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La Isla Que VieneOpinionCommentary, not the record

Puerto Rico returned to net migration loss in 2025. This is not uniform.

After one year of positive inflow, the island lost 2,779 residents to net migration, with sharp divides between municipios.

Valeria Soto Marrero
Columnist, La Isla Que Viene
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Migration trends vary across Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico recorded negative net migration of 2,779 residents between July 2024 and June 2025. [4] This reversed the positive net migration of 14,425 recorded the prior year. [5] Forty six of 78 municipios posted positive net migration in 2023. Guaynabo, Bayamón and Isabela saw the largest gains. Ponce, Toa Baja and Guayama saw the largest losses. [1] [2] [3] Deaths outnumbered births nearly two to one over the same period. There were 32,857 deaths and 17,950 births. Total population fell by about 18,000 people. [6] [7] [8] This pattern points to no single island wide migration story. Some places are gaining people. Others are losing them.
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  1. Forty-six of Puerto Rico's 78 municipios (59.0%) had positive net migration in 2023. · census.govUnited Statesofficial source
  2. Guaynabo (495), Bayamón (389) and Isabela (305) had the largest net migration gains in Puerto Rico in 2023. · census.govUnited Statesofficial source
  3. Ponce (1,050), Toa Baja (375) and Guayama (289) had the largest net migration losses in Puerto Rico in 2023. · census.govUnited Statesofficial source
  4. Puerto Rico experienced negative net migration of 2,779 between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025. · census.govUnited Statesofficial source
  5. Puerto Rico's negative net migration of 2,779 reversed the positive net migration of 14,425 from the prior year. · census.govUnited Statesofficial source
  6. The main driver of Puerto Rico's population change was negative natural change, with deaths (32,857) nearly twice as high as births (17,950) between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025. · census.govUnited Statesofficial source
  7. The population of Puerto Rico decreased by about 18,000 people from 2024 to 2025. · estadisticas.pr.govUnited Statesofficial source
  8. From 2024 to 2025 there were about 17,950 births in Puerto Rico. · estadisticas.pr.govUnited Statesofficial source
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