Poverty Rate in Vega Alta Municipio, PR
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
40.8%
Rank #3,163/3,222 · #26 in PR
2th
Vega Alta Municipio 40.8%
PR 40.5% +0.7%
US 12.6% +223.8%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Vega Alta Municipio's poverty rate of 40.8% 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 Vega Alta Municipio for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,160 | Greene County, AL | 40.1% |
| #3,161 | Ceiba Municipio, PR | 40.3% |
| #3,162 | Fajardo Municipio, PR | 40.4% |
| #3,163 | Vega Alta Municipio, PR | 40.8% |
| #3,164 | Vega Baja Municipio, PR | 41.1% |
| #3,165 | Dimmit County, TX | 41.1% |
| #3,166 | Arecibo Municipio, PR | 41.3% |
About Poverty Rate
Vega Alta Municipio, Puerto Rico has a poverty rate of 40.8%, ranking #3,163 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 223.8% above the national value of 12.6%. Within Puerto Rico, it ranks #26 of 78. This places it in the 2th 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.