https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/4/16385658/puerto-rico-taxes-hurricane#:~:text=Puerto%20Rico%20is%20a%20US,estate%20taxes%20and%20so%20on https:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/4/16385658/puerto-rico-taxes-hurricane#:~:text=Puerto%20Rico%20is%20a%20US,estate%20taxes%20and%20so%20on https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/4/16385658/p.... > Puerto Rico is a US territory and not a state, so its residents don’t pay federal income tax unless they work for the US government. Even so, workers there pay the majority of federal taxes that Americans on the mainland pay — payroll taxes, social security taxes, business taxes, gift taxes, estate taxes and so on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Puerto_Rico_locations_by_per_capita_income#:~:text=In%202017%2C%20Puerto%20Rico%20had,territory%20in%20the%20United%20States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Puerto_Rico_locations_.... > In 2017, Puerto Rico had a median household income of $19,775 — the lowest of any state or territory in the United States. ---- > PR residents are actively against the idea mainly because they don't pay fed taxes. They do. They don't pay income tax which with their low incomes is marginal anyway.