Morovis Municipio area

Morovis Municipio, Puerto Rico covers 38.9 square miles: 38.9 square miles of land and 0.054 square miles of water. Its county seat is Morovis. An estimated 28,170 people lived there in 2025.

Official Census measurements · GEOID 721012026 Gazetteer · retrieved September 27, 2026
Land area38.9 mi²
Water area0.054 mi²
Population (2025)28,170
People per mi²724

County outline

Generalized outline of Morovis 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 Morovis Municipio is located

Morovis 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 99.9% of Morovis Municipio’s measured area and water for 0.1%. Its combined area converts to 100.8 square kilometers or approximately 24,920 acres.

Green: land · blue: water

MeasurementSquare milesSquare kilometersAcres
Land38.883100.70724,885.1
Water0.0540.1434.6
Total38.937100.84624,919.7

How Morovis Municipio compares

By original Census land area, Morovis Municipio ranks #42 of 78 in Puerto Rico and #3153 of 3,222 nationally. National rankings include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Its land area is 0.926 times the Puerto Rico county-equivalent median of 42 square miles. It accounts for 1.1% 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 Morovis Municipio

The Census Bureau estimates that 28,170 people lived in Morovis Municipio on July 1, 2025. That ranks #1,547 of 3,222 county equivalents nationally and #42 of 78 in Puerto Rico. Since the April 1, 2020 estimates base of 28,726, the population has declined by 556 (−1.9%), compared with −3.1% for Puerto Rico as a whole.

With 38.9 square miles of land, that is 724 people per square mile (280 per km²), placing Morovis Municipio #252 nationally for density and #43 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 0.883 acres of land per resident.

Estimated population, 2020–2025 · line scaled to this county’s own range
July 1202020212022202320242025
Estimate28,68928,58228,27428,19928,25428,170
Change—−107−308−75+55−84

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 Morovis Municipio

Puerto Rico has no incorporated places below the municipio: Morovis 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

Morovis 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; Morovis Municipio accounts for 2.7% of the land and 1.4% 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

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area has land in Morovis Municipio, and it lies mostly inside the county.

00687

ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are the Census Bureau’s approximations of USPS ZIP Code service areas, from the 2020 Census relationship files. Post-office-box and single-address ZIP Codes have no tabulation area.

Counties bordering Morovis Municipio

Morovis Municipio shares a land border with 6 county equivalents. It has more land than 1 of them. The largest neighbor is Ciales Municipio (66.6 mi²) and the smallest is Vega Alta Municipio (27.7 mi²). Together with its neighbors, Morovis Municipio forms a block of 329.9 mi² of land, of which it holds 11.8%.

Map of Morovis Municipio and the 6 county equivalents that border it Ciales Municipio, Puerto Rico: 66.6 mi² landOrocovis Municipio, Puerto Rico: 63.6 mi² landVega Baja Municipio, Puerto Rico: 45.9 mi² landCorozal Municipio, Puerto Rico: 42.5 mi² landVega Alta Municipio, Puerto Rico: 27.7 mi² landManatí Municipio, Puerto Rico: 44.7 mi² land
Morovis 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. MorovisCompare
Ciales Municipio66.61.7× largerCompare
Orocovis Municipio63.61.6× largerCompare
Vega Baja Municipio45.91.2× largerCompare
Manatí Municipio44.71.2× largerCompare
Corozal Municipio42.51.1× largerCompare
Vega Alta Municipio27.71.4× smallerCompare

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

Morovis Municipio has less land than any of the 50 states. Rhode Island, the smallest state by land area, has 1,033.9 mi², about 27 times as much. Puerto Rico’s county land could hold about 88 areas the size of Morovis Municipio.

Land area: Morovis Municipio and the closest-sized states
Morovis Municipio38.9 mi²
Rhode Island1,033.9 mi²

Another way to picture it: the same land area would fill a square about 6.24 miles (10 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 Morovis Municipio?

Morovis Municipio has more land than 69 of the other 3,221 county equivalents in the dataset.

Land area compared with the typical county equivalent
Morovis Municipio38.9 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 Morovis Municipio at #3,169 nationally by total area, 16 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 0.1%, compared with a national county-equivalent median of 1.2% — 1 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 Morovis Municipio in the national ranking. They can be in different states and are not necessarily geographic neighbors.

Land rankCounty equivalentLand mi²Comparison
#3152Añasco Municipio, Puerto Rico39.3Compare
#3153Morovis Municipio, Puerto Rico38.9This county
#3154Guánica Municipio, Puerto Rico37.1Compare

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 18.318017, -66.420392. 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: 100,706,890 m²; AWATER: 138,661 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 Morovis Municipio?

Morovis Municipio, Puerto Rico has 38.9 square miles (100.7 km²) of land and 0.054 square miles of water, for a total area of 38.9 square miles. It ranks #3153 of 3,222 U.S. county equivalents by land area.

Is Morovis Municipio the largest county in Puerto Rico?

No. Morovis Municipio ranks #42 of 78 in Puerto Rico by land area. The largest is Arecibo Municipio, with 126 square miles of land.

What counties border Morovis Municipio?

Morovis Municipio shares a land border with Ciales Municipio, Orocovis Municipio, Vega Baja Municipio, Corozal Municipio, Vega Alta Municipio, and Manatí Municipio.

What is the population of Morovis Municipio?

The Census Bureau estimates Morovis Municipio had 28,170 residents on July 1, 2025, ranking #1,547 of 3,222 county equivalents. That is 724 people per square mile of land.

What is the county seat of Morovis Municipio?

The county seat of Morovis Municipio is Morovis.

Is Morovis 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 Morovis Municipio?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area has land in Morovis 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 Morovis Municipio compare with U.S. states?

It has less land than every state. Rhode Island, the smallest, has 26.6 times as much land.

How many acres of land are in Morovis Municipio?

The land measurement converts to approximately 24,885 acres. Including water, total area is approximately 24,920 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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