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Originally Posted by Packard fan
But the island’s population decline has accelerated in recent years. Over a two-year period between 2011 and 2013, Puerto Rico’s net population decreased by 50,000 people annually. Job-related reasons were cited by 42% of those leaving.
Another driver of the island’s population loss is falling fertility. In 2013, the average woman in Puerto Rico was estimated to have 1.3 children during her lifetime, a measure called the total fertility rate. A decade ago, the fertility rate was 1.9. Historically, fertility has dropped during economic recessions.
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Uh; how many American Hispanics wanna move TO Puerto Rico if talking Chicanos and so on. Word is their kind and Puerto Ricans DON'T "play well together" a lot of the time. |
OH please.....the island went from 3,808,610 in 2000 to 3,411,307 in 2015 (U.S Census data) .............3.4 million people in an island of 130 x 35 miles is still very over-populated place.
You have a over-populated island with limited resources with a territorial status that is suppressing growth so of course many will go the the mainland for better opportunities, that's what U.S. Citizenship is for to move freely within the nation.
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