Vital Signs
The island's numbers, tracked
Auto-updated from our daily coverage and official sources. Every number links to where it comes from; coverage-volume series measure our reporting, not utility data.
Population · island total
3,184,835 in 2025
Down 96,756 (2.9%) since 2020
World Bank estimates · peak 3,826,878 in 2004 · updated 2026-07-13
Gas · Regular, per gallon
$4.28–$4.43
▼ -0.11 since Sep 22
DACO reference range as of Sep 28 · all three fuels, charted
Type I crime · YTD vs last year
11,444
▼ -1.9% vs 11,668 in 2025
PRPD via the safety hub · homicides 269 (▲ 3.9%)
Power disruption coverage
0 stories this week
Outage & LUMA-work headlines per week — not grid data · infrastructure news
Water disruption coverage
0 stories this week
AAA service-interruption headlines per week · infrastructure news
Earthquakes · M2.5+ near PR
5 this week
USGS, 300 km radius · live dashboard
Cost of living · PR vs US median
$578 rent /mo
vs US $1,413 · income $26,297 vs $80,734 · home $131,500
2020–2024 ACS 5-Year Estimates · full breakdown
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