Ponce metropolitan area#Combined Statistical Area

{{short description|Statistical area in Puerto Rico}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

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| caption2 = Yauco and Guayanilla

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| caption3 = Peñuelas
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| caption6 = Coamo and Santa Isabel

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| caption7 = Cays in Tollaboa Bay to Isla del Frío in Ponce Bay

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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.{{cite web |date=June 2024 |title=Puerto Rico Municipios Population Totals: 2020–2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-puerto-rico-municipios.html |access-date=15 August 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau, Population Division}}{{Cite web |title=Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the United States and Puerto Rico, July 2023 |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/metroarea/us_wall/Jul2023/CBSA_WallMap_Jul2023.pdf |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=United States Census Bureau}}{{cite web |date=1 July 2023 |title=Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses (OMB Bulletin 23-01) |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf |access-date=5 March 2024 |format=CSV}}