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BLPR 244 Puerto Ricans in the United States

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http://bb.hunter.cuny.edu/

 

According to the United States 2000 Census, there are 3.4 million people of Puerto Rican origin living on the United States (US) mainland. The population on the Island is approximately 3.8 million. About half of the total Puerto Rican population lives outside of the Island in the so-called Diaspora communities in the US. The following tables provide a general picture on the concentration of Puerto Ricans by cities and states.

 

Table. 1 Urban Concentration of Puerto Ricans in the US (Census 2000)

New York city Chicago city Philadelphia city Newark city Hartford city Springfield city Bridgeport city Jersey City city Boston city Cleveland city
New York Illinois Pennsylvania New Jersey Connec-ticut Massachusetts Connecticut New Jersey Massachu-setts Ohio
(789,172) (113,055) (91,527) (39,650) (39,586) (35,251) (32,177) (29,777) (27,442) (25,385)

 

     

    Table 2. Population Change for Puerto Ricans from 1990 to 2000 by State

2000 Puerto Rican Population Rank
State
2000 Total
2000 Puerto Rican Total
1990 Total
1990 Puerto Rican Total
Numeric Change Puerto Rican
Percent Change Puerto Rican
Average Annual Percent Change Puerto Rican
1 New York 18,976,457 1,050,293 17,990,455 1,086,601 (36,308) -3.3 -0.3
2 Florida 15,982,378 482,027 12,937,926 247,010 235,017 95.1 6.7
3 New Jersey 8,414,350 366,788 7,730,188 320,133 46,655 14.6 1.4
4 Pennsylvania 12,281,054 228,557 11,881,643 148,988 79,569 53.4 4.3
5 Massachusetts 6,349,097 199,207 6,016,425 151,193 48,014 31.8 2.8
6 Connecticut 3,405,565 194,443 3,287,116 146,842 47,601 32.4 2.8
7 Illinois 12,419,293 157,851 11,430,602 146,059 11,792 8.1 0.8
8 California 33,871,648 140,570 29,760,021 126,417 14,153 11.2 1.1
9 Texas 20,851,820 69,504 16,986,510 42,981 26,523 61.7 4.8
10 Ohio 11,353,140 66,269 10,847,115 45,853 20,416 44.5 3.7

Note: 1. Numeric Change = Population(2000) - Population(1990). Percent Change = [Population(2000) - Population(1990)] / Population(1990).