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The first large group of Jews to settle in Puerto Rico were European refugees fleeing German–occupied Europe in the late 1930s. Puerto Rico's economic boom of the 1950s attracted a considerable number of Jewish families from the U.S. mainland, who were joined after 1959 by an influx of Jewish emigres from Fidel Castro's Cuba. [8]
According to the 2020 U.S. census, the number of Puerto Ricans living outside of Puerto Rico in the U.S. is almost twice as many as those living in Puerto Rico. [240] As those who leave tend to be better educated than those who remain, this accentuates the drain on Puerto Rico's economy.
Proportion of Americans living below the poverty line in each county of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico according to the 2016 - 2020 American Community Survey This list of U.S. states and territories by poverty rate covers the 50 U.S. states , the District of Columbia , and the territory of Puerto Rico and their ...
On Friday, the Puerto Rican government told news outlets it authorized hundreds of cremations following the storm.
Despite my challenges living in Puerto Rico, we enjoyed the warm weather, beaches, sightseeing, and food. We took the ferry from Cataño across the bay to Old San Juan to go sightseeing.
In the 2020 United States census the total of Puerto Ricans that self-identified as White was 17.1% or 560,592 out of the 3,285,874 people living in Puerto Rico, [29] down from 75.8% in the 2010 Census, reflecting a change in perceptions of race in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rican migration trends since 2006 have been highly complex: New York State gained more Puerto Rican migrants from Puerto Rico (31% of the mainland total) as well as from elsewhere on the mainland (20% of interstate moves) between 2006 and 2012 than any other U.S. state, in absolute numbers, even while the southern United States gained ...
A massive power outage blanketed most of Puerto Rico early Tuesday, leaving more than 1.2 million people without electricity. Here's what to know about the blackout and Luma Energy, which handles ...