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Puerto Rico GIS data sources

Region
Caribbean
ISO 3166
PR · PRI
Sources
8
Themes
10
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Puerto Rico: 8 sources across 10 themes, led by Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics and Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service. 5 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 1 covers elevation including LiDAR. 4 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Puerto Rico

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • TIGER/Line Shapefiles (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    U.S. Census Bureau

    Census geography for Puerto Rico (municipios, barrios, tracts, blocks) and roads; select state code 72.

    • Boundaries & admin
    • Transport
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    Shapefile
    Link
    census.gov

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Elevation / DEM 1

Free DEM, LiDAR and elevation data for every country

  • NOAA Data Access Viewer (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    NOAA Office for Coastal Management

    Custom downloads of lidar, coastal DEMs, C-CAP land cover and imagery covering Puerto Rico.

    • Elevation / DEM
    • Land cover
    • Imagery
    Licence
    Public domain (US Gov)
    Formats
    LAZ, GeoTIFF
    Link
    coast.noaa.gov

    Verified

Population 1

Gridded population data for every country

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

  • JP Sistema de Información Geográfica (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico

    Planning Board hub for zoning, land use, cadastre and flood-related layers.

    • Addresses & cadastre
    • Land cover
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, GeoJSON, CSV
    Link
    sistema-de-informacion-geografica-junta-de-planificacion-gisjp.hub.arcgis.com

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Open data portal 1

Open geospatial data portals for every country

  • Portal GIS del Gobierno de Puerto Rico (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service (PRITS)

    Government geodata downloads: legal and census boundaries, hydrography, geology, topography and infrastructure.

    • Open data portal
    • Boundaries & admin
    • Hydrology
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Formats
    Shapefile, KML, WFS
    Link
    gis.pr.gov

    Verified

Global datasets that cover Puerto Rico

Worldwide and continental layers that include Puerto Rico, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
Elevation / DEM
Imagery
Land cover
Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Addresses & cadastre
Transport
Hydrology
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