They have contributed to the economic, social and cultural well-being of Chicago for more than seventy years. Chicago, III. The aim of the current study was to provide insights into the health status of the aging island Puerto Rican population. Puerto Ricans in Chicago are people living in Chicago who have ancestral connections to the island of Puerto Rico. These counties are: Thirty-eight percent of Puerto Ricans own homes, compared to 45 percent of the total Hispanic population and 64 percent of the overall U.S. population. A large portion of the Puerto Rican population in the United States reside in the Northeastern states and Florida, though there are significant Puerto Rican populations in the Chicago metropolitan area and other areas in Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Texas, and … Puerto Ricans have been heavily increasing in many other parts of … The island Puerto Rican population is aging rapidly, but we know relatively little about the health status of this population and how their health compares with the broader U.S. older adult population. From 2010–17, Florida's Puerto Rican population increased from 847,000 to 1.120 million, increasing by nearly 300,000, allowing Florida to replace New York as the state with the largest Puerto Rican population. The first Puerto Rican migration in the 1930s to Chicago was not from the island but from New York City, and many settled on State Street just south of the downtown hotels.Only a small number of people joined this migration. García represents Chicago's 4th district, which for 26 years was represented by Puerto Rican Luis Gutiérrez where near 10 percent of the population are Puerto Ricans. Schistosomiasis in Chicago: a study of the Westown Puerto Rican population. Chicago (Cook County, IL), which had the third largest Puerto Rican population in 2005–2007, also saw little growth over the period. In 2010, the Pew Research Center reported that ten counties with the highest Puerto Rican populations represented 29 percent of the national Puerto Rican population. 60611), P. Moriearty, M. Yogore and R. Lewert. About 13 percent of Puerto Ricans in Chicago have a college degree compared with 9 percent of Mexicans, 18 percent of blacks and 45 percent of whites. The Puerto Rican community in Chicago has a history that stretches back more than 70 years. History.