The unofficial but colloquial San Juan metropolitan area (in Spanish; área metropolitana de San Juan, abbreviated AMSJ), also referred to as the Área Metro is the
sprawling area surrounding the
Municipality of San Juan which includes San Juan and its
conurbation of the municipalities of
Bayamón,
Carolina,
Cataño,
Guaynabo and
Trujillo Alto, and in some cases it also includes
Toa Baja (particularly the suburb of
Levittown). After San Juan, many of these municipalities are the most populous in the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.[3] It represents the inner urban area of the metropolitan statistical area of San Juan. This urban area is also known as the Área metro de Puerto Rico based on the misconception that San Juan is the only urbanized metropolitan area in the island.
Municipalities in the San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas metropolitan area
San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area (by population) in Puerto Rico, covering approximately half of the island. Its principal cities are
San Juan,
Bayamón and
Carolina.[4]
A total of forty municipalities (
Spanish: municipios) are included as part of the San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas MSA.[4][5][6] The total area for the MSA is 1,902.45 square miles. As of 2020, the San Juan metropolitan statistical area is the 35th most populated MSA (slightly smaller than
Greater Cleveland but larger than
San Jose metropolitan area in population).
As of July 2023, the San Juan–Bayamón Combined Statistical Area (CSA) includes three
metropolitan areas, three
micropolitan areas, totalling fifty municipalities (municipios). A July 1, 2009 Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 2,732,036, a 4.16% increase over the
2000 census figure of 2,622,876. The San Juan–Bayamón Combined Statistical Area comprises 68.9% of Puerto Rico's total population.[7] As of 2020, the San Juan combined statistical area is the 29th largest CSA (slightly smaller than
Indianapolis and larger than
Las Vegas in population).
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