Is Puerto Rico a country?

Puerto Rico is not a country, but an autonomous state in the United States.

Puerto Rico (English: The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Spanish: Estado libre Asociado de Puerto Rico), referred to as Puerto Rico, is 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.

The population of Puerto Rico

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. More 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.