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Puerto Rican society

Puerto Ricans
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Total population
3,725,789Decrease
2010 United States Census
3,474,182Decrease
2015 estimate
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 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
Roman Catholic
Protestantism
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 the inhabitants or citizens of Puerto Rico. It is home to people of many different national origins and equate their nationality with citizenship, allegiance and culture.

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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