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“All nations will come and worship before you."

- Revelations 15:4

Puerto Rican of United States

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People Group Info

Total Population: 5,372,759

ROP3 Code: 108160
IMB Affinity Group: American Peoples
Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans
People Cluster: Hispanic
Language: Spanish - (spa)
Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholic
Country of Origin: Puerto Rico

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Majority Located Where

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NJ - 725,000

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA - 122,000

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL - 103,000

Springfield, MA - 51,000

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT - 42,000

Puerto Ricans are present in all states with the largest populations being in New York, Florida, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

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Brief Profile

More Puerto Ricans reside outside of Puerto Rico than do inside their own country. In fact, the United States is home to the largest population of Pueto Ricans in the world and home to a larger population than what exists in Puerto Rico itself.

Puerto Ricans have their own unique social customs, cultural matrix, historically rooted traditions, and its own unique pronunciation, vocabulary, and idiomatic expressions within the Spanish language, known as Puerto Rican Spanish.

Puerto Ricans often proudly identify themselves as Boricua, derived from the Taíno word Boriken. The word Boriken translates to "the great land of the valiant and noble Lord".

The majority of Puerto Rican people adhere to Roman Catholicism. A small minority are evangelical Protestants.

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Prayer Points

For God to reveal the truth of salvation through grace alone and not through acts of religious rituals.
That existing evangelical churches will recognize that Puerto Ricans are in need of hearing a message of grace through Jesus Christ.
That evangelical Puerto Ricans will obey the Great Commission, taking the message to the least reached Spanish speakers in North America and beyond.

Learning Resources

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World Religions - Beliefs Overview
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Other Resources

Know God in 98 Languages
A CRU resource with 9 different witnessing models (e.g. 4 Spiritual Laws, etc.) in 98 languages.

Prayer Guide for Unreached Peoples
A 30 day guide to pray for unreached people groups.

Online Talking Bible - Spanish
The purpose of Talking Bibles is to give non-readers and the blind access to the Bible in their native language.

Prayer Guide using the GOSPELS acronym
A prayer guide that utilizes the acronym GOSPELS to pray for workers among diaspora.

Scripture Resources in Latin-American Spanish
Scripture Resources in Latin-American Spanish

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Country	City	Metro Area Name	State / Prov.	Baseline Population

United States	Newark	New York-Newark-Jersey City	NJ	725,000
United States	Philadelphia	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington	PA	122,000
United States	Forest Park	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin	IL	103,000
United States	Springfield	Springfield	MA	51,000
United States	Hartford	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford	CT	42,000
United States	Toronto	Toronto (Mississauga, Brampton)	ON	390
United States	Montréal	Montreal (Laval)	QC	290
United States	Vancouver	Vancouver (Surrey)	BC	280

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