On September 29, 2017, EurekaFacts statisticians and researchers looked at the potential impact of these two hurricanes on Puerto Ricans becoming climate refugees in US metropolitan areas.

Climate refugees from Puerto Rico in US metropolitan areas

➢ The devastation of Puerto Rico by Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria will induce a wave of immigration of Puerto Ricans to the mainland, especially if the restoration of basic living conditions and of the economy is slow.

➢ Immigrants tend to resettle to places where they have families or friends, or where there is a strong presence of diaspora of their place of origin they can rely on to start their new life.

➢ We identified US metropolitan areas in the mainland, with the highest presence of Puerto Ricans as areas who will experience that new waves of climate refugees from Puerto Rico.

➢ The primary metropolitan areas have more than 50,000 Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin and are expected to receive the most influx of Puerto Ricans.

➢ The metropolitan areas identified as secondary have between 10,000 and 50,000 Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin.

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Primary metropolitan Areas that will be impacted

Secondary metropolitan Areas that will be impacted

US Metropolitan Area with 10,000 to 49,999 Puerto Ricans

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