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La Isla Que VieneOpinionCommentary, not the record

The returning founder is the island's fastest birth

The diaspora is the island's largest untapped supply of residents and founders, and every founder who comes home under a business decree is a birth the island did not have to wait for.

Valeria Soto Marrero
Columnist, La Isla Que Viene
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That is a door for a founder who wants to come home. And the door is already opening.
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What this stands on
  1. Net migration loss was 2,779 residents in 2025. · ctpublic.org
  2. Migration caused the population of older adults in Puerto Rico to nearly double in 10 years. · elnuevodia.comPuerto Rico
  3. A new study calculated the multimillion cost to the Puerto Rico government of the migration of boricuas between 2008 and 2022. · elnuevodia.comPuerto Rico
  4. Net migration in Puerto Rico was -2,779 people from 2024 to 2025. · estadisticas.pr.govUnited Statesofficial source
  5. Degree completion in Puerto Rico is higher than on the U.S. mainland. · foxnews.comUnited States
  6. The Puerto Rican population in the U.S. is concentrated in Florida (21%), New York (17%), New Jersey (8%), Pennsylvania (8%), and Massachusetts (6%). · pewresearch.org
  7. The document lists outmigration as a risk factor for Puerto Rico's outlook. · bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com
  8. Negative migration has contributed to Puerto Rico's loss of inhabitants in the 21st century. · esnoticiapr.com
  9. Some families moved to the continental United States. · hechingerreport.org
  10. Puerto Rico has high outmigration. · naturalresources.house.govUnited Statesofficial source
  11. Forty-six of Puerto Rico's 78 municipios (59.0%) had positive net migration in 2023. · census.govUnited Statesofficial source
  12. Guaynabo (495), Bayamón (389) and Isabela (305) had the largest net migration gains in Puerto Rico in 2023. · census.govUnited Statesofficial source
  13. Ponce (1,050), Toa Baja (375) and Guayama (289) had the largest net migration losses in Puerto Rico in 2023. · census.govUnited Statesofficial source
  14. Puerto Rico experienced negative net migration of 2,779 between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025. · census.govUnited Statesofficial source
  15. Act 60 is known as the Puerto Rico Incentives Code and was implemented in July 2019. · reservepr.com
  16. Individuals must become bona fide residents and spend at least 183 days per year in Puerto Rico. · reservepr.com
  17. The document lists a declining population as a risk factor for Puerto Rico's outlook. · bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com
  18. The World Bank provides data on the total population of Puerto Rico. · data.worldbank.org
  19. The World Bank provides data on the female population of Puerto Rico. · data.worldbank.org
  20. The World Bank provides data on the male population of Puerto Rico. · data.worldbank.org
They publish from Puerto Rico, United States. 7 could not be placed by their address. 3 are official bodies, so this traces to the documents themselves.