Puerto Rico Address Format Guide: Structure & Examples

Updated: November 27, 2025
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Puerto Rico Address Format Guide

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore the standard address format used in Puerto Rico. Whether you’re shipping packages, sending mail, or validating addresses for your business, understanding the proper address structure is essential for successful deliveries. We’ll cover the basic elements, provide examples, and explain how GeoPostcodes can help with address validation.

Puerto Rico - Address Format

An address format in Puerto Rico contains the following elements:

  1. Recipient’s name
  2. Business or department name (if applicable)
  3. House number and Street name
  4. City Name, State Code and Postal Code (5 digits)
  5. Country – PUERTO RICO (in all caps)

John Smith
7566 Calle Dr. Rafael López Nussa
Ponce PR 00717
PUERTO RICO

Puerto Rico Address Format Examples

Example 1:

John Smith
24 Calle Martinez
Guaynabo PR 00969
PUERTO RICO

Example 2:

Puerto Rico Post Office
3 Calle Luis Munoz Rivera
Caguas PR 00725
PUERTO RICO

Postal and Country Information for Puerto Rico

Country/territory name Puerto Rico
ISO codes ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: PR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: PRI
ISO 3166-1 numeric-1: 630
Administrative area count 78
Term to describe postal codes ZIP code
Postal code format 99999
Population 3 271 879
Total land area 8 938km²

How to Validate Addresses for Puerto Rico Using GeoPostcodes Database

GeoPostcodes offers comprehensive address validation database to validate Puerto Rico addresses. Our database ensures addresses follow the correct format for Puerto Rico, reducing delivery errors and improving efficiency.

Use GeoPostcodes:

  • Address Database to validate Street Names, Cities, State Code and Postal Codes in Puerto Rico
  • Postal Database if you only need to validate Cities, State Code and Postal Codes in Puerto Rico
  • Population Database if you would like to do urban/rural mapping or compute how many people live in Puerto Rico segmented by postal code, city or administrative divisions

You can leverage GeoPostcodes data to validate addresses in Puerto Rico using:

  • Street column to validate Street names
  • Locality column to validate City names
  • ISO column to validate State Code
  • Postcode column to validate Postal Codes