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> Puerto Rico's resident population was 3,285,874, down 11.8% from 3,725,789 in the 2010 Census. Is there any explanation for this?
by elliekelly 6y ago
> Puerto Rico's resident population was 3,285,874, down 11.8% from 3,725,789 in the 2010 Census.
Is there any explanation for this?
- MattGaiser 6y agoHurricane drove a lot of people away. https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/research/data-center/research-briefs/puerto-rican-exodus-one-year-hurricane-maria https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/research/data-center/resear...
- exegete 6y agoHurricane Maria was pretty devastating and the lack of Federal aid exacerbated it. I imagine people left after that.
- darksaints 6y agoAnother one of Trump's short sighted policy backfires. In his effort to paint Puerto Rico as a failed and corrupt liberal state, he denied them aid, causing half a million American citizens to move from a place where they couldn't vote in federal elections to places where they could.
- pavlov 6y agoHurricane Maria in 2017 must be partially responsible? Property damage (estimated at $90B) and loss of economic opportunity surely forced many people to move to the mainland.
- dragonwriter 6y agoEveryone is pointing to Hurricane Maria, which is a big factor, but even before that there was a major financial crisis creating substantial misery.
- oh_sigh 6y agoMassively devastating natural events + crappy economy + local governmental corruption + freedom of movement into the US = a lot of people leaving. Honestly, the fact that even more people don't flee that island for mainland US is a testament to the importance people place on their "homeland".