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The Hispanic and Latino population in Philadelphia has seen growth by 27% in the past 10 years and has grown rapidly since the year 2000. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County is 14.86% Latino. [1] [2] In the 2000 U.S. Census Puerto Ricans were Philadelphia's largest Latino group followed by Mexicans. [3]
From Puerto Rico to Philadelphia: Puerto Rican Workers and Postwar Economies. Temple University Press, 2001. ISBN 1566398363, 9781566398367. Vázquez-Hernández, Víctor. "From Pan-Latino Enclaves to a Community:Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia, 1910-2000" (Chapter 4). In: Whalen, Carmen Teresa and Víctor Vázquez-Hernández (editors).
Barrio Logan in San Diego is 3% Puerto Rican, well over California's 0.6% Puerto Rican figure. Other areas, like the North Island Naval Air Station , have a large Puerto Rican American military personnel presence.
Starting in 1925, the Pennsylvania National Guard used the present airport site (known as Hog Island) as a training airfield.The site was dedicated as the "Philadelphia Municipal Airport" by Charles Lindbergh in 1927, but it had no proper terminal building until 1940; airlines used Camden Central Airport in nearby Pennsauken Township, New Jersey.
Congress made Puerto Ricans U.S. citizens in 1917, about 19 years after taking control of the island. Later, when the island passed its 1952 constitution, Congress decided to make Puerto Rico a ...
The demographics of Upper North Philadelphia shows that the area has a population density of 12,241 people per mile with an average household size of 3 and 37% of households had children. There is a 17% annual residential turnover rate with 47% of residents staying for more than 5 years, with an average of 6 years of residency.
The Philadelphia International Airport stations are a group of train stations serving Philadelphia International Airport's six terminals, serviced by SEPTA Regional Rail via the Airport Line. The stations for Terminal A and Terminal B share platforms on one side of the track. Trains stop at one end for Terminal A and the other end for Terminal ...
Zoe Saldaña – American actress; Dominican father and Puerto Rican mother [38] Olga San Juan (1927–2009) – American actress; of Puerto Rican descent; Kiele Sanchez – American actress; of Puerto Rican and French descent [39] Marcelino Sánchez (1957–1986) – Puerto Rican film and television actor