Editing Puerto Ricans (section)

==Religion==
There are many religious beliefs represented in the island. Religious breakdown in Puerto Rico (as of 2006) is given in the table on the right.<ref>[http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=29 Religions] Retrieved June 9, 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102083050/http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=29 |date=November 2, 2014 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:1ex 5 1ex 1ex;"
|-colspan="3" align="center"| '''Religions in Puerto Rico (2006)'''
|-
! Religion !! Adherents !! % of Population
|-
|[[Christians|Christian]]||align="right"|3,752,544||align="right"|97.00%
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|Non-religious/other||align="right"| 76,598 ||align="right"|1.98%
|-
|[[Kardecist spiritism|Spiritist]]||align="right"| 27,080 ||align="right"|0.70%
|-
|[[Muslim]]||align="right"| 5,029 ||align="right"|0.13%
|-
|[[Hindu]]||align="right"| 3,482 ||align="right"|0.09%
|-
|[[Jewish]]||align="right"| 2,708 ||align="right"|0.07%
|-
|[[Buddhist]]||align="right"| 1,161 ||align="right"|0.03%
|}
The majority of Puerto Ricans in the island are [[Christians]]. [[Kardecist spiritism|Spiritist]]s have a large secondary following. [[Muslim]]s, [[Hindu]]s, [[Jew]]s, and [[Buddhist]]s all have a small presence as well. [[Roman Catholicism]] has been the main Christian denomination among Puerto Ricans since the arrival of the Spanish in the 15th century, but the presence of [[Protestantism|Protestant]], [[Latter-day Saint|Mormon]], [[Pentecostal]], and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] denominations has increased under U.S. sovereignty, making modern Puerto Rico an inter-denominational, multi-religious community. The Afro-Caribbean religion [[Santería]] is also practiced.

In 1998, a news report stated that "Puerto Rico [was] no longer predominantly Catholic". Pollster Pablo Ramos wrote that the population was 38% Roman Catholic, 28% Pentecostal, and 18% were members of independent churches.<ref>The San Juan Star, Sunday, April 12, 1998: "Study reflects growing numbers of churchgoers".</ref> However, an [[Associated Press]] article in March 2014 stated that "more than 70 percent of [Puerto Ricans] identify themselves as Catholic".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/catholic-church-and-puerto-rico-officials-at-odds-in-widening-sex-abuse-investigation |title=Catholic Church and Puerto Rico officials at odds in widening sex abuse investigation |author=Associated Press<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=March 12, 2014 |website=FOX News |access-date=February 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218145958/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/03/12/catholic-church-and-puerto-rico-officials-at-odds-in-widening-sex-abuse.html |archive-date=February 18, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The CIA World Factbook reports that 85% of the population of Puerto Rico identifies as Roman Catholic, while 15% identify as Protestant and Other.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/ |title=Puerto Rico - People and Society |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2015 |website=CIA Library |publisher=CIA |access-date=February 17, 2017 |quote=Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant and other 15% }}</ref>