New Census Bureau data shows Puerto Rico lost nearly 4% of its population after Hurricane Maria — the greatest population drop in the recorded history of the island, according to one demographer.
Ramon Alicea Burgos walks past his partially rebuilt home in the mountain town of Barranquitas, Puerto Rico, on Sept. 9, 2018.
New Census Bureau data show Puerto Rico lost nearly 4% of its population after Hurricane Maria — the greatest population drop in the recorded history of the island, according to one demographer. Data released Thursday show the U.S. territory's population dropped by 129,848 people between July 2017 and July 2018. Thein September 2017. The population loss was due to both deaths and people moving away, although emigration accounted for most of the drop. The heaviest population drops occurred in metropolitan areas such as the capital of San Juan, the city of Ponce and surrounding areas.
The census numbers show there were 6,449 more deaths than births during the 12 months reviewed, a normal figure, even though there were several thousand more deaths than normal in the months immediately following the hurricane. Many of those excess deaths following the hurricane were of sick and elderly people who would have probably died sometime in the year anyway, Figueroa said. Deaths for the year may have been concentrated
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