Puerto Rico ranks among world’s fastest-shrinking populations
April 21, 2025
Puerto Rico’s population is projected to decline steadily from 2024 to 2029. #NewsismyBusiness
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UPR study: Education reduces poverty, but gender gap persists
March 27, 2025
Educational degrees strongly influenced poverty levels for both genders. #NewsismyBusiness
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Homeownership is growing, U.S. Census survey shows
December 16, 2024
Poverty rates decreased in 45 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico compared with 2014-2018. #NewsismyBusiness
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San Juan metro area lures in more businesses as economy rebounds
November 8, 2024
Although Puerto Rico businesses have always competed for spots in the metro area, the trend is accelerating. #NewsismyBusiness
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Grocery items in San Juan, Bayamón and Caguas cost 12.2% more than stateside
October 25, 2024
Puerto Rico economic indicators highlight migration and rising costs. #NewsismyBusiness
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Census shows 7.4% uptick in Puerto Rico’s work-from-home group
September 16, 2022
An estimated 78,333 people worked from home in 2021.
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Net emigration between US and Puerto Rico pegged at 550K from 2011-2020
June 30, 2021
The Census Information Center at the University of Puerto Rico’s Cayey campus recently published an analysis of net emigration estimates between Puerto Rico and the United States from 2011 to 2020, which put that number at 550,421 people. The estimates are based on surveys that the US Census Bureau conducts in the United States and […]
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Puerto Rico’s average yearly salary hovers at $25,332, study shows
April 20, 2021
Puerto Rico’s average worker makes about $25,332 a year, according to a study by the Census Information Center of the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey, based on numbers from the US Census for 2017. The Center’s Director, Economist José Caraballo-Cueto, explained that the most recent economic Census provides data on a cross-section of private […]
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Op-Ed: U.S Census, a vital tool for infrastructure and environmental planning
September 22, 2020
In less than two weeks the period to fill out the decennial census will end and still a number of Puerto Ricans have not completed this process — through the provided form — via the internet, mail or telephone. The number of auto-responses is 34.1%, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Unlike the […]
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Op-Ed: Puerto Rico’s 2020 Census response rates have improved, but there’s still a long way to go
September 7, 2020
As of earlier this week, roughly 2 million Puerto Ricans out of the island’s estimated 3.2 million residents have thus far completed the 2020 Census. This response rate represents 79.1% participation. While this is an improvement from earlier numbers, the island still has 20% of its citizens uncounted. An undercounting of the island’s residents may […]
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Statistics Institute says only 25% of Puerto Ricans have completed Census
July 16, 2020
As of July 13, only 25% of homes in Puerto Rico had filled out the 2020 Census, the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics confirmed. This percentage places Puerto Rico in the lowest response position in relation to other jurisdictions, the agency said. In addition, it indicates that Puerto Rico is 29 percentage points below its […]
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U.S. Census Bureau pushes off start of door-to-door surveys to April 15th
March 30, 2020
Based on continuing assessments of guidance from federal, state and local health authorities, the U.S. Census Bureau announced it is suspending 2020 Census field operations for two additional weeks to April 15, 2020. “The Census Bureau is taking this step to help protect the health and safety of the American public, Census Bureau employees, and […]
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U.S. Census Bureau suspends Puerto Rico field operations
March 19, 2020
The U.S. Census Bureau has suspended operations in Puerto Rico for the next 14 days, in response to a request from Gov. Wanda Vázquez and in compliance with her executive order instituting a general curfew. The two main Census Bureau operations scheduled to take place in Puerto Rico are data collection for the Puerto Rico Community Survey […]
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P.R. Institute of Statistics chief says project pipeline is ‘packed’ in 2020
March 13, 2020
Newly confirmed Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Executive Director Orville Disdier sat down with Dollars and Sense to discuss the agency’s pipeline of projects for this year, including working alongside the U.S. Census for this year’s survey on the island, and working aggressively to shore up more funding from federal government and private sources to […]
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U.S. Census Bureau surveyors to begin visiting P.R. homes on Mar. 15
February 28, 2020
U.S. Census Bureau surveyors will begin visiting Puerto Rico homes starting Mar. 15, inviting residents to participate in the assessment that takes place every 10 years, said Jeff Behler, director of the U.S. Census Bureau’s New York Regional Office. During a joint press conference with the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, he said during the […]
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