Which states have the highest number of Puerto Rican immigrants?
5th highest
Massachusetts
How many Puerto Rican immigrants live in the United States?
4.7 million
Are Puerto Rican immigrants considered U.S. citizens?
No, Puerto Rican immigrants are not covered by the Bill of Rights.
What is one driving force for people leaving Puerto Rico?
Fewer wage earners
4th highest
New Jersey
What is the net migration rate for Puerto Ricans in 2021?
-16.066 per 1000 people
What is the biggest challenge Puerto Rican immigrants face when coming to the United States?
Confirming their documentation
What is the plan for a Puerto Rican citizen when the economy begins to fail?
They flee to the United States, then return when the U.S. economy begins deteriorating.
3rd highest
Pennsylvania
How much has the poverty rate decreased in PR since 2017?
1.3%, from 44.4 to 43.1
What was the name of the largest migration period to the United in Puerto Rican history?
"The Great Migration"
Which time period had the largest migration movement?
144,000 more people left the island for the mainland than the other way around from mid-2010 to 2013
2nd highest
New York
By how many people has the population decreased by in Puerto Rico since 2017?
Puerto Rico decreased by 142,000 (4.4%) from 3,337,000 in 2017 to 3,195,000
Do Puerto Rican immigrants receive healthcare right away when they migrate to the U.S. ?
No, they have to apply for it.
How many mainland born Puerto Ricans are left on the island?
mainland-born Puerto Ricans make up 4% of Puerto Ricans on the island, yet from 2000 to 2012, fully a third of the net loss of Hispanic Puerto Ricans on the island was due to departures of mainland-born Puerto Ricans.
Highest
Florida
Which two states were sought out by Puerto Rican immigrants more than any other in 2018?
Georgia and Michigan
True or False... over 50% of Puerto Ricans in the United States feel they've been racially discriminated in the country?
True
What regions have a majority of Puerto Ricans fled to?
About half (52%) of Puerto Ricans lived in the Northeast in 2012, compared with three-quarters (74%) who did so in 1980.