Stateside Puerto Ricans or Puerto Ricans in the United States, also known as Puerto Rican Americans, are Americans in the United States proper, namely the 50 states and Washington, D.C., who were born
Teatro Puerto Rico in South Bronx, New York City, in the 1950s.
Colonel Héctor Andrés Negroni, the first Puerto Rican graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, was born in Yauco, Puerto Rico and moved with his family to Philadelphia as a child.
Hispanic and Latino Americans are Americans who have a Hispanic or Latino American background, culture, or family origin. This demographic group includes all Americans who identify as Hispanic or Lati
Stateside Puerto Ricans
…to be 6.11 million, making up 1.8% of the US population. After Mexicans, Puerto Ricans are the second largest Hispanic group, representing 9.0% of the US Hispanic population. They are also the largest West Indian group, representing 40.4% of people with origins in the Caribbean. The Northeast (2.7 million) and Florida (1.3…
The Spanish Harlem Orchestra in Manhattan. New York City is home to nearly 3 million Latino Americans, the largest Hispanic population of any city outside Latin America and Spain.
The National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Hispanics make up half of New Mexico's population.
Mariachi Plaza in Los Angeles; Hispanics form the largest ethnic group in California, at 15.7 million people, or 40.4% of the total population.
The Latino Cultural Center in Dallas; Hispanics are the largest ethnic group in Texas, making up 11.4 million people, or 39.3% of the population.