| San Juan Metropolitan Area | |
| Other Name: | Spanish; Castilian: San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas Metropolitan Area |
| Settlement Type: | Metropolitan Area |
| Map Alt: | Área metropolitana de San Juan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | Territory |
| Subdivision Name1: | Puerto Rico |
| Parts Type: | Principal cities |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | MSA |
| Population Blank1: | 2,202,708 |
| Population Blank2 Title: | CSA |
| Population Blank2: | 2,292,207 |
| Utc Offset: | -4 |
| Timezone Dst: | AST |
| Native Name: | Área metropolitana de San Juan |
| Nickname: | Área Metro, La Losa |
| Pushpin Map: | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
The San Juan metropolitan area is a United States Census Bureau defined metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in northeastern Puerto Rico centered around the city of San Juan.[1] A July 1, 2009, Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 2,617,089, a 4.31% increase over the 2000 census figure of 2,509,007.[2]
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.
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; Castilian: municipios) are included as part of the San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas MSA.[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).