Residential delivery area · Puerto Rico

ZIP Code 00612: Arecibo, PR

ZIP code 00612 uses the postal name Arecibo, Puerto Rico and lies entirely in Arecibo Municipio (Census 2020 ZIP-county file). About 63,000 people live there (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Median household income is $24,488 (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). By Census place, its land lies in Arecibo (20%) and Animas (under 1%); 79% is outside any Census place.

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0national area: Puerto Rico, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and 5 more

006sectional center: San Juan, PR (SCF 006)

12delivery area within it

Town: Arecibo · its only residential ZIP
County: Arecibo Municipio
Census places: Arecibo (20%); Animas (under 1%)
Neighborhood: Arecibo Gardens GeoNames
Metro area: Arecibo, PR
House district: PR resident commissioner 119th Congress
State: Puerto Rico
Time zone: Atlantic
Land area: 76.1 sq mi · 826 people per sq mi
PO Box ZIPs: 00613, 00614 also use the name Arecibo

Where is ZIP code 00612?

00612 centers on 18.417°, -66.700° and covers 76.1 square miles of land plus 5.9 of water. It borders 7 ZIP codes: 00616, 00688, 00659, 00652, 00650, 00617, 00641.

Shaded by median household income, in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024); 00612 outlined. Census 2020 ZCTA boundaries. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

The map draws ZIP code areas only. For the streets inside 00612, open its center on OpenStreetMap.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries and the 2023 Gazetteer (2020 ZCTAs); ZIP-to-county shares, Census places and House districts (119th Congress) from the Census 2020 relationship files (shares of land); metro area from the OMB delineation (July 2023); town name and time zone from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0); neighborhoods from the GeoNames gazetteer (CC BY 4.0), placed in this ZIP code by PlainZIP.

How does 00612 compare with the rest of Arecibo Municipio?

Rank of 00612 among the residential ZIP codes of its town, county and state (1 = the most; income and home value among ZIP codes of 1,000+ people living in households)
Measure	00612	In Arecibo Municipio	In PR
People (ACS 2020-2024)	62,908	1st of 5	6th of 132
Median household income	$25k	2nd of 5	54th of 116
Median home value	$118k	2nd of 5	69th of 121

Its median household income is higher than in 1% of U.S. residential ZIP codes, and it is denser than 77% of all U.S. residential ZIP codes. ZIP codes at the ACS caps ($250,000 or more for household income, $2,000,000 or more for home value) share the top rank.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B01003, B19013, B25077); ranks by PlainZIP over residential ZIP codes (ZCTAs).

How many people live in 00612?

The 2020 Census counted 62,425 people in 00612; the ACS, which samples households over 2020-2024, estimates 62,908. Its boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, so the two counts are not compared.

People, ACS 2020-2024: 62,908
2020 Census count: 62,425
Households: 24,426
Median age: 45.1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B01003, B01002, B11001); 2020 Census (DHC P1); 2010 Census (SF1 P1).

Who lives in 00612?

Of the 62,908 people the ACS estimates in 00612, 16.7% are under 18 and 24.1% are 65 or older. The largest group by race and Hispanic origin is Hispanic or Latino (99.6%).

Under 1816.7%
18 to 6459.3%
65 and older24.1%

Age of the people of 00612 (ACS 2020-2024, B01001)

Hispanic or Latino99.6%
White, not Hispanic0.3%
Other or two or more0.1%
Black, not Hispanic0.0%
Asian, not Hispanic0.0%

Race and Hispanic origin in 00612 (ACS 2020-2024, B03002); each person counted once

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B01001 age by sex, B03002 Hispanic or Latino origin by race); shares of the estimated population, small ZIP codes carry wide margins.

What do households in 00612 earn?

Median household income is $24,488 (ACS 2020-2024), the 2nd highest of the 5 ranked ZIP codes in Arecibo Municipio.

Median household income: $24,488
Income per person: $15,819
Below the poverty line: 39.7%
Unemployed (of the labor force): 14.3%
Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree: 29.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 and 2015-2019 5-year estimates (B19013, B19301, B17001, B23025, B15003; 2015-2019 dollars converted with the BLS CPI-U, 1.22699); IRS Statistics of Income, ZIP code data, tax year 2022 (adjusted gross income per return, filed under the address on the return).

What are homes worth in 00612?

Median home value (owners' estimate): $117,600
Median gross rent: $510
Homes owned by their occupants: 64.1%
Housing units: 31,920

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B25077, B25064, B25003, B25001).

Which ZIP codes are next to 00612?

ZIP codes that share a boundary with 00612, then the nearest by center
ZIP	Town	People	Household income	Distance
00616	Bajadero	9,717	$22k	1.9 mi
00688	Sabana Hoyos	10,028	$18k	5.4 mi
00659	Hatillo	37,327	$28k	7.2 mi
00652	Garrochales	4,504	$35k	7.3 mi
00650	Florida	13,200	$21k	9.3 mi
00617	Barceloneta	22,584	$25k	9.3 mi
00641	Utuado	23,831	$21k	10.3 mi
00627	Camuy	32,734	$27k	10.7 mi (near)

Source: PlainZIP from the Census 2020 ZCTA boundaries (shared edges) and internal points; figures ACS 2020-2024.

Which other ZIP codes use the name Arecibo?

2 more ZIP codes carry the postal name Arecibo, PR without a residential delivery area: PO boxes at the post office, or a single organization with its own ZIP code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

ZIP codes named Arecibo without a residential area (GeoNames postal codes)
ZIP	County
00613	Arecibo Municipio
00614	Arecibo Municipio

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0), downloaded 2026-10-09; a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.