DEC. 19, 2024 — The U.S. Census Bureau today released statistics on businesses with paid employees for Puerto Rico from the 2022 Economic Census of Island Areas. Similar data for American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands were released earlier this year.

Estimates are now available for Puerto Rico and by municipio (county-equivalent), metropolitan/micropolitan statistical area, combined statistical area, and Puerto Rico Planning Region, by two- through selected five-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) levels. These statistics include number of establishments, total employment, annual payroll, and total sales, receipts or revenue. Data on expenses, inventories and a wide variety of other statistics are also available for selected sectors.

Published estimates for Puerto Rico are available on data.census.gov and in the 2022 Economic Census of Island Areas snapshot series.

The Economic Census of Island Areas is the U.S. government’s official 5-year measure of employer businesses in the five permanently inhabited U.S. territories. Data in this release are the primary source of statistics about the structure and functioning of Puerto Rico’s economy, serving as part of the framework for the Commonwealth’s national accounts. This release includes 49 tables covering a wide range of data such as basic business statistics, revenue by North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) category, data by size categories of businesses, and information on the business owners’ race, gender and citizenship status.

For more information, including methodology, visit 2022 Island Areas.

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