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Puerto Ricans  

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  • Puerto Ricans have a diverse ethnic heritage, that includes ancestry from the Taino people of the island, Spaniards, and Africans primarily from West Africa. Most Puerto Ricans speak Spanish at home (in 2010, 95 percent of those on the island did so as well as 65 percent in the 50 states) and identify as Hispanic or Latino. [Source: Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia; Puerto Ricans]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Puerto_Ricans

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