Ponce metropolitan area

Ponce metropolitan area

*Área metropolitana de Ponce*
Ponce metropolitan area Área metropolitana de Ponce
Metropolitan area
	Ponce metropolitan area in south central Puerto Rico Yauco and Guayanilla Peñuelas ; and ; Ponce Ponce; and Juana Díaz Villalba and Juana Díaz Coamo and Santa Isabel Cays in Tollaboa Bay to Isla del Frío in Ponce Bay Caja de Muertos to Punta Petrona Natural Reserve
	Map of Puerto Rico with urban areas ; demarcated in orange to yellow
Statistical areas in Puerto Rico	Ponce MSA within Ponce–Coamo CSA Coamo μSA within the Ponce–Coamo CSA Other Statistical Areas in Puerto Rico: San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas MSA, Arecibo MSA, Guayama MSA, Lares μSA, Utuado μSA, and Coco μSA within the San Juan–Bayamón CSA, and Mayagüez MSA and Aguadilla MSA within Mayagüez–Aguadilla CSA Municipalities outside statistical areas
	Ponce MSA within Ponce–Coamo CSA Coamo μSA within the Ponce–Coamo CSA Other Statistical Areas in Puerto Rico: San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas MSA, Arecibo MSA, Guayama MSA, Lares μSA, Utuado μSA, and Coco μSA within the San Juan–Bayamón CSA, and Mayagüez MSA and Aguadilla MSA within Mayagüez–Aguadilla CSA Municipalities outside statistical areas
Country	United States
Territory	Puerto Rico
Principal cities	Ponce; Coamo;
Time zone	UTC−4
• Summer (DST)	AST

The Ponce metropolitan area (Spanish: área metropolitana de Ponce), is the second largest metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in Puerto Rico, comprising the municipalities of Ponce, Juana Díaz, Yauco, Villalba, Peñuelas, Adjuntas, and Guayanilla between the coastal plain and the Cordillera Central mountain subrange in the south central region of the main island. One of 6 metropolitan statistical areas in Puerto Rico, it lies within the Ponce–Coamo combined statistical area (CSA), which is one of 3 primary statistical areas in the main island as defined by the United States Census Bureau. As of 2023, census estimates place the population of the Ponce metropolitan area at 266,237.^[1]^[2]^[3]