Puerto Rico | |
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| Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (Spanish) | |
| Nickname(s): | |
| Motto(s): | |
| Anthem: "La Borinqueña" (Spanish) (English: "The Borinquenian") | |
.svg) Location of Puerto Rico | |
| Sovereign state | United States |
| Before annexation | Captaincy General of Puerto Rico |
| Cession from Spain | April 11, 1899 |
| Current constitution | July 25, 1952 |
| Capital and largest city | San Juan 18°27′N 66°6′W / 18.450°N 66.100°W |
| Official languages | |
| Common languages | 94.3% Spanish 5.5% English 0.2% French 0.1% other[2] |
| Ethnic groups (2010) | 75.8% White 12.4% Black 3.3% Two or more races 0.5% indigenous American & Alaskan native 0.2% Asian <0.1% Pacific Islander 7.8% other[3] |
| Demonym(s) | Puerto Rican |
| Government | Devolved presidential constitutional dependency |
• Governor | Wanda Vázquez Garced (PNP/R) |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly |
| Senate | |
| House of Representatives | |
| United States Congress | |
| Jenniffer González (PNP/R) | |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,104 km2 (3,515 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 1.6 |
| Highest elevation | 4,390 ft (1,340 m) |
| Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 3,193,694[4][5] (136th) |
• 2010 census | 3,725,789 |
• Density | 350.8/km2 (908.6/sq mi) (39th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total |  $128.556 billion[6] (78th) |
• Per capita | $41,198[6] (33rd) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $100.169 billion[6] (61st) |
• Per capita | $32,100[6] (27th) |
| Gini (2011) | 53.1[7] high |
| HDI (2015) | 0.845[8] very high · 40th |
| Currency | United States dollar (US$) (USD) |
| Time zone | UTC-04:00 (AST) |
| Date format | mm/dd/yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +1 (787), +1 (939) |
| USPS abbreviation | PR |
| ISO 3166 code | |
| Internet TLD | .pr |
| Website | www |
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and from 1898 to 1932 also called Porto Rico in English, is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of Miami, Florida.