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.
Two significant problems Puerto Rico is currently dealing with — a significant migration and a government cash crunch — will limit economic growth for at least five years, local economist firm H. Calero Consulting concluded in the most recent edition of its “Pulse” publication.
The U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday the latest population estimates for the municipalities of Puerto Rico, which showed, among other findings, that from July 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 the population declined in 68 of the 78 towns.