Facts, Data, and Trivia on Puerto Rico Puerto Rico is only 100 miles long, and 35 miles wide, and it covers 3,421 square miles, however due to the high mountains that run down the central spine of the island, it has a land surface area of about 10,500 square miles. Puerto Rico has a population of slightly less than 4,000,000 people, most of whom live in the coastal metropolitan areas. Puerto Rico has more than 50 institutions of higher education, with the University of Puerto Rico being the oldest. The average size of a Puerto Rican family is about 3.5 people, and the average family income is between $25,000 and $26,000 per year. The unemployment rate in Puerto Rico is around 13.5%. Puerto Rico ranks sixth in the world in it's ratio of cars to people, with over 1.5 Million cars on the island. I am still gathering information to add to this page about Puerto Rico...
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