Where is Puerto Rico from?

Puerto Rico is a country in North America and a free state in the United States.

Puerto Rico is an autonomous state located in the eastern part of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean. Including Puerto Rico and the small islands of Vieques and Culevra. It borders the Atlantic Ocean in the north, the Caribbean Sea in the south, the United States Virgin Islands and British Islands across the sea in the east, and Dominica and the United States across the mona passage in the west. The capital is San Juan.

As an autonomous region of the United States, Puerto Rican residents are American citizens and do not participate in the US presidential election, but they have the right to elect a Commissioner without voting rights in the US House of Representatives. As of 20 18, Puerto Rico has a land area of 9 104 square kilometers and a population of 3,659,007. Among them, Puerto Ricans accounted for 76.2%.

Population and nationality

Puerto Ricans are the general name of Puerto Ricans in Central America and the Caribbean. About 3.659 million (20 18). Common Spanish and English. Multi-Catholic. The earliest inhabitants of Puerto Rico were Arawaks and Caribbean Indians. In 20 12, European whites accounted for 73% of all residents, mixed-race children accounted for 23%, and blacks accounted for 4%.

There are more than twenty thousand Americans and immigrants from other countries. 20% of the economically independent population is engaged in industry, 65,438+07.2% in commerce, 7.3% in agriculture, 65,438+07% in construction and transportation, and 33.7% in service industry. Puerto Rican nationals are fully American citizens and have the right to vote in national elections after moving to the United States.

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