Jayuya Municipio
Puerto Rico · County seat: Jayuya · Active county or equivalent
FIPS code 72073 is Jayuya Municipio, Puerto Rico. With a population of 14,726 (2022 ACS estimate), it ranks #70 in Puerto Rico and #2165 nationally. 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
72073
Population
14,726
2022 ACS · #2165 nationally
Density
330.7/mi²
people per sq mile
Land Area
45
sq miles
Urban/Rural
Nonmetro — urban 2.5K–19.9K, adjacent to metro
RUCC 6
How This FIPS Code Works
The 5-digit FIPS code 72073 is formed by combining the 2-digit state identifier 72 (Puerto Rico) with the 3-digit county identifier 073. Together they uniquely identify Jayuya Municipio in every US federal dataset. No two counties share the same 5-digit FIPS code.
Census ACS Data for FIPS 72073
From the 2022 ACS 5-year estimates — the same values you'd retrieve by querying the Census API with county FIPS 72073.
Median Household Income
$18,363
ACS B19013_001E
Poverty Rate
54.7%
ACS B17001 (below poverty level)
Median Age
41.7
ACS B01002_001E
Adjacent Counties (5)
Counties that share a border with Jayuya Municipio. Useful for regional analysis — these are the geographies you'd typically include when studying labor markets, commuting zones, or environmental spillovers around FIPS 72073.
Federal Datasets Using Code 72073
FIPS code 72073 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 72073 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:073",
"in": "state:72",
"key": "YOUR_CENSUS_API_KEY",
}
r = requests.get(url, params=params)
data = r.json() # [[header...], [Jayuya Municipio, Puerto Rico, income, pop, ...]-- 5-digit combined FIPS (state + county)
SELECT * FROM your_table WHERE county_fips = '72073';
-- Some datasets store state and county separately
SELECT * FROM your_table
WHERE state_fips = '72'
AND county_fips = '073';
-- ⚠ Never cast to integer — leading zeros are lost:
-- county_fips = 72073 is WRONG for this countylibrary(tidycensus)
get_acs(
geography = "county",
variables = c(income = "B19013_001E", pop = "B01003_001E"),
state = "72",
county = "073",
year = 2022
)ZIP Codes in Jayuya 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 Jayuya Municipio. Why FIPS ≠ ZIP →
| ZIP Code | % in county |
|---|---|
| 00664 | 94.9% |