Distribution of Hispanic or Latino: Puerto Rican People in the US

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Counties by Percentage of Population: Hispanic or Latino: Puerto Rican

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8.3%
16.6%
24.9%
33.2%
49.8%
66.4%
83%

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Top 20 Counties by % Population

#	County	Percentage
1	Yabucoa Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.66%
2	Sabana Grande Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.39%
3	Naranjito Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.38%
4	Jayuya Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.3%
5	Hatillo Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.27%
6	Juana D, Puerto Rico	99.25%
7	Villalba Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.23%
8	Santa Isabel Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.22%
9	Patillas Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.21%
10	Las Piedras Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.2%
11	Las Mar, Puerto Rico	99.12%
12	Cayey Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.1%
13	Adjuntas Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.06%
14	Barceloneta Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.05%
15	Yauco Municipio, Puerto Rico	99.04%
16	Salinas Municipio, Puerto Rico	99%
17	Orocovis Municipio, Puerto Rico	98.95%
18	Juncos Municipio, Puerto Rico	98.91%
19	Cabo Rojo Municipio, Puerto Rico	98.9%
20	San Lorenzo Municipio, Puerto Rico	98.89%

Top Counties by Population of Hispanic or Latino: Puerto Rican

#	County	Population
1	San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico	295,963
2	Bronx County, New York	276,389
3	Orange County, Florida	194,663
4	Bayam, Puerto Rico	174,242
5	Kings County, New York	161,857
6	Cook County, Illinois	143,799
7	Carolina Municipio, Puerto Rico	143,694
8	Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico	140,869
9	Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania	137,688
10	Caguas Municipio, Puerto Rico	127,021
11	Hillsborough County, Florida	116,867
12	Queens County, New York	112,777
13	Hartford County, Connecticut	110,852
14	Osceola County, Florida	106,929
15	New York County, New York	104,812
16	Miami-Dade County, Florida	100,245
17	Hampden County, Massachusetts	98,738
18	New Haven County, Connecticut	90,174
19	Broward County, Florida	88,469
20	Arecibo Municipio, Puerto Rico	85,652

Top States and Territories by Percentage

#	State	Percentage	Population
1	Puerto Rico	95.84%	3,246,054
2	Connecticut	8.16%	292,143
3	New York	5.57%	1,092,883
4	New Jersey	5.36%	475,882
5	Florida	5.35%	1,102,564
6	Massachusetts	4.72%	322,256
7	Rhode Island	3.98%	42,033
8	Pennsylvania	3.53%	452,100
9	Hawaii	3.25%	46,237
10	Delaware	2.75%	26,066
11	Illinois	1.61%	205,857
12	Virginia	1.19%	99,948
13	New Hampshire	1.18%	15,850
14	Ohio	1.07%	124,145
15	Wisconsin	0.99%	57,475
16	North Carolina	0.99%	100,881
17	Alaska	0.99%	7,312
18	Nevada	0.95%	27,871
19	Georgia	0.94%	96,870
20	Maryland	0.9%	53,905
21	District of Columbia	0.78%	5,331
22	South Carolina	0.76%	37,776
23	Texas	0.7%	194,939
24	Arizona	0.68%	46,981
25	Colorado	0.6%	33,135
26	Indiana	0.58%	38,555
27	California	0.55%	215,961
28	Tennessee	0.48%	32,054
29	Washington	0.48%	34,962
30	Michigan	0.46%	45,369
31	New Mexico	0.44%	9,226
32	Maine	0.43%	5,736
33	Alabama	0.42%	20,635
34	Vermont	0.42%	2,648
35	Kansas	0.42%	12,212
36	Kentucky	0.38%	16,794
37	Oklahoma	0.36%	14,028
38	Utah	0.36%	10,898
39	North Dakota	0.35%	2,661
40	West Virginia	0.34%	6,288
41	Oregon	0.34%	13,797
42	Louisiana	0.32%	15,100
43	Mississippi	0.32%	9,639
44	Nebraska	0.29%	5,570
45	South Dakota	0.28%	2,439
46	Idaho	0.28%	4,695
47	Minnesota	0.26%	14,515
48	Missouri	0.26%	15,855
49	Arkansas	0.24%	7,105
50	Montana	0.23%	2,435
51	Wyoming	0.22%	1,260
52	Iowa	0.21%	6,728

Top States and Territories by Population of Hispanic or Latino: Puerto Rican

#	State	Population
1	Puerto Rico	3,246,054
2	Florida	1,102,564
3	New York	1,092,883
4	New Jersey	475,882
5	Pennsylvania	452,100
6	Massachusetts	322,256
7	Connecticut	292,143
8	California	215,961
9	Illinois	205,857
10	Texas	194,939
11	Ohio	124,145
12	North Carolina	100,881
13	Virginia	99,948
14	Georgia	96,870
15	Wisconsin	57,475
16	Maryland	53,905
17	Arizona	46,981
18	Hawaii	46,237
19	Michigan	45,369
20	Rhode Island	42,033
21	Indiana	38,555
22	South Carolina	37,776
23	Washington	34,962
24	Colorado	33,135
25	Tennessee	32,054
26	Nevada	27,871
27	Delaware	26,066
28	Alabama	20,635
29	Kentucky	16,794
30	Missouri	15,855
31	New Hampshire	15,850
32	Louisiana	15,100
33	Minnesota	14,515
34	Oklahoma	14,028
35	Oregon	13,797
36	Kansas	12,212
37	Utah	10,898
38	Mississippi	9,639
39	New Mexico	9,226
40	Alaska	7,312
41	Arkansas	7,105
42	Iowa	6,728
43	West Virginia	6,288
44	Maine	5,736
45	Nebraska	5,570
46	District of Columbia	5,331
47	Idaho	4,695
48	North Dakota	2,661
49	Vermont	2,648
50	South Dakota	2,439
51	Montana	2,435
52	Wyoming	1,260

Source Data

This data was sourced from the 2013-2018 American Communities Survey. As this is freely available government data, feel free to use and share these numbers and metrics.