Race, Diversity, and Ethnicity in Ponce Municipio, PR

The map below shows majority race by area in Ponce Municipio, as self-identified on the US census. Darker shades indicate a larger racial majority in that neighborhood. This page also contains data and maps on Ponce Municipio racial diversity and diversity scores. Click here to scroll to diversity data.

Ponce Municipio, PR map of race and ethnicity
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Majority race by area

The majority race in Ponce Municipio overall is hispanic, making up 99.3% of residents. The next most-common racial group is white at 0.3%. There are more hispanic people in the southwest areas of the county. People who identify as white are most likely to be living in the southeast places. The data below shows how many people identify themselves as each of the following races, which most Americans base on their family's national origin:

Race in Ponce Municipio

 
Self-Identified Race
Ponce Municipio, PR Population
White
0.3%
Hispanic
99.3%
Black
0.2%
Asian
0.1%
Native American
0.0%
Other
0.2%
   

Diversity and Diversity Scores for Ponce Municipio, PR

The map below shows diversity in Ponce Municipio. Areas in green are more diverse, while areas in red are much less diverse. Diversity, in this case, means a mixture of people with different race and ethnicity living close to one another. For example, all-black and all-white areas in the county would both be considered lacking diversity.

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Ponce Municipio Diversity Score

1.3

More diverse than 1% of US counties

Ponce Municipio has a diversity score of 1.3: the chance, in percent, that two residents picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups, from ACS race counts. A place where everyone shares one group scores 0, and an even mix of the six groups in the chart above scores the maximum, 83.3. Ponce Municipio is much less diverse than other US counties, more diverse than 1% of them. Within Ponce Municipio's proper boundaries, the most diverse area is southeast Ponce Municipio, and the least diverse areas are in southwest Ponce Municipio.

Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2020-2024 5-year estimates (race and Hispanic origin); proprietary data mapping and analysis. Special thanks to the University of Virginia.

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