Editing Mayagüez, Puerto Rico (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations|type=USA
| 1772<ref>"Historia de Mayagüez 1760–1960"; by Subcomite de la Historia de Mayaüez (Author); Page: 61; Publisher: Talleres Graficos Interamericanos (1960); Language: Spanish</ref>|1800
| 1782<ref>Eugenio Fernández Méndez,"Noticias de la Historia Geográfica, Civil y Politica de Puerto Rico, por Fray Iñigo Abad y Lasierra", 1782</ref>|1791
| 1797<ref>Eugenio Fernández Méndez, "Relación del Viaje a la Isla de Puerto Rico del Naturista Pierre Ledrú, 1797", '''Crónicas de Puerto Rico''' (España, 1969) p.337</ref>|2210
| 1828<ref name="GENE">"Genealogias Biografias e Historia del Mayagüez de Ayer y Hoy y Antologia de Puerto Rico"; by Martin Gaudier (Author); Page: 47; Publisher: Imprenta "El Aguila", San German (1959); Language: Spanish</ref>|18267
| 1836<ref>Documentos Históricos de Mayagüez, 1836, Vol. 3.</ref>|19356
| 1877<ref>"Historia de Mayagüez 1760–1960"; by Subcomite de la Historia de Mayaüez (Author); Page: 68; Publisher: Talleres Graficos Interamericanos (1960); Language: Spanish</ref>|26446
| 1899<ref>{{cite web|title=Census PR |url=http://www.gobierno.pr/NR/rdonlyres/D758B733-4F3C-4EF3-BDE1-D68777C5C4D4/0/Poblacion_Total_Municipios_18992000.xls |access-date=August 10, 2009 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007180225/http://www.gobierno.pr/NR/rdonlyres/D758B733-4F3C-4EF3-BDE1-D68777C5C4D4/0/Poblacion_Total_Municipios_18992000.xls |archive-date=October 7, 2009 }}</ref>|38915
| 1910|42429
| 1920|41612
| 1930|58270
| 1940|76487
| 1950|87307
| 1960|83850
| 1970|85857
| 1980|96193
| 1990|100371
| 2000|98434
| 2010|89080
|2020|73077}}

According to 2009 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, there were 92,156 people (down from 98,434 in 2000) in 38,469 housing units residing in Mayagüez. The population density was {{convert|1187|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name="2009USCENSUS">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IdentifyResultServlet?_mapX=181&_mapY=211&_latitude=&_longitude=&_pageX=342&_pageY=549&_dBy=050&_jsessionId=00038u-GPxT4ywlhE0TxTGClXf6:134a7lbrs:134a7ldqj |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121021110403/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IdentifyResultServlet?_mapX=181&_mapY=211&_latitude=&_longitude=&_pageX=342&_pageY=549&_dBy=050&_jsessionId=00038u-GPxT4ywlhE0TxTGClXf6:134a7lbrs:134a7ldqj |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |title=American Factfinder: Persons per Square Mile |access-date=June 10, 2011 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref><ref name="2009USCENSUSFACTSheet">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=05000US72097&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US72%7C05000US72097&_street=&_county=Mayag%FCez&_cityTown=Mayag%FCez&_state=04000US72&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=null&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry= |title=Mayagüez Municipio, Puerto Rico |access-date=June 10, 2011 |publisher=United States Census Bureau|archive-date=September 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912135852/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml?src=bkmk |url-status=dead }}</ref> The city has a considerable "college population" adding approximately 10,000 people to the year round population of Mayagüez. People of [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] origin, who may be of any race, composed 98.9% of the population.

Of the 31,877 households in 2007 in Mayagüez, 38.6% were married couples living together, 22.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.7% were non-families. 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households 27.8% were made up of individuals, and 9.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.41.

In Mayagüez, the population was spread out, with 26.9% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. Mayagüez had more women, with 88.4 males for every 100 females.

As of 2000, speakers of [[English language|English]] as a first language accounted for 15.14% of the population. <ref>[https://apps.mla.org/cgi-shl/docstudio/docs.pl?map_data_results ''MLA Data Center Results for Mayagüez, Puerto Rico''] [[Modern Language Association]]. Retrieved 29 February 2024.</ref>

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!colspan=3|Mayagüez 2020 census<ref name="Bureau 2021">{{cite web |title=PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census |website=Census.gov |date=August 25, 2021 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/puerto-rico-population-change-between-census-decade.html}}</ref>
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! Race
! Population
! % 
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| [[White Puerto Ricans|White]]||14,372||19.7
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| [[Afro–Puerto Ricans|Black]]||3,331||4.6
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| [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] and [[Alaska Natives|Alaska Native]]||306||0.4
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| [[Asian people|Asian]]||102||0.1
|-
| [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]]/[[Pacific Islander]]||24||0.0
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| Some other race||16,878||23.1
|-
| [[Multiracial people|Two or more races]]||38,064||52.1
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