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Facts About Puerto Ricans and Hispanics in the U.S. and Puerto Rico

(Preliminary Draft)

ECONOMY

Per Capita Income (1997): (1,2)

US - $30,200
Puerto Rico - $8600
Hispanics in Massachusetts - $7500
Overall Level of Poverty (1997):3,4
US - 13.2%
Puerto Rico - 58%
Hispanics in the US - 27%
Children in Poverty (1997):2,5
US - 22%
Hispanics in the US - 38%
Hispanics in Massachusetts - 55%
Unemployment (1997):2,6,7
US - 4.5%
Puerto Rico - 13.5%
Hispanics in the US - 6.8%
Hispanics in Massachusetts - 5.9%
Percent of Private Sector Manufacturing Employees in Unions:7
US - 17.2%
Puerto Rico - 6.0 %
Other Facts:
Wages in Puerto Rico are 44% below those on the mainland.7
In 1989, 60.8% of the net income generated in Puerto Rico left the island as payments to foreign capital.8
43% of Puerto Ricans in PR receive food stamps.
Tax benifit to a 936 corporation receives per employee per year: $24,000
Average employee salary in a 936 corportation per year: $22,000

HEALTH CARE
Percent without any Health Coverage (1996):9

US - 16.7%
Hispanics in US - 31.6%
Percent of Mothers Receiving Prenatal Care in 1st Trimester (1997):10
US: - 81.9 %
Puerto Rico - 77.3%
Hispanics in the US - 72.2%
Infant mortality per 1000 births (1997):1
US - 6.4
Puerto Rico - 12.1
EDUCATION
Literacy(1997):1

US - 97%
Puerto Rico - 89%
Percent of Individuals 25 Years old and over without a High School Diploma(1995):2
Massachusetts - 14.5%
Hispanics in Massachusetts - 41.5%
CRIME
Murder Rate per 100,000 (1997):11

US - 6.8
Puerto Rico - 22.7
Sources
1. CIAWorld Factbook
2. Torres, Andres and Chavez, Lisa; "Latinos in Massachusetts: An Update;"
The Mauricio Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development and Public
Policy; University of Massachusetts; Boston, Massachusetts; Nov. 1998
3. US Census Bureau
4. Navarro, Mireya; "Puerto Ricans Protest Navy Firing Range on Vieques;"
N.Y. Times News Service;
July 9, 1999
5. National Center for Children in Poverty; "Young Children in Poverty: A
Statistical Update;" The Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health of
Columbia University; New York; June 1999
6. Bureau of Labor Statistics
7. Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO)
8. Puerto Rico Planning Board, Area of Social and Economic Planning, 1990
9. National Center for Health Statistics; "Health, United States, 1998 -
Socioeconomic Status and Health Chartbook;" US Government Printing Office;
Washington, DC; 1998
10. Ventura, Stephanie; Anderson, Robert; Martin, Joyce; Smith, Betty;
11. Births and Deaths: Preliminary Data for 1997;" Center for Disease Control
and Prevention; National Vital Statistics Reports; Volume 47, Number 4;
October 7, 1998
11. US Department of Justice; Bureau of Justice Statistics; "FBI Uniform
Crime Reports;" June, 1998