Puerto Rican Americans
About 5,965,360 US residents are of Puerto Rican origin, 1.8% of the population · up 4.7% since 2020. Data from the 2024 American Community Survey.
Largest Puerto Rican populations
Highest Puerto Rican share
How the group compares
From the Census Bureau's Selected Population Profile (S0201), which publishes socioeconomic data for detailed groups at the national level. US-overall figures shown for comparison.
Where Puerto Rican Americans earn the most
| Maryland | $102,200 | 50.0% | 9.4% | 56.3% | 75,840 |
| California | $92,631 | 33.0% | 12.6% | 45.4% | 213,610 |
| Virginia | $91,735 | 40.6% | 8.6% | 55.4% | 118,723 |
| Arizona | $90,116 | 27.7% | 12.2% | 54.4% | 66,214 |
| Georgia | $81,265 | 34.1% | 10.4% | 59.9% | 130,276 |
| Texas | $76,835 | 37.6% | 13.7% | 48.9% | 258,571 |
| New Jersey | $72,234 | 20.3% | 15.9% | 47.5% | 484,119 |
| Florida | $70,618 | 25.9% | 13.7% | 59.5% | 1,302,970 |
| North Carolina | $70,066 | 29.2% | 15.1% | 50.7% | 150,526 |
| Illinois | $62,141 | 22.7% | 15.7% | 52.8% | 181,925 |
| Wisconsin | $54,880 | 21.4% | 20.9% | 36.5% | 71,877 |
| Ohio | $54,423 | 16.6% | 21.4% | 52.4% | 153,653 |
| Pennsylvania | $51,964 | 15.2% | 23.9% | 45.9% | 492,463 |
| Connecticut | $51,503 | 15.0% | 25.3% | 37.2% | 301,931 |
| New York | $48,903 | 20.0% | 26.3% | 29.5% | 1,001,051 |
| Massachusetts | $46,086 | 15.2% | 26.4% | 28.4% | 330,470 |
Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile. The Census publishes a state only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller states are absent by design.
Puerto Rican Americans across metro areas
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $124,252 | 62.4% | 5.2% | 55.5% | 78,602 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $89,661 | 40.0% | 8.4% | 60.1% | 72,535 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $81,787 | 43.4% | 11.9% | 41.2% | 67,710 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $75,383 | 32.0% | 13.3% | 59.4% | 212,143 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $72,510 | 27.8% | 13.7% | 53.9% | 398,137 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $69,835 | 23.7% | 9.8% | 60.5% | 226,540 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $63,139 | 22.2% | 19.2% | 62.8% | 116,885 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $62,291 | 23.3% | 16.2% | 53.1% | 183,918 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $59,929 | 14.0% | 18.0% | 38.9% | 81,684 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $55,899 | 17.8% | 23.2% | 57.1% | 294,462 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $55,823 | 21.2% | 23.3% | 31.1% | 1,060,943 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $54,820 | 20.1% | 21.0% | 26.4% | 125,333 |
| Cleveland, OH | $54,133 | 12.5% | 23.0% | 50.4% | 86,919 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $47,797 | 13.0% | 25.8% | 29.6% | 123,206 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $34,223 | 14.6% | 29.1% | 25.5% | 76,936 |
Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile. The Census publishes a metro area only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller metro areas are absent by design.
Puerto Rican Americans across cities
| Brentwood | $115,115 | 14.2% | 6.7% | 81.1% | 7,785 |
| Miramar | $95,714 | 32.0% | 6.4% | 68.4% | 6,829 |
| Raleigh | $89,563 | 34.4% | 16.3% | 50.8% | 6,395 |
| Davie | $78,500 | 29.7% | 16.3% | 62.7% | 6,425 |
| Coral Springs | $77,932 | 29.0% | 13.2% | 37.8% | 9,042 |
| Wesley Chapel | $76,579 | 36.5% | 13.7% | 75.3% | 6,588 |
| San Diego | $76,398 | 35.7% | 9.2% | 26.8% | 11,565 |
| Los Angeles | $71,197 | 41.5% | 18.4% | 22.9% | 19,068 |
| Virginia Beach | $70,872 | 24.8% | 11.7% | 51.6% | 9,854 |
| Charlotte | $69,008 | 31.3% | 8.6% | 37.9% | 9,552 |
| Fort Worth | $68,984 | 28.8% | 11.1% | 50.2% | 10,465 |
| Apopka | $68,539 | 25.0% | 15.3% | 78.1% | 6,291 |
| Riverview | $68,522 | 28.2% | 10.1% | 77.9% | 8,317 |
| Meadow Woods | $66,649 | 25.0% | 14.0% | 70.1% | 10,944 |
| Brandon | $63,692 | 25.4% | 14.9% | 46.9% | 13,088 |
| Port St. Lucie | $62,909 | 18.2% | 11.5% | 79.7% | 14,087 |
| Alafaya | $62,610 | 24.3% | 9.4% | 56.9% | 17,358 |
| Pembroke Pines | $62,081 | 39.3% | 5.4% | 67.7% | 10,168 |
| Cape Coral | $61,204 | 16.9% | 11.5% | 70.4% | 9,434 |
| Urban Honolulu | $61,185 | 23.6% | 11.9% | 14.3% | 7,090 |
| Four Corners | $60,252 | 23.0% | 22.8% | 26.8% | 8,478 |
| Yonkers | $59,178 | 25.3% | 14.5% | 37.3% | 18,951 |
| Palm Bay | $58,386 | 16.0% | 14.6% | 69.2% | 8,953 |
| St. Cloud | $58,083 | 29.6% | 16.3% | 64.2% | 16,414 |
| Hollywood | $56,890 | 21.0% | 8.9% | 52.6% | 9,517 |
| Miami | $56,597 | 32.5% | 16.8% | 28.9% | 15,416 |
| Deltona | $56,077 | 15.2% | 12.3% | 73.3% | 20,588 |
| Bayonne | $56,026 | 17.3% | 9.8% | 23.5% | 8,540 |
| Houston | $56,017 | 39.1% | 16.4% | 22.1% | 16,668 |
| San Antonio | $55,967 | 35.0% | 15.5% | 42.2% | 19,979 |
| El Paso | $55,193 | 38.4% | 22.8% | 41.2% | 6,984 |
| Killeen | $55,125 | 26.5% | 16.1% | 52.4% | 13,773 |
| Buenaventura Lakes | $54,429 | 19.5% | 12.5% | 74.5% | 16,357 |
| Phoenix | $54,264 | 26.5% | 16.2% | 39.4% | 11,560 |
| Austin | $52,708 | 46.0% | 13.6% | 23.9% | 9,576 |
| Orlando | $52,231 | 26.5% | 19.4% | 31.4% | 47,778 |
| Sanford | $51,318 | 16.9% | 13.9% | 36.8% | 7,257 |
| Spring Hill | $51,213 | 13.4% | 22.5% | 69.4% | 12,774 |
| East Hartford | $50,521 | 10.6% | 17.8% | 41.8% | 11,901 |
| Poinciana | $49,980 | 14.4% | 11.3% | 67.2% | 27,156 |
| Fayetteville | $49,918 | 22.1% | 19.6% | 41.8% | 9,242 |
| Chicago | $49,825 | 19.2% | 17.9% | 40.2% | 94,900 |
| Town 'n' Country | $49,720 | 16.8% | 12.5% | 40.4% | 11,024 |
| Columbus | $48,848 | 25.1% | 33.9% | 30.8% | 8,925 |
| Dallas | $48,837 | 44.4% | 13.4% | 22.3% | 7,383 |
| Jersey City | $47,494 | 20.7% | 26.5% | 23.2% | 25,880 |
| St. Petersburg | $47,425 | 28.8% | 14.8% | 38.8% | 6,216 |
| Lehigh Acres | $46,389 | 9.7% | 25.9% | 57.5% | 11,817 |
| Meriden | $46,273 | 5.9% | 28.0% | 35.2% | 14,915 |
| Jacksonville | $45,773 | 26.5% | 18.4% | 38.0% | 31,441 |
| Elizabeth | $45,232 | 12.0% | 21.1% | 15.7% | 12,257 |
| Las Vegas | $43,711 | 22.1% | 20.3% | 36.0% | 7,521 |
| Lakeland | $43,536 | 20.9% | 16.5% | 36.6% | 7,174 |
| Winter Haven | $43,500 | 10.5% | 24.8% | 44.7% | 6,609 |
| Vineland | $42,073 | 11.4% | 19.6% | 55.7% | 17,854 |
| Passaic | $41,213 | 8.2% | 31.3% | 17.4% | 7,118 |
| Lancaster | $41,038 | 12.1% | 27.2% | 36.6% | 16,279 |
| Tampa | $40,415 | 21.6% | 27.3% | 31.2% | 26,109 |
| Fitchburg | $39,861 | 7.2% | 28.4% | 28.1% | 9,261 |
| Bethlehem | $39,370 | 10.0% | 27.0% | 29.3% | 15,362 |
| Bristol | $39,149 | 11.8% | 26.6% | 22.9% | 6,537 |
| New York | $38,673 | 17.1% | 27.1% | 17.8% | 671,093 |
| Kissimmee | $38,432 | 14.6% | 29.1% | 37.8% | 26,741 |
| Lorain | $38,092 | 5.5% | 32.3% | 41.9% | 13,825 |
| Perth Amboy | $37,152 | 12.9% | 26.1% | 28.2% | 9,513 |
| New Britain | $36,832 | 9.0% | 32.4% | 20.9% | 25,127 |
| Lawrence | $36,657 | 7.3% | 27.9% | 20.0% | 16,974 |
| Waterbury | $36,601 | 7.9% | 36.7% | 25.9% | 26,296 |
| Trenton | $36,548 | 10.1% | 34.1% | 40.4% | 9,629 |
| Newark | $36,048 | 8.6% | 28.5% | 21.0% | 32,937 |
| Allentown | $36,022 | 5.8% | 35.9% | 21.4% | 34,631 |
| Haverhill | $35,740 | 12.3% | 29.5% | 7.9% | 6,486 |
| Lowell | $35,053 | 9.9% | 35.7% | 20.4% | 12,204 |
| Pawtucket | $34,859 | 8.3% | 30.7% | 19.1% | 6,470 |
| Chicopee | $34,590 | 7.5% | 31.2% | 14.8% | 11,081 |
| New Haven | $33,272 | 8.7% | 30.9% | 22.7% | 22,055 |
| Milwaukee | $33,198 | 11.8% | 31.2% | 23.3% | 28,218 |
| Philadelphia | $33,198 | 11.0% | 39.3% | 49.8% | 139,550 |
| Detroit | $33,125 | 9.2% | 43.4% | 41.9% | 7,517 |
| Worcester | $32,392 | 10.1% | 31.7% | 15.2% | 30,033 |
| Woonsocket | $31,971 | 13.2% | 39.9% | 4.2% | 6,501 |
| New Bedford | $31,345 | 6.1% | 32.5% | 15.9% | 12,204 |
| Cleveland | $30,897 | 6.0% | 36.8% | 35.6% | 32,062 |
| Bridgeport | $30,795 | 6.0% | 38.2% | 28.8% | 29,012 |
| Lebanon | $29,993 | 7.8% | 36.8% | 29.0% | 8,282 |
| Boston | $29,968 | 17.8% | 33.9% | 15.5% | 35,031 |
| Fall River | $28,963 | 8.1% | 33.9% | 9.5% | 7,180 |
| York | $28,639 | 4.3% | 41.7% | 19.2% | 9,179 |
| Hartford | $28,626 | 5.9% | 37.3% | 14.5% | 40,770 |
| Reading | $28,386 | 5.5% | 37.9% | 23.1% | 30,432 |
| Paterson | $27,658 | 8.2% | 37.9% | 19.6% | 16,922 |
| Holyoke | $27,351 | 6.1% | 42.1% | 14.6% | 18,299 |
| University CDP (Hillsborough County) | $26,838 | 6.0% | 32.1% | 14.0% | 6,502 |
| Camden | $26,717 | 3.9% | 38.5% | 35.1% | 20,576 |
| Springfield | $26,668 | 8.0% | 39.7% | 24.0% | 60,357 |
| Rochester | $26,662 | 7.8% | 39.7% | 25.2% | 29,643 |
| Harrisburg | $26,021 | 10.5% | 42.1% | 16.0% | 7,952 |
| Buffalo | $23,918 | 12.0% | 45.3% | 21.6% | 25,198 |
| Providence | $23,391 | 5.1% | 35.1% | 17.5% | 14,894 |
| Syracuse | $23,292 | 11.4% | 48.7% | 14.1% | 7,853 |
Sorted by median household income by default; click any column header to re-sort. Figures come from the 2017-2021 ACS 5-year Selected Population Tables, which pool five years of survey responses to cover smaller communities the annual survey cannot. The Census publishes a citie only when the group's population there clears the survey's reporting threshold, so smaller cities are absent by design.
Frequently asked
About 5,965,360 US residents are of Puerto Rican origin, roughly 1.8% of the population, according to the 2024 American Community Survey.
New York, NY has the largest Puerto Rican population of any US city, with about 581,101 residents of Puerto Rican origin.
Florida leads all states with about 1,245,819 residents of Puerto Rican origin.
Puerto Rican Americans have a median household income of about $64,509, per the 2024 ACS 1-year Selected Population Profile.
Other hispanic origin groups
DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR DETAILED-ORIGIN TABLES (B03001 / B02015 / B02019 / B04006) · PROFILE: ACS 1-YEAR S0201 · UPDATED 2024