Fun Facts about Puerto Rico . . .
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The Puerto Rico state flower is the hibiscus. Commonly known as Thespesia grandiflora, Maga grandiflora, Montezuma and Flor de Maga.
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Population size is 3,927,188 (July 2006 estimate)
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65.8% are from age 15-64
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Literacy (age 15 and over that can read and write) 94.1%
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Unemployment rate 12% (2002)
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Airports 30 (17 paved runway and 13 unpaved)
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Puerto Ricans were granted citizenship in 1917, although residents in the island do not vote in U.S. presential elections
