Puerto Rico's Hurricane Maria Mass Migration Confirmed by New Census Bureau Data
Population change for states and Puerto Rico from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2018. (U.S. Census Bureau) At a Glance More than 125,000 people left Puerto Rico between July 1, 2017, and July 1, 2018.The state of New York saw a steep decline in population, the largest in the nation. The fastest growing states were Nevada and Idaho. New information released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau confirms a mass migration from Puerto Rico in the wake of...