Editing Demographics of Puerto Rico (section)

==Religion==
There are many religious beliefs represented in the island with Christianity as the religion indicated by the majority in 2010.

Religious breakdown in Puerto Rico (2010):<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/puerto-rico#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 |title=Demography – Puerto Rico |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=January 2017 |website=Pew Research |publisher=Pew Research, DC |access-date=February 18, 2017 |archive-date=May 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511221913/http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/puerto-rico#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = '''Pew Research Center (2010)'''<ref name="auto"/>
|label1 = [[Catholic]]
|value1 = 69.7
|color1 = Blue
|label2 = [[Protestant]]
|value2 = 25.1
|color2 = Violet
|label3 = Other Christian
|value3 = 1.9
|color3 = DarkBlue
|label4 = Other
|value4 = 1.4
|color4 = Red
|label5 = [[Irreligious]]
|value5 = 1.9
|color5 = Black
}}

===Christians===
A recent report providing a full breakdown as to specific religions is not available; the most recent was for 2006.

The Christian Denominational Breakdown was as follows in 2006:<ref>
[http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=29 Denominations] Retrieved June 9, 2009.  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117024117/http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=29 |date=January 17, 2009 }}</ref>

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{| class="wikitable" style="float:center; margin:1ex 5 1ex 1ex;"
|-colspan="3" align="center"| '''Christian Denominations in Pto. Rico (2006)'''
|-
! Denomination !! Adherents
|-
|[[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]]|| align="right"| 1,650,000
|-
|Other [[Pentecostal]] || align="right"| 229,814
|-
|[[Pentecostal Church of God (Puerto Rico)|Pentecostal Church of God]]|| align="right" | 100,000
|-
|[[Assemblies of God USA|Assemblies of God]] || align="right"| 56,000
|-
|[[American Baptist Churches USA|Baptist Convention]] || align="right"| 35,000
|-
|[[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] || align="right"| 31,524
|-
|[[Jehovah's Witnesses]] || align="right"| 25,778
|-
|[[Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)|Church of God (Cleveland)]] || align="right"| 17,500
|-
|[[Defenders of the Faith (Puerto Rico)|Defenders of the Faith]] || align="right"| 17,500
|-
|[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] || align="right"| 16,084
|-
|[[Disciples of Christ]] || align="right"| 10,778
|-
|[[United Methodist]] || align="right"| 10,000
|-
|[[List of Presbyterian Church (USA) synods and presbyteries#Synod of Boriquen (Puerto Rico)|Boriquen Presby Synod]] || align="right"| 8,300
|-
|[[Christian and Missionary Alliance]] || align="right"| 6,500
|-
|[[Church of the Nazarene]]|| align="right"| 2,994
|-
|Other || align="right"| 130,400
|}

====Catholics====
The [[Catholic Church]] has been historically the most dominant religion of the majority of Puerto Ricans, with Puerto Rico having the first [[dioceses]] in the Americas.<ref name="CathEncy"/> This religion was brought by Spanish colonists. The first [[dioceses]] in the Americas, including that of Puerto Rico, were authorized by [[Pope Julius&nbsp;II]] in 1511.<ref name="CathEncy">{{CathEncy|wstitle=Porto Rico|last= Jones |first= W.A.|author-link=|volume=12|short=1}}</ref> One Pope, [[John Paul&nbsp;II]], visited Puerto Rico in October 1984. All [[Municipalities of Puerto Rico|municipalities]] in Puerto Rico have at least one Catholic Church, most of which are located at the town center or "''plaza''".

An [[Associated Press]] article in March 2014 stated that "more than 70 percent of whom identify themselves as Catholic" but provided no source for this information. (It may have been using the 2010 [[Pew Research Center]] data.)<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 |agency=Associated Press |date=March 12, 2014 |website=Fox News|access-date=February 17, 2017}}</ref>

The CIA World Factbook however, reports that 85% of the population of Puerto Rico identifies as Roman Catholic, while 15% identify as Protestant and Other. Neither a date or a source for that information is provided and may not be recent.<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>

In November 2014, a Pew Research report, with the sub-title ''Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region'', indicated that only 56% of Puerto Ricans were Catholic and that 33% were Protestant. This survey was completed between October 2013 and February 2014.

====Protestants====
[[Protestantism in Puerto Rico]] was suppressed under Spanish rule. Prior to the [[Spanish–American War]] there was only one Protestant church on the island, the [[Iglesia de la Santísima Trinidad|Holy Trinity Anglican Church]], which was established in 1872 and served the British expatriate community in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://episcopalpr.org/sobre_nosotros/sobre_nosotros.html |title=Sobre Nosotros |publisher=Episcopalpr.org |access-date=February 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317153425/http://www.episcopalpr.org/sobre_nosotros/sobre_nosotros.html |archive-date=March 17, 2010}}</ref> The church was forbidden from ringing its bell, using its front door, or holding services in Spanish until 1898, when American troops landed in Ponce and established freedom of worship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.puertorico.com/culture/religion/|title=Religion in Puerto Rico – By Puerto Rico Channel|website=Puertorico.com|access-date=October 14, 2017}}</ref> This was the first non-Catholic church in the [[Spanish Empire]] in [[the Americas]].<ref>Luis Fortuño Janeiro. ''Album Histórico de Ponce (1692–1963).'' Page 165. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuño. 1963.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.preb.com/articulos/aleman2.htm |title=La presencia Germanica en Puerto Rico |publisher=Preb.com |access-date=February 6, 2011}}</ref>

Protestantism grew under American sovereignty due to the work of American missionaries, making contemporary Puerto Rico more interconfessional than in previous centuries, although Catholicism continues to be the dominant religion.

===Muslims===
In 2007, there were over 5,000 Muslims in Puerto Rico, representing about 0.13% of the population.<ref>[http://www.iiie.net/index.php?q=node/65 Institute of Islamic Information and Education: Number of Muslims and Percentage in Puerto Rico] Retrieved June 11, 2009. Corrected October 6, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=29 Percent Puerto Rican population that are Muslims] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194154/http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/country/?CountryID=29 |date=September 27, 2007 }} Retrieved June 8, 2009.
</ref> There are eight Islamic mosques spread throughout the island, with most Muslims living in [[Río Piedras, Puerto Rico|Río Piedras]].<ref>
[http://www.pupr.edu/msa/mosques.html Muslim mosques in Puerto Rico] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20120805220625/http://www.pupr.edu/msa/mosques.html |date=August 5, 2012 }} Retrieved June 8, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198706/muslims.in.the.caribbean.htm|title=Saudi Aramco World : Muslims in the Caribbean|website=Saudiaramcoworld.com|access-date=October 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520061156/http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198706/muslims.in.the.caribbean.htm|archive-date=May 20, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Puerto Rican converts to Islam continue to occur.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discoveringislam.org/puerto_rican_converts.htm|title=Puerto Rican Converts|website=Discoveringislam.org|access-date=October 14, 2017}}</ref> "Ties between Latinos and Islam are more than just spiritual, but date back to Spanish history. Many people do not realize that Muslims conquered Spain".<ref name="Reshaping One Nation Under God">[http://www.nyunews.com/2.6138/reshaping-one-nation-under-god-1.640671 Reshaping One Nation Under God] Retrieved June 8, 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517082143/http://www.nyunews.com/2.6138/reshaping-one-nation-under-god-1.640671 |date=May 17, 2009 }}</ref> And at times not just individuals, but whole families convert.  However, lack of Muslim education in the Island forces some Puerto Rican Muslims to migrate to the States.<ref name="Reshaping One Nation Under God"/> Islam was brought into Puerto Rico mainly via the Palestinian migration of the 1950s and '60s.<ref>[http://globalpuertorico.com/Islam.aspx Palestinian migration] Retrieved June 8, 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007171601/http://globalpuertorico.com/Islam.aspx |date=October 7, 2011 }}</ref> Thus, today there is a strong Palestinian presence among Muslims in Puerto Rico. "They are economically strong and are thus able to pay for a full-time [[Imaam]]".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=136012 |title=IslamWeb - Muslims in the Caribbean |access-date=June 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023020246/http://islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=136012 |archive-date=October 23, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Jews===
Puerto Rico is also home to the largest Jewish community in the Caribbean, with 3,000 Jewish inhabitants.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Jewish Palate: The Jews of Puerto Rico|url=http://www.jpost.com/Food-Index/The-Jewish-Palate-The-Jews-of-Puerto-Rico|access-date=August 9, 2016|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post}}</ref> Some Puerto Ricans have converted, not only as individuals but as entire families. Puerto Rico is the only Caribbean island in which the [[Conservative Jews|Conservative]], [[Reform Jews|Reform]] and [[Orthodox Jews|Orthodox Jewish]] movements are represented.<ref name="JVL"/><ref name="LN">{{cite web|url=http://www.luxner.com/cgi-bin/view_article.cgi?articleID=1237|title=Luxner – Articles|website=Luxner.com|access-date=October 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051107203700/http://www.luxner.com/cgi-bin/view_article.cgi?articleID=1237|archive-date=November 7, 2005|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Other religious practices===
[[Taíno people|Taíno religious practices]] have been rediscovered/reinvented by a handful of advocates. According to some sources, starting in about 1840, there have been attempts to create a quasi-indigenous Taíno identity in rural areas of Puerto Rico.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/pre-colonial-history/taino-indigenous-caribbeans/|title=Taíno: Indigenous Caribbeans – Black History Month 2017|work=Black History Month 2017|access-date=February 6, 2018}}</ref> This trend accelerated among the Puerto Rican community in the mainland United States in the 1960s.<ref>Alexandra Aikhenvald (2012) ''Languages of the Amazon'', Oxford University Press</ref> In the 2010 U.S. census, 9,399 people are identified as "Taíno."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2010/cph-t/cph-t-6.html|title=American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2010 (CPH-T-6)|date=2010|website=Census.gov|publisher=Census bureau|access-date=September 14, 2016}}</ref>

Various African religious practices have been present since the arrival of enslaved Africans. In particular, the [[Yoruba religion|Yoruba beliefs]] of [[Santería]] and/or [[Ifá]], and the [[Kongo people|Kongo]]-derived [[Palo Mayombe]] (sometimes called an African belief system, but rather a way of [[Bantu peoples|Bantu]] lifestyle of [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]] origin) find adherence among the few individuals who practice some form of [[African traditional religion]].