Puerto Rican

nationality

Also known as: Puertorriqueño

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In Hispanics in the United States: The U.S. Census of 2000
…a “person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin,” regardless of skin colour. From 1990 to 2000 the Hispanic population in the United States rose by nearly 60 percent, from 22.4 million in 1990 to 35.3 million in 2000, and some two…
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In Hispanics in the United States: The U.S. Census of 2010
Puerto Ricans (4.6 million) and Cubans (1.8 million) were the second and third largest groups, and their numbers also showed dramatic increases—36 percent and 44 percent, respectively. Smaller numbers of Hispanics hailed from countries in Central and South America. The largest Central American groups were…
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