Florida Municipio
Puerto Rico · County seat: Florida · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 72054 is Florida Municipio, Puerto Rico. With a population of 11,641 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #72 in Puerto Rico and #2369 nationally. Florida 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
72054
Population
11,641
2022 ACS · #2369 nationally
Density
765.4/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
15
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Metro — 1M+ population
RUCC 1
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 72054 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 72 (Puerto Rico) with the 3-digit county identifier 054. Together they uniquely identify Florida Municipio in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 72054
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 72054.
Median Household Income
$21,560
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
47.4%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
40.7
ACS B01002_001E
Metropolitan Area
Adjacent Counties (4)
Counties that share a border with Florida Municipio. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 72054.
Federal Datasets Using Code 72054
FIPS code 72054 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 72054 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:054",
"in": "state:72",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Florida Municipio, Puerto Rico, income, pop, ...]
-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '72054';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '72'
AND county_fips = '054';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 72054 is WRONG for this county
library(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "72",
county = "054",
year = 2022
)
ZIP Codes in Florida 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 Florida Municipio. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 00650 | 47.8% |
| 00617 | 0.3% |