A shrinking, aging population poses the greatest risk to Puerto Rico’s long-term economic sustainability. #NewsismyBusiness
Puerto Rico’s population is projected to decline steadily from 2024 to 2029. #NewsismyBusiness
San Juan, Bayamón and Ponce lose the most residents as the island’s total population falls to 3.2 million. #NewsismyBusiness
Experts discuss solutions to address depopulation and attract the diaspora back to the island. #NewsismyBusiness
The U.S. Census Bureau figures are based on 2023 estimates. #NewsismyBusiness
New data reveal shifts in emigration trends. #NewsismyBusiness
The organization plans for a year of public policy proposals such as to attract the diaspora, as well increase its Washington, D.C., presence to lobby for the transition from NAP to SNAP and shed light on health care and energy issues. #NewsismyBusiness
The estimated total population of the island decreased by about 64,000 residents from April 2020 to July of last year. #NewsismyBusiness
Faced with the reality of an economy that has been reduced by 25% since 2006 and a population in continuous decline, Economist José Joaquín Villamil, from the Estudios Técnicos, Inc. firm, warned that the island’s risk profile “is very pronounced,” and urged planning for markets for the elderly, as well as taking advantage of new […]
The U.S. Census Bureau published the most recent data from the Annual Population Estimates for municipalities in Puerto Rico, which shows that from April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2019, seven towns lost at least 20% of its residents. According to the percentage change in the estimates, the seven municipalities that reflected this level of […]
Puerto Rico’s population increased by 340 people (0.0%) between 2018 and 2019 after several years of annual population decline, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s national and state population estimates. The most recent annual population estimates for Puerto Rico confirmed the number of local residents at 3,193,694 as of July 1, 2019. This slight increase […]
“I saw the future …. It’s wooooooonderful..there are no [Puerto Ricans]” this is a direct quote found in the leaked chats (#RickyLeaks) between the person who served as governor of Puerto Rico and his closest collaborators. This improper comment caught my attention due to the demography that underlies what this person claimed to have seen. […]
The population born in the U.S. mainland residing in Puerto Rico is estimated at 166,000 — a number that was reduced by 12% between 2010 and 2017, according to a study released by the Censal Information Center, at the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey. The research presents a description of demographic and socioeconomic variables […]
The U.S. Census Bureau has updated its demographic projections for Puerto Rico, predicting that the island’s population will be at 2.98 million by 2025, or 25 years earlier than its original projection, the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics revealed.
About 18 percent of all movers in the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico, totaling 8.5 million people, moved to a different metropolitan area in the last year, according to new statistics released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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