• PEOPLE NAME: PUERTO RICANS OF UNITED STATES

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Hispanic

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Puerto Rican White

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: United States

Also found in: Canada; Puerto Rico

Population: 4,010,000

Global Population: 7,143,600


PEID: 43603

ROP: 108160

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Puerto Ricans of United States, numbering 4,010,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Hispanic people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 7,143,600 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Puerto Ricans is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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