Puerto Rican (people)
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
3,725,789 2010 United States Census 3,474,182 2015 estimate |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
 Puerto Rico (2013) |
3,466,804 |
 United States (2015) |
5,372,759 |
 U.S. Virgin Islands (2010) |
10,981 |
 Dominican Republic (2010) |
5,763 |
 Canada (2011) |
2,340 |
 Mexico (2000) |
1,970 |
 Brazil
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800 |
 Venezuela (2001) |
528 |
 United Kingdom (2001) |
306 |
 Costa Rica (2000) |
268 |
 Argentina (2001) |
179 |
 Cuba (2001) |
121 |
 Australia (2006) |
78 |
| Languages | |
| Spanish, English | |
| Religion | |
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Roman Catholic Protestantism |
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| Related ethnic groups | |
| Africans · Amerindians · Chinese · Corsican · Criollos · French · German · Irish · Italian · Jewish · Maltese · Mestizos · Mulattos · Spanish · Portuguese | |
Puerto Ricans (Spanish: Puertorriqueños; or boricuas) are people from Puerto Rico, the inhabitants and citizens of Puerto Rico, and their descendants. Puerto Rico is home to people of many different national origins.
The culture held in common by most Puerto Ricans is referred to as mainstream Puerto Rican culture, a Western culture largely derived from the traditions of Spain, and more specifically Andalusia and the Canary Islands. Over 90% of Puerto Ricans descend from migrants from these two southern regions of Spain. Puerto Rico has also been influenced by African culture, Afro-Puerto Ricans being a significant minority. Puerto Rico has also received immigration from other parts of Spain such as Catalonia as well as from other European countries such as France, Ireland, Italy and Germany. Recent studies in population genetics have concluded that Puerto Rican gene pool is on average predominantly European, with a significant Sub-Saharan African, Guanche and Indigenous American substrate, the latter two originating in the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands and Puerto Rico's pre-Hispanic Taíno inhabitants, respectively.
The population of Puerto Ricans and descendants is estimated to be between 8 and 10 million worldwide, with most living within the islands of Puerto Rico and in the United States mainland. Within the United States, Puerto Ricans are present in all states of the Union, and the states with the largest populations of Puerto Ricans relative to the national population of Puerto Ricans in the United States at large are the states of New York, Florida, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, with large populations also in Massachusetts, Connecticut, California, Illinois, and Texas.
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