Poverty Rate in Lares Municipio, PR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
55.4%
Rank #3,217/3,222 · #74 in PR
0th
Lares Municipio 55.4%
PR 40.5% +36.6%
US 12.6% +339.4%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Lares Municipio's poverty rate of 55.4% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Lares Municipio for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,214 | Mayagüez Municipio, PR | 53.3% |
| #3,215 | Ciales Municipio, PR | 54.3% |
| #3,216 | Maunabo Municipio, PR | 54.6% |
| #3,217 | Lares Municipio, PR | 55.4% |
| #3,218 | Oglala Lakota County, SD | 57.6% |
| #3,219 | Las Marías Municipio, PR | 57.8% |
| #3,220 | Vieques Municipio, PR | 59.1% |
About Poverty Rate
Lares Municipio, Puerto Rico has a poverty rate of 55.4%, ranking #3,217 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 339.4% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Puerto Rico, it ranks #74 of 78. This places it in the 0th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.