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

Nadine Blanco|Quiz|4 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
  • A series of past natural disasters, including a tsunami and a hurricane
  • Those citizens chose American citizenship over Puerto Rican citizenship
  • The island was running out of food and fuel
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