FIGURE1 Puerto Rican-Origin Population in the U.S., 1980-2013
An estimated 5.1 million Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin resided in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in 2013, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. That is a substantially greater number than the population of Puerto Rico itself, which was 3.6 million in 2013 and has been in decline for the past few years largely due to out-migration. As a result, the number of Puerto Rican-origin Hispanics living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia has exceeded the number of people of Puerto Rican ancestry living on the island of Puerto Rico at least since 2005.
Puerto Ricans in this statistical profile are people who self-identified as Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin; this means either they themselves were born in Puerto Rico1 or they were born in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia or elsewhere, but trace their family ancestry to Puerto Rico. This statistical profile focuses on the characteristics of Puerto Rican-origin Hispanics residing in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
FIGURE1  | Puerto Rican-Origin Population in the U.S., 1980-2013  | In thousands  | 5. LOOO  | All  | 5. 1122  | 5,000  | 4. 000  | 3, LOOO  | 2,035  | Born in the 50 U.S. states or D.C.  | 2. LOOO  | 1.491  | 1,000  | 954  | Born in Puerto Rico  | 2000  | 2005  | 2010 2013  | 1980  | 1990  | Note: Includes only Hispanics who selfidentify as Puerto Rican and are college currentlyresiding  | the 50 states or Districtof Columbia People 2001 in groupquarters 2005 People such as college dormitories U.S 0  | institutions are notincluded in figures for 2001 groupquarters to 2005 People born outside college ofthe U.S or  | Puerto wording Rico and who were notU. S. citizens atbirth are shown People butnotlabeled. Changes in  | the wording ofthe Hispanic originquestion in the 2000 decennial census may Changes have led to an  | undercountoffome Hispanic origin groups in thatyear. Formore, see  | http: WWW pewhispanic. org/2002 /05, 1/09 (couningbir.chnechissonic  | Source: Pew Research Centerta bulations of 1980. 1990 and 2000 censuses (5% IPUMS)  | and 2001-2013 American Community Surveys (1% IPUMS)  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 