What is Puerto Ricans in the United States?
{{Infobox ethnic group | image = Flag of Puerto Rico.svg | pop = {{gain}}'''5,791,453'''<ref name=ACS-B03001-2018>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=B03001%3A%20HISPANIC%20OR%20LATINO%20ORIGIN%20BY%20SPECIFIC%20ORIGIN&g=&lastDisplayedRow=30&table=B03001&tid=ACSDT1Y2018.B03001&hidePreview=true|title=B03001 HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN BY SPECIFIC ORIGIN - United States - 2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|date=July 1, 2018 |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 25, 2019}}</ref><br>'''1.77% of the U.S. population (2018)'''<ref name=ACS-B03001-2018 /> | regions = Majority concentrated in the Northeast region and the southern state of Florida <br /> [[New York (state)|New York]], [[Florida]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]] and [[New Jersey]] <br /> <br /> <small> Smaller numbers in other parts of the country, including other parts of the Northeast like [[Rhode Island]], [[Delaware]] and [[Maryland]]. Also major cities in [[Virginia]], [[North Carolina]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Texas]] down South, [[Ohio]], [[Illinois]] and [[Wisconsin]] in the Midwest and [[California]] and [[Hawaii]] out west, among other areas.</small> | langs = [[Puerto Rican Spanish|Spanish]] and [[American English|English]] | rels = [[Christianity]] ([[Catholic Church]] and [[Protestant]]) | related-c = [[Criollo people|Criollos]], [[Mestizos]], [[Mulattos]], [[Taíno people|Taíno]], [[Ethnic groups in Europe|Europeans]], [[List of ethnic groups of Africa|Africans]] }} '''Puerto Ricans in the United States''', also called '''Stateside Puerto Ricans''', or '''Puerto Rican Americans''', are Puerto Ricans in the [[United States]] proper (the 50 states and the District of Columbia), who trace their heritage to or are born in the [[United States|U.S.]] territory of [[Puerto Rico]]. The island of [[Puerto Rico]] is currently a territory of the [[United States]] although it has not been incorporated as an official state therefore it is controlled by the [[United States