This map shows the percentage of unemployed population in each census tract for the region comprising the San Juan Bay Estuary basin, according to data from the United States Census Bureau.

The percentage of the population that is unemployed in this region is nine (9%).

The census tracts with the highest proportion of unemployment coincide with those that have the highest proportion of the population below the poverty line.

As you can see on the map, the highest concentration of unemployed people is along the central part of the watershed and at its eastern and western extremes. These census tracts include southern Cataño, northern and central San Juan, and Loíza.

The only exception is the census tracts that are within the islet of San Juan, which have a high proportion of population above the poverty threshold, but mostly do not contain high rates of unemployed population.

The municipalities with the highest proportion of unemployed residents are: Cataño (19%), Loíza (14%), Canóvanas (14%), San Juan (9%), and Carolina (8%). Conversely, the municipalities with the highest number of unemployed residents are: San Juan (23,862), Carolina (8,590), and Cataño (3,084).

We remind you that the information collected by the United States Census Bureau is aggregated according to official administrative divisions established based on the desired level of detail and geographic scale. In the case of Puerto Rico, some of these official divisions include municipalities, barrios, census tracts, and census blocks, among others. Census tracts are defined by grouping together small regions that share some homogeneity in their population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions. These are contiguous areas where the primary criterion for their definition is that the total population fluctuates around 4,000 people.