2026-09-26.
Farmers markets
USDA’s directory lists no farmers market in this county. That is not the same as there being none: a market that never registered with USDA, and was not found by its 2023 web sweep, is not in the directory.
USDA National Farmers Market Directory; read 2026-09-26.