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	Caguas Region^1
Census Data^2

Characteristic	Amount	Percent	Characteristic	Amount	Percent
ENTIRE POPULATION	392,799	100.0	HOMES	126,965	100.0
Males	190,023	48.4	HOMES de familias	105,022	82.7
Females	202,776	51.6	With children under 18	52,946	41.7
			Living below poverty level	47,007	37.0
AGE GROUPS			With children under 18	30,868	24.3
Under 3	18,301	4.7	HOMES con personas de 65 años o más	30,499	24.0
3 to 5	19,017	4.8	HOMES con abuelos criando nietos	6,860	5.4
6 to 11	38,865	9.9
12 to 14	19,346	4.9	POPULATION ATTENDING SCHOOL
15 to 17	20,088	5.1	Ages 5 to 9	31,902	100.0
18 to 21	25,750	6.6	Attending	31,145	97.6
22 to 24	17,513	4.5	No Attending	757	2.4
25 to 34	55,025	14.0	Ages 10-14	32,597	100.0
35 to 44	55,634	14.2	Attending	32,294	99.1
45 to 54	47,779	12.2	No Attending	303	0.9
55 to 64	34,882	8.9	Ages 15-17	19,853	100.0
65 to 74	23,122	5.9	Attending	18,348	92.4
75 or older	17,477	4.4	No Attending	1,505	7.6
			Ages 18-24	43,958	100.0
EMPLOYMENT			Attending	19,606	44.6
Population over 16	291,058	100.0	No Attending	24,352	55.4
In work force	117,314	40.3
Employed	96,194	33.0	EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
DesEmployed	21,120	7.3	Population over 25	233,919	100.0
No In work force	173,543	59.6	High school* or above	138,606	59.3
			Bachelor’s degree or above	40,566	17.3

Notes

1. Caguas Region includes the municipalities of Aguas Buenas, Aibonito, Barranquitas, Caguas, Cayey, Cidra, Gurabo, and San Lorenzo.

2. Source: Census, Year 2000. See data in MS Excel.

* Includes high school equivalency degree.