This flow began as a trickle at the beginning of
the century, and it has grown rapidly since. Most of the Puerto
Ricans settled in urban centers in the Northeast, and they
established a large, Spanish-speaking community in New York City.
The migration of Cubans into America, while not as large, has
been important in both Miami and New York. The largest number of
Cubans came during the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1910, the Puerto Rican community in New York City numbered
only five hundred, but by 1920 it had grown to seven thousand.
In 1940, the number of New York residents who had been born in
Puerto Rico reached seventy thousand, and in 1950, it jumped to
one hundred eighty seven thousand. The 1960 census showed that
the Puerto Rican community of New York City, including those born
in Puerto Rico as well as those born in America of Puerto Rican
parentage, had reached 613,000.
The Spaniards in Latin America had intermarried with both the
Indians and Africans to a far highier degree than had the Anglo-
Saxons in North America. For this reason, it is much more
difficult to identify the racial background of individual Puerto
Ricans.
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