While Puerto Ricans comprise 5. However, Puerto Ricans make up about half of the Hispanic population of Pennsylvania. While the Hispanic population fo Pennsylvania is relatively small, Latinos have been about half of new residents in the past couple of years.
Puerto Ricans began coming to Pennsylvania in increased numbers after Hurricane Maria. The Garden State has , Puerto Rican residents. Like Pennsylvania, it has nearly half a million Puerto Ricans.
This puts the Puerto Rican population of the State at 4. Puerto Ricans began moving into Massachusetts in the s, often using special programs for farm workers.
The Puerto Rican population in Massachusetts is concentrated in the Springfield-Holyoke area, where nearly half the population is Puerto Rican. Holyoke in particular has the highest concentration of Puerto Ricans of any city in the 50 States. Connecticut actually has the largest percentage of Puerto Rican residents of any State: 8. Hartford has more than , Puerto Ricans, making it one of the most concentrated Puerto Rico communities in the States.
Like Massachusetts, Connecticut gained much of its Puerto Rican community in the 20th century, when Puerto Ricans moved to work in the tobacco fields. Texas reflects the growing population of Puerto Ricans in the south.
California and Texas are much more homogeneous with respect to country of origin. Therefore, it is possible that Latinos in California and Texas may interact with Latinos of different backgrounds less often and have less interaction with Latinos from other countries of origin. Most Latinos in the United States are citizens. Among those who are registered to vote, party affiliation differs by state see Table 5. Where Latinos in these states diff er, however, is on their trust in the federal government see Table 6.
As we have seen, Latino populations in California, Texas, New York, New Jersey, and Florida diff er tremendously by country of origin and, to a lesser extent, by the proportion that were born in the United States.
It is not surprising given historical events and a common border that most Latino residents in California and Texas are Mexican, while the Latinos in Florida, New York and New Jersey have a much more varied background. These differences in provenance and nativity appear to underlie many of the differences in opinion and experience seen between the populations of these five states, including how Latinos chose to identify themselves, foreign-born Latinos connection with their country of birth, and the perceived reasons behind discrimination.
However, as pointed out earlier, most Latinos are U. Therefore, especially as the Latino population continues to grow, it is important to explore these regional differences in the Latino population because they may increasingly affect the outcomes of local and state elections. Representatives of the Pew Hispanic Center and the Kaiser Family Foundation worked together to develop the survey questionnaire and analyze the results. The sample design employed a highly stratified disproportionate RDD sample of the 48 contiguous states, including oversamples for Salvadorans, Dominicans, Colombians, and Cubans.
The results are weighted to represent the actual distribution of adults throughout the United States. The Latino sample, in particular, was weighted to reflect the actual distribution among Latino adults of country of origin, age, sex, and region. In , an estimated , Puerto Ricans lived in California, accounting for four percent of all Puerto Ricans living in the United States. Hispanics represented Despite the relatively low proportion of Puerto Ricans, California had the eighth highest number of Puerto Ricans in the United States.
Skip to main content. Search form. Centro History Centro is a research institute that is dedicated to the study Jobs at Centro Learn about available jobs, work-study, internships Redistricting Press release. Afternoon Tertulia San Juan Queer. Collections Highlights Collections. Vega, who is unemployed, said he keeps busy by working odd jobs, preparing for job opportunities such as being a truck driver, and by volunteering at a local youth program where his girlfriend works. Still, the feeling of isolation hits home in different ways.
Some Puerto Ricans miss the lively politics and cultural events found on the island or in the Northeast, where Puerto Ricans are the dominant Latino group in cities like New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Hartford, Conn. Outside the office, being around members of other Latino groups speaking Spanish can be odd, she said. I get really happy when I see a car with a Puerto Rican flag on it.
Rosario said she came to the Los Angeles area about two years ago with her fiance, Raffaele Russo, also 33, and the couple married in February. So far, Rosario said, she has had her share of annoying experiences involving people who do not know anything about Puerto Rico. Explanation time. Puerto Rico, a Caribbean island about the size of Connecticut, became a U. Congress made Puerto Ricans citizens of the United States in and the current commonwealth status was established in Puerto Ricans on the island, which has about 3.
There are about 3 million Puerto Ricans living on the mainland who are eligible for all the rights or benefits of any U. How you got into the United States. Pineiro, who moved to San Francisco from Puerto Rico in , is happy to tell anyone about how Puerto Ricans began arriving in California.
In the early s, West Coast companies recruited Puerto Ricans to work as laborers in Hawaii to help farm sugar cane and grow pineapples. Some Puerto Ricans made it to Hawaii and stayed, some made it but returned to California and others made it as far as California and stayed because of factory jobs and other work available in the region. Although census figures show about , Puerto Ricans living throughout California, activists say there are perhaps thousands more residents of Puerto Rican heritage living in all parts of the state.
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