QUIZ: Do You Know More About Puerto Rico Than The Average American?

Nadine BlancoQuiz4 Oct 2017

From 2006 to 2015, the U.S. mainland experienced an influx of Puerto Rican citizens, particularly to New Jersey, New York, and Florida. Why?

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Retry Correct Incorrect During that time, the number of Puerto Ricans that left the island amounted to an estimated 445,000, which is about 10% of the population.
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From 2006 to 2015, the U.S. mainland experienced an influx of Puerto Rican citizens, particularly to New Jersey, New York, and Florida. Why?

  • A financial recession
  • Those citizens chose American citizenship over Puerto Rican citizenship
  • The island was running out of food and fuel
  • A series of past natural disasters, including a tsunami and a hurricane
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