Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.

country · population 3,200,000 (registry) · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07

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Puerto Rico at a glance

Rolled up from the 8 regions inside Puerto Rico on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.

Population3,254,885
census
Places inside8
2 with a full /local page
Businesses on file3,452
business register, all places inside
Companies headquartered21
in the company directory
Who represents them8
places with a /politics page
Property & employers8 · 1
/property and /employers records
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Census

US Census Bureau American Community Survey.

Median household income$25,096
Median rent$562/mo
Immigrants2.7%
Renters31.9%
Aged 65+22.7%
Unemployment12.1%
Low income41.6%
Speak a language other than English91.8%
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
  • Spanish2,988,559 · 91.8%
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Largest employers headquartered in Puerto Rico

Worldwide head offices from the /employers research, ranked by people employed as each company reports it.

  1. 1.Popular, Inc. (Banco Popular de Puerto Rico) San Juan, Puerto Rico · Banking — bank holding company ↗9,427 worldwide, 2025
  2. 2.EVERTEC, Inc. San Juan, Puerto Rico · Payments processing and IT services ↗5,327 worldwide, 2025
  3. 3.First BanCorp (FirstBank Puerto Rico) San Juan, Puerto Rico · Banking — bank holding company ↗3,218 worldwide, 2025
  4. 4.OFG Bancorp (Oriental Bank) San Juan, Puerto Rico · Banking — bank holding company ↗2,185 worldwide, 2025
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Largest places in Puerto Rico

By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.

  1. 1.Mayaguez full73,077
  2. 2.Vieques Island8,249
  3. 3.Culebra, Puerto Rico1,792
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Inside Puerto Rico

8 regions have Puerto Rico as their parent.

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Companies based in Puerto Rico

9 in the Research Upon company directory list their headquarters here, and 21 across Puerto Rico and the places inside it — search them all below.

CompanyIndustryFounded
Compańía Cervecera de Puerto RicoBeverage1937
Cortelco1990
Demaco Puerto RicoManufacturing1978
Empire GasEnergy1967
Open MobileTech
Pan American GrainAgribusiness
PopularFinance1893
PuebloRetail1955
Triple-S SaludHealth

areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Puerto Rico are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.