Fajardo Municipio
Puerto Rico · County seat: Fajardo barrio-pueblo · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 72053 is Fajardo Municipio, Puerto Rico. With a population of 31,984 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #38 in Puerto Rico and #1410 nationally. Fajardo 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
72053
Population
31,984
2022 ACS · #1410 nationally
Density
1,071.1/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
30
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 72053 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 72 (Puerto Rico) with the 3-digit county identifier 053. Together they uniquely identify Fajardo Municipio in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 72053
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 72053.
Median Household Income
$24,309
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
42.6%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
43.7
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (2)
Counties that share a border with Fajardo Municipio. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 72053.
Federal Datasets Using Code 72053
FIPS code 72053 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 72053 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:053",
"in": "state:72",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Fajardo Municipio, Puerto Rico, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '72053';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '72'
AND county_fips = '053';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 72053 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "72",
county = "053",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Fajardo 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 Fajardo Municipio. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 00740 | 100.0% |
| 00738 | 99.6% |