PR · GEOID 72115

Quebradillas Municipio area

Quebradillas Municipio, Puerto Rico covers 34.3 square miles: 22.7 square miles of land and 11.7 square miles of water.

Official Census measurements2026 Gazetteer · retrieved September 27, 2026
Land area22.7 mi²
Water area11.7 mi²
Total area34.3 mi²
National land rank#3184

County outline

Generalized outline of Quebradillas 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 Quebradillas Municipio is located

Quebradillas 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 66% of Quebradillas Municipio’s measured area and water for 34%. Its combined area converts to 88.9 square kilometers or approximately 21,980 acres.

Green: land · blue: water

MeasurementSquare milesSquare kilometersAcres
Land22.66958.71214,508.2
Water11.67430.2367,471.4
Total34.34388.94821,979.5

How Quebradillas Municipio compares

By original Census land area, Quebradillas Municipio ranks #68 of 78 in Puerto Rico and #3184 of 3,222 nationally. National rankings include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Its land area is 0.54 times the Puerto Rico county-equivalent median of 42 square miles. It accounts for 0.7% of the combined county land area in the state.

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What stands out about Quebradillas Municipio?

Quebradillas Municipio has more land than 38 of the other 3,221 county equivalents in the dataset.

Land area compared with the typical county equivalent
Quebradillas Municipio22.7 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 Quebradillas Municipio at #3,177 nationally by total area, 7 places closer to the top than its land rank. The water assigned to this geography moves it ahead of some county equivalents with more land.

Its water share is 34%, compared with a national county-equivalent median of 1.2% — 32.8 percentage points higher. 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 Quebradillas Municipio in the national ranking. They can be in different states and are not necessarily geographic neighbors.

Land rankCounty equivalentLand mi²Comparison
#3183Petersburg city, Virginia22.7Compare
#3184Quebradillas Municipio, Puerto Rico22.7This county
#3185New York County, New York22.7Compare

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 18.466357, -66.927603. 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: 58,711,275 m²; AWATER: 30,234,869 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 many acres of land are in Quebradillas Municipio?

The land measurement converts to approximately 14,508 acres. Including water, total area is approximately 21,980 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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