THE STATE OF PUERTO RICANS 2013
Edited by Edwin Meléndez and Carlos Vargas-Ramos
Published 2013
92 pages; notes, works cited, index; 8.5 x 8.5
ISBN: 978-1-878483-72-0 (paperback)
About this book
The State of Puerto Ricans, 2013 collects in a single report the most current data on social, economic, and civic conditions of the Puerto Rican population in the United States available from governmental sources, mostly from the U.S. Census Bureau. The report presents a picture of endurance and resiliency in the midst of declining opportunity.
Table of Contents
The State of Puerto Ricans 2013: Introduction by Edwin Meléndez and Carlos Vargas-Ramos
HOW MIGRATION IS TRANSFORMING THE LANDSCAPE
Demographic Transitions: Settlement and Distribution of the
Puerto Rican Population in the United States by Carlos Vargas-Ramos and Juan C. García-Ellín
Puerto Rican Migration in the 21st Century: Is There a Brain Drain? by Kurt Birson
Internal Migration of Puerto Ricans in the United States by Juan C. García-Ellin
EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AFTER THE GREAT RECESSION
The Puerto Rican Education Pipeline: New York City, New York State and the United States by Luis O. Reyes and Anna Rosofsky
School, Work and the Transition of Puerto Rican Youth to Adulthood by Edwin Meléndez, M. Anne Visser, Roseni Plaza and Raúl Segura
The Economic Impact of the Great Recession on Puerto Ricans in the United States by Kurt Birson and Edwin Meléndez
OLD PROBLEMS, NEW CHALLENGES
Health of Puerto Ricans in the United States: 2000–2010 by Anna Rosofsky and Judith Aponte
The Human Development Index: How do Puerto Ricans Measure Up by Raúl Segura and Kurt Birson
Housing Characteristics: Research Brief by Anna Rosofsky
Puerto Rican Civic and Political Participation at the Turn of the 21st Century by Carlos Vargas-Ramos
About the Author
Edwin Meléndez is the director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies and professor of Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter College. An economist by training, he has conducted considerable research in the areas of Puerto Rican and Latino studies, economic development, labor markets and poverty.
Carlos Vargas-Ramos is a research associate at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies where he works on the impact of migration on Puerto Rican political behavior, political attitudes and orientations as well as on their racial identity.
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