The Social Security Administration announced that beneficiaries will receive a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment in 2027, raising monthly payments for nearly 72 million Americans, including those in Puerto Rico. ^[1] The figures on how many people the raise reaches vary by source. One account put the 2027 adjustment at about 72 million beneficiaries across the United States and Puerto Rico. ^[2] Another counted roughly 76 million people across the United States and all its territories, Puerto Rico among them. ^[3] The adjustment lands as the island's population keeps shrinking. Census data shows Puerto Rico's population fell 0.6% to 3.2 million from 2024 to 2025. ^[4] The number of Puerto Rico born people living in US states and Washington, D.C., climbed from 1.3 million in 2000 to 1.6 million in 2021, according to Pew Research Center. ^[5] Pew also found 28% of Puerto Ricans living in the 50 states and D.C. were born on the island. ^[6]