Corozal Municipio area

Corozal Municipio, Puerto Rico covers 42.5 square miles: 42.5 square miles of land and 0.006 square miles of water. Its county seat is Corozal. An estimated 34,531 people lived there in 2025.

Official Census measurements · GEOID 720472026 Gazetteer · retrieved September 27, 2026
Land area42.5 mi²
Water area0.006 mi²
Population (2025)34,531
People per mi²812

County outline

Generalized outline of Corozal Municipio, Puerto Rico
2025 Census cartographic boundary, fitted to this frame. County maps are not at a common scale. The 2026 area measurements below come from the separate Gazetteer release. Map source and limitations.

Where Corozal Municipio is located

Corozal Municipio highlighted on a map of all U.S. county equivalents. Puerto Rico is repositioned as an inset at the common scale. About the maps

Area breakdown

Land accounts for 100% of Corozal Municipio’s measured area and water for 0%. Its combined area converts to 110.2 square kilometers or approximately 27,230 acres.

Green: land · blue: water

MeasurementSquare milesSquare kilometersAcres
Land42.541110.18127,226.2
Water0.0060.0163.8
Total42.547110.19627,230.1

How Corozal Municipio compares

By original Census land area, Corozal Municipio ranks #38 of 78 in Puerto Rico and #3147 of 3,222 nationally. National rankings include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Its land area is 1.013 times the Puerto Rico county-equivalent median of 42 square miles. It accounts for 1.2% of the combined county land area in the state.

See the complete Puerto Rico ranking · What counts as a county equivalent?

Population and density of Corozal Municipio

The Census Bureau estimates that 34,531 people lived in Corozal Municipio on July 1, 2025. That ranks #1,356 of 3,222 county equivalents nationally and #32 of 78 in Puerto Rico. Since the April 1, 2020 estimates base of 34,542, the population has declined by 11 (−0%), compared with −3.1% for Puerto Rico as a whole.

With 42.5 square miles of land, that is 812 people per square mile (313 per km²), placing Corozal Municipio #225 nationally for density and #34 in Puerto Rico. The median county equivalent has 47 people per square mile; the Puerto Rico median is 754. Put another way, there are about 0.788 acres of land per resident.

Estimated population, 2020–2025 · line scaled to this county’s own range
July 1202020212022202320242025
Estimate34,53334,57334,31634,34234,51334,531
Change—+40−257+26+171+18

U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. Estimates are revised each year and are not decennial census counts. Density divides the whole population by the whole county’s land area, so it describes an average, not how settlement is distributed within the county. Population sources and methods.

Cities and towns in Corozal Municipio

Puerto Rico has no incorporated places below the municipio: Corozal Municipio is itself the local government. The Census Bureau describes the settlements inside it, such as zonas urbanas and comunidades, as statistical places, and publishes no separate annual estimates for them.

Metropolitan area

Corozal Municipio is a central county of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its 40 county equivalents have 2,024,195 residents on 1,437.8 square miles of land; Corozal Municipio accounts for 3% of the land and 1.7% of the residents. By combined land it ranks #229 of 393 metropolitan areas, and #36 by population. It belongs to the San Juan-Bayamón, PR Combined Statistical Area.

ZIP codes

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas have land in Corozal Municipio; 1 of them have most of their land inside the county, and the others mainly cover neighboring areas.

007190078300953

ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are the Census Bureau’s approximations of USPS ZIP Code service areas, from the 2020 Census relationship files. Lighter codes have less than half of their land in this county. Post-office-box and single-address ZIP Codes have no tabulation area.

Counties bordering Corozal Municipio

Corozal Municipio shares a land border with 6 county equivalents. It has more land than 5 of them. The largest neighbor is Orocovis Municipio (63.6 mi²) and the smallest is Toa Alta Municipio (27 mi²). Together with its neighbors, Corozal Municipio forms a block of 261.3 mi² of land, of which it holds 16.3%.

Map of Corozal Municipio and the 6 county equivalents that border it Naranjito Municipio, Puerto Rico: 27.4 mi² landOrocovis Municipio, Puerto Rico: 63.6 mi² landToa Alta Municipio, Puerto Rico: 27 mi² landVega Alta Municipio, Puerto Rico: 27.7 mi² landMorovis Municipio, Puerto Rico: 38.9 mi² landBarranquitas Municipio, Puerto Rico: 34.2 mi² land
Corozal Municipio (dark) and its bordering county equivalents. Select a neighbor to open its profile. Drawn from the 2025 Census cartographic boundaries in an equal-area projection. How borders are determined.
Bordering county equivalentLand mi²Size vs. CorozalCompare
Orocovis Municipio63.61.5× largerCompare
Morovis Municipio38.91.1× smallerCompare
Barranquitas Municipio34.21.2× smallerCompare
Vega Alta Municipio27.71.5× smallerCompare
Naranjito Municipio27.41.6× smallerCompare
Toa Alta Municipio271.6× smallerCompare

How big is Corozal Municipio compared with U.S. states?

Corozal Municipio has less land than any of the 50 states. Rhode Island, the smallest state by land area, has 1,033.9 mi², about 24 times as much. Puerto Rico’s county land could hold about 80 areas the size of Corozal Municipio.

Land area: Corozal Municipio and the closest-sized states
Corozal Municipio42.5 mi²
Rhode Island1,033.9 mi²

Another way to picture it: the same land area would fill a square about 6.52 miles (10.5 km) on each side. Real county shapes are rarely square, so this is a scale reference rather than a width or driving distance.

State figures are the sums of each state’s county-equivalent land measurements in the same Census release, so states and counties are compared on the same basis. Published state totals can differ slightly because of rounding. Compare all states · Counties bigger than entire states.

What stands out about Corozal Municipio?

Corozal Municipio has more land than 75 of the other 3,221 county equivalents in the dataset.

Land area compared with the typical county equivalent
Corozal Municipio42.5 mi²
Puerto Rico median42 mi²
National median604.5 mi²

A median is the middle county-equivalent measurement, not the average of the largest and smallest. All three bars use the same linear scale. Very small areas may appear as a thin sliver; the labels retain their values.

Does including water change its rank?

Using land plus water places Corozal Municipio at #3,167 nationally by total area, 20 places farther from the top than its land rank. Other county equivalents gain more area when their water measurements are included.

Its water share is 0%, compared with a national county-equivalent median of 1.2% — 1.2 percentage points lower. This describes the statistical geography’s land/water mix, not flood exposure or developable land.

Closest positions in the national land ranking

These entries sit immediately beside Corozal Municipio in the national ranking. They can be in different states and are not necessarily geographic neighbors.

Land rankCounty equivalentLand mi²Comparison
#3146Danville city, Virginia42.8Compare
#3147Corozal Municipio, Puerto Rico42.5This county
#3148Roanoke city, Virginia42.5Compare

Calculated from the same Census release as the area table. Total-area order uses original ALAND + AWATER; water shares and chart labels use published square miles. Calculation details.

Representative coordinates

The Census internal point is 18.303967, -66.326167. It represents a location inside the geography; it is not necessarily the centroid or the address of a courthouse.

Source and precision

U.S. Census Bureau, 2026 Gazetteer Files, Counties. Original ALAND: 110,181,842 m²; AWATER: 15,579 m². Rankings use ALAND; exact ties use ascending GEOID. Tables preserve Census-published square miles to three decimals, with conversions based on those values.

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Common questions

How big is Corozal Municipio?

Corozal Municipio, Puerto Rico has 42.5 square miles (110.2 km²) of land and 0.006 square miles of water, for a total area of 42.5 square miles. It ranks #3147 of 3,222 U.S. county equivalents by land area.

Is Corozal Municipio the largest county in Puerto Rico?

No. Corozal Municipio ranks #38 of 78 in Puerto Rico by land area. The largest is Arecibo Municipio, with 126 square miles of land.

What counties border Corozal Municipio?

Corozal Municipio shares a land border with Naranjito Municipio, Orocovis Municipio, Toa Alta Municipio, Vega Alta Municipio, Morovis Municipio, and Barranquitas Municipio.

What is the population of Corozal Municipio?

The Census Bureau estimates Corozal Municipio had 34,531 residents on July 1, 2025, ranking #1,356 of 3,222 county equivalents. That is 812 people per square mile of land.

What is the county seat of Corozal Municipio?

The county seat of Corozal Municipio is Corozal.

Is Corozal Municipio part of a metropolitan area?

Yes. It is a central county of the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has 40 county equivalents and 2,024,195 residents.

How many ZIP codes are in Corozal Municipio?

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas have land in Corozal Municipio, and 1 of them have most of their land inside the county. Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas approximate USPS ZIP Code areas.

How does Corozal Municipio compare with U.S. states?

It has less land than every state. Rhode Island, the smallest, has 24.3 times as much land.

How many acres of land are in Corozal Municipio?

The land measurement converts to approximately 27,226 acres. Including water, total area is approximately 27,230 acres. One square mile equals 640 acres.

Why might another source show a different area?

Check whether it reports land or total area, its Census vintage, and its rounding. Our guide explains how to reconcile county area figures.

Can this establish a property boundary?

No. Statistical measurements and generalized maps do not establish property lines. Consult the relevant local surveying or land-records authority.

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