stateside Puerto Rican

[steyt-sahyd pwer-tuh ree-kuhn, pawr-tuh]

noun

1. a native-born citizen of Puerto Rico, and thus a U.S. citizen, who now resides in one of the 50 U.S. states, especially within the continental United States.

2. a person of Puerto Rican descent who resides in one of the 50 U.S. states, especially within the continental United States.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stateside Puerto Rican¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Pennsylvania is home to about half a million Puerto Ricans and Philadelphia has the second-largest stateside Puerto Rican population after New York City.

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Nearly 500,000 people left Puerto Rico for the mainland during the past decade, according to the Pew Research Center, pushing the stateside Puerto Rican population past the number living on the island last year — an estimated 3.3 million.

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