Puerto Ricans

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Puerto Ricans
  • Puertorriqueños
  • Boricuas
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Total population
Puerto Ricans: ~9 million
Diaspora: ~6 million[1][2]
Regions with significant populations
 Puerto Rico
(2022)		3,075,871[3]
 United States (2022)5,905,178[4]
 U.S. Virgin Islands
(2020)		7,759[5]
 Dominican Republic (2015)6,083[6]
 Canada (2016)3,405[7]
 Mexico (2000)1,970[8]
 Venezuela (2001)528[9]
 Netherlands (2019)241[10]
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Religion
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Puerto Ricans (Spanish: Puertorriqueños),[12][13] most commonly known as Boricuas,[a][14] but also occasionally referred to as Borinqueños, Borincanos,[b] or Puertorros,[c][15] are an ethnic group native to the Caribbean archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, and a nation identified with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico through ancestry, culture, or history. Puerto Ricans are predominately a tri-racial, Spanish-speaking, Christian society, descending in varying degrees from Indigenous Taíno natives, Southwestern European colonists, and West and Central African slaves, freedmen, and free Blacks. As citizens of a U.S. territory, Puerto Ricans have automatic birthright American citizenship, and are considerably influenced by American culture. The population of Puerto Ricans is between 9 and 10 million worldwide, with the overwhelming majority residing in Puerto Rico and mainland United States.

  1. ^ "Nevada and Idaho Are the Nation's Fastest-Growing States". United States Census Bureau. December 19, 2018. Archived from the original on December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Cumulative Population Change: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2017 for Puerto Rico". United States Census Bureau. July 1, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  3. ^ "B03001 Hispanic or Latino Origin by Specific Origin - Puerto Rico - 2022 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "B03001 HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY SPECIFIC ORIGIN - United States - 2022 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
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  6. ^ El panorama de la migración en República Dominicana: Cuadro 2.4. Los Haitianos son el principal grupo de inmigrantes
  7. ^ "2016 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations". 2.statcan.ca. April 2, 2011. Archived from the original on April 22, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  8. ^ Los extranjeros en México Archived February 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Estadísticas Venezuela
  10. ^ "Bevolking; geslacht, leeftijd, generatie en migratieachtergrond". Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (in Dutch). January 1, 2019. Archived from the original on May 7, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ^ "Key findings about Puerto Rico". March 29, 2017.
  12. ^ "puertorriqueño, ña". Diccionario de la Lengua Española por la Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  13. ^ "puertorriqueño -ña". Diccionario de la Lengua Española por la Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  14. ^ "puertorriqueño". Diccionario de la Lengua Española por la Real Academia Española (in Spanish). Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  15. ^ "puertorro, -a". Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española: Diccionario de Americanismos (in Spanish). Retrieved January 19, 2024.


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