Immigration
and Emigration
Population density, Census 2000
Puerto Rico has recently become the
permanent home of over 100,000 legal residents who immigrated from not only the
Dominican Republic,
but from other Latin American countries. These include Cuba, Colombia,
and Venezuela,
as well as surrounding Caribbean islands, Haiti, Barbados,
and the U.S. Virgin Islands among them.
Emigration is a major part of contemporary Puerto Rican history.
Starting soon after World War II, poverty, cheap airfare, and promotion by the island
government caused waves of Puerto Ricans to move to the United States,
particularly to New York, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, and Florida. This trend continued even as Puerto Rico's economy improved
and its birth rate declined, and Puerto Ricans continue to follow a pattern of
"circular migration".
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Population density, Census 2000
Puerto Rico has recently become the
permanent home of over 100,000 legal residents who immigrated from not only the
Dominican Republic,
but from other Latin American countries. These include Cuba, Colombia,
and Venezuela,
as well as surrounding Caribbean islands, Haiti, Barbados,
and the U.S. Virgin Islands among them.
Emigration is a major part of contemporary Puerto Rican history.
Starting soon after World War II, poverty, cheap airfare, and promotion by the island
government caused waves of Puerto Ricans to move to the United States,
particularly to New York, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, and Florida. This trend continued even as Puerto Rico's economy improved
and its birth rate declined, and Puerto Ricans continue to follow a pattern of
"circular migration".
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