Canóvanas Municipio
Puerto Rico · County seat: Canóvanas · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 72029 is Canóvanas Municipio, Puerto Rico. With a population of 42,218 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #19 in Puerto Rico and #1151 nationally. Canóvanas Municipio is part of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR. The state FIPS code for Puerto Rico is 72. This code is used in Census Bureau, BLS, EPA, HUD, and USDA federal datasets to identify this county.
County FIPS
72029
Population
42,218
2022 ACS · #1151 nationally
Density
1,284.4/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
33
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 72029 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 72 (Puerto Rico) with the 3-digit county identifier 029. Together they uniquely identify Canóvanas Municipio in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 72029
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 72029.
Median Household Income
$26,021
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
36.4%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
41.8
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (6)
Counties that share a border with Canóvanas Municipio. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 72029.
Federal Datasets Using Code 72029
FIPS code 72029 appears as the county identifier in the following federal datasets. Analysts joining data across these sources use this code as the common geographic key.
Using FIPS Code 72029 in Code
Common patterns for querying federal datasets by this county's FIPS code. The leading zeros are significant — always treat FIPS codes as strings, not integers.
import requests
url = "https://api.census.gov/data/2022/acs/acs5"
params = {
"get": "NAME,B19013_001E,B01003_001E",
"for": "county:029",
"in": "state:72",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Canóvanas Municipio, Puerto Rico, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '72029';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '72'
AND county_fips = '029';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 72029 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "72",
county = "029",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Canóvanas Municipio
ZIP codes do not align perfectly with county boundaries — a single ZIP code can span multiple counties, and a county can contain parts of many ZIP codes. The ratios below (from the Census 2020 ZCTA relationship file) show the land area share of each ZCTA that falls within Canóvanas Municipio. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 00729 | 91.5% |
| 00745 | 0.2% |
| 00777 | 0.1% |