Demographics

Historical populations Census Pop. %± 1960 15,943 — 1970 21,031 31.9% 1980 54,606 159.6% 1990 59,335 8.7% 2000 64,685 9.0% 2010 60,949 −5.8%

According to the 2010 Census, population in Aguadilla is at 60,949. This represents a decrease of more than 3,000 from the 2000 Census.

As a whole, Puerto Rico is populated mainly by people from a Creole (born on the Island of European descent) or Spanish and European descent, with small groups of African and Asian people. Statistics taken from the 2000 census shows that 83.6% of Aguadillanos have Spanish or white origin, 5.0% are black, 0.2% are Amerindian, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 8.2% were Some other race, 2.8% Two or more races.

On March 2012, unemployment was at 16.2%, which is the same percent it was in November 2010.