Puerto Rico posts net migration gain for first time in years, report says

Puerto Rico recorded a positive net migration rate for the first time in several years, signaling a shift in the island’s long-standing population decline, according to the Puerto Rico Planning Board’s latest economic report to the governor and Legislature. “Puerto Rico has experienced its first recovery in migration from abroad in several years,” said Héctor Morales-Martínez, president of the Planning Board. The net migration rate reached 4.7 per 1,000 residents, meaning more people moved to the island than left during the reporting period — mid‑2023 through mid‑2024. The agency also noted population growth in 43 of Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities...