White Puerto Ricans
Puertorriqueños blancos (Spanish) | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 560,592 (2020) 17.1% of the Puerto Rican population | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Throughout Puerto Rico | |
| Languages | |
| Spanish (Puerto Rican Spanish) • English (Puerto Rican English) | |
| Religion | |
| Catholicism • Protestantism • Judaism • | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| European Caribbeans, European Hispanic and Latino Americans, Puerto Rican Americans, White Cubans, White Dominicans |
In the 2020 United States census, the number of people who identified as "White alone" was 536,044 or 16.5%, with an additional non-Hispanic 24,548, for a total population of 560,592 or 17.1% of the population.
Aside from Spanish—largely Canarian—settlers, additional Europeans of many families from France, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Ireland, Scandinavia, among others, immigrated to Puerto Rico when the island was an Overseas Province of Spain, particularly during the 1800s due to the Royal Decree of Graces of 1815, where Spain encouraged immigration from other European countries to Puerto Rico.