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Puerto Ricans
People from Puerto Rico or who identify culturally as Puerto Rican / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Puerto Ricans (Spanish: Puertorriqueños),[12][13] most commonly known as Boricuas,[lower-alpha 1][14] but also occasionally referred to as Borinqueños, Borincanos,[lower-alpha 2] or Puertorros,[lower-alpha 3][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.
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Total population | |
Puerto Ricans: ~9 million Diaspora: ~6 million[1][2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() (2022) | 3,075,871[3] |
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![]() (2020) | 7,759[5] |
![]() | 6,083[6] |
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![]() | 1,970[8] |
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