DOMINICANS AND PUERTO RICANS

York has the highest concentration of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans

according New to the 2002 United States Census report. It is reported that 30.8% of Puerto

Ricans and 59.5% of Dominicans in the United States reside in New York. Puerto Ricans

and Dominicans make up the largest group of Hispanics residing in New York. As a

Hispanic of Dominican background I am often asked whether I am Puerto Rican or

Dominican. They stereotype me Puerto Rican. I believe this illustrates the difficulty

people of other cultures have differentiating between the two Hispanic groups.


Although there are many similarities in the ethnic makeup of both groups, there

are also many differences between the two cultures that distinguish Dominicans and

Puerto Ricans. Dominicans ethnic groups are composed of 73% Mestizo, 16% White and

11% Afro-Dominican. On the other hand, the ethnic group of Puerto Ricans consists of

80.5 % White (Spanish descent), 8% Black, .4% Amer...