SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — New U.S. Census numbers released Thursday show that Puerto Rico’s population is dropping as the U.S. territory struggles to retain people during an economic recession.
The island’s total population fell from about 3.7 million in 2010 to 3.6 million in 2013, with the biggest drops occurring in the capital of San Juan and across the island’s western and southern regions.
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