Date: June 12, 2023 P. de la C. 1750: To create the “Law to Establish the New Teaching Model by Creating Citizens” as an alternative educational methodology in schools of the Department of Education; to establish its purpose and public policy; to establish the guidelines of the teaching methodology; to structure the metrics and evaluation instruments; to authorize an extended schedule and expand the academic offer from the maternal period; to enable a novel extracurricular program adapted to the 21st century; to authorize a register of affiliated entities and design a permanent collaborative agreement; create the “Auxiliary Secretariat for Creating Citizens”; state its purpose, functions, duties and responsibilities; establish the responsibilities of teaching staff under this doctrinal reformulation; lay the foundations for their financial autonomy and provide direct access to municipal, state and federal funds; recognize the power to adopt regulations; amend Articles 2.01, 2.04, 2.05 and 7.01 of Law 85-2018, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Educational Reform Act”; add a new paragraph E to Section 1033.10 (a) (1), and add a new paragraph (v) to Section 1033.15 (a) (3) (B) of Law 1-2011, as amended, known as the “Internal Revenue Code for a New Puerto Rico”, in order to establish tax credits for companies that provide economic or human resources to this new academic model and allow a deduction by donation or contribution for incidental expenses for contributions made through a collaborative agreement with the schools participating in the “Creating Citizens” teaching model; and For others related purposes.

Date: June 6, 2023R. C. del S. 377: To order the Puerto Rico Department of Economic Development and Commerce to create a plan for the economic development of the Western Region of Puerto Rico, in order to encourage economic development, attract investors to the area, the rehabilitation of abandoned buildings, attract income to municipalities, increase employment and establish a sustainable economic landscape that improves the quality of life of residents of the Western zone.

Study will reveal the profile of the Puerto Rican farmer

Study will reveal the profile of the Puerto Rican farmer

It will also help strengthen our food security

May 30, 2022. The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute (Institute) launched the questionnaire “Study on the Profile of the Puerto Rican Farmer” with the objective of collecting information, data and statistics on farmers and their crops, as well as incentives received by the Department of Agriculture.

“The information obtained in this questionnaire will help to develop a profile of farmers in Puerto Rico, which will allow us to identify possible barriers and challenges that they currently present. Getting to know our farmers better will help us promote and improve local agriculture and strengthen our food security,” said Dr. Orville M. Disdier Flores, executive director of the Institute, who called on all farmers to invest a few minutes to complete and share the questionnaire with other farmers before June 20. The questionnaire can be accessed through the following link: Farmer Profile Study

Disdier explained that the data obtained will also serve to justify various initiatives, such as, for example, the development of new public policies that promote better services for farmers and aid to improve food production in Puerto Rico. The information collected, Disdier explained, will also make it possible to strengthen data on the Statistics and Indicators of Agricultural Production in Puerto Rico, tool recently launched by the Institute and which is available at the following link: Agriculture.

For questions or help with the questionnaire, please contact Manuel A. Mangual, project coordinator, at the following email manuel.mangual@estadisticas.pr or at (787) 819-0730.

The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute is a governmental entity in the executive branch, with fiscal and administrative autonomy, whose main purpose is to ensure that Puerto Rico has complete, reliable statistics that are quickly and universally accessible. To learn more about the Institute of Statistics, you can access the website: www.estadisticas.pr.gov. On social media through Facebook accounts (@statistics.pr), Twitter (@EstadisticasPR), Instagram (@institutodeestadisticas) and LinkedIn (Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics).

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The pace of population aging in Puerto Rico has accelerated

The pace of population aging in Puerto Rico has accelerated

This is indicated by the demographic features of the 2020 Census

San Juan, PR, May 25, 2023 — The U.S. Census Bureau today released data on population and housing characteristics based on the 2020 Decennial Census. The data covers a variety of demographics, race and Hispanic origin, household composition, and more. In turn, the data respond to another segment of the main tables that are usually published for each decennial census. The information is available for various geographic levels, such as the United States, states, Puerto Rico, municipalities in Puerto Rico, counties in the United States and census tracts. These statistics refer to April 1, 2020. Representing the U.S. Census Bureau's Census Data and Information Center Network (SDC-PR) in Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute (Institute) reported several findings from the new publication:

1) Compared to the 2010 Decennial Census, compared to the most recent list available Decennial Census 2020, both with a reference date of April 1, 2020, the data indicate that:

• The median age of the total population in Puerto Rico increased by about eight (8) years, from 36.9 (2010) to 45.2 (2020) in the decade.
• The increase reflected in Puerto Rico was markedly different from the rate of aging reflected in the same period in other jurisdictions, with the closest increases of three (3) years in the median age in the states of Arizona and Mississippi.
• The median age by sex in Puerto Rico changed from 35.1 to 43.5 years for men and from 38.6 to 46.6 years for women.

2) With regard to the sex distribution of the population in Puerto Rico:

• This went from 48% men and 52% women (Census 2010) to a distribution of 47% men and 53% women (Census 2020).
• The ratio indicator for sex dropped from 92.0 (2010 Census) to 89.7 (2020 Census), which suggests that there were about 90 men per 100 women in Puerto Rico in 2020.

3) The tenure of total occupied housing in Puerto Rico (1,376,531) according to the 2020 Census, was shown to be comprised of 70.2% by landlords and 29.8% by renters.

“The published data are of the utmost importance. The breakdowns that were not available by age, sex and housing, according to the most recent enumeration, now make it possible to adjust the bases of estimates and projections, as well as to provide an updated framework for statistical sampling of households or populations at different geographical levels,” said Alberto L. Velázquez-Estrada, Senior Manager of Statistical Projects at the Institute.

The U.S. Census Bureau published an interactive summary that allows us to view various interesting published data from the 2020 Census, and provides a comparison with the previous Decennial Censuses 2000 and 2010. The visualization can be accessed at: https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/how-has-our-nations-population-changed.html.

All the tables published about the 2020 Census can be accessed in the data dissemination tool of the U.S. Census Bureau: data.census.gov. In addition, as the leading entity of the State Data Center of Puerto Rico, the Institute manages the SDC website, which contains the main statistical reports and publications of the U.S. Census Bureau on Puerto Rico, specifically those that are most in demand, such as annual population estimates; the Puerto Rico Community Survey (Puerto Rico Community Survey) and official statistics on Puerto Rico's decennial population and housing censuses, among others. The Puerto Rico SDC website can be accessed through: censo.estadisticas.pr.

The Puerto Rico Statistics Institute is an autonomous governmental entity responsible for coordinating the Government's statistical production service to ensure that the data collection and statistics systems, on which public policies are based, are complete, reliable, and have quick and universal access.

For more information you can visit the website: www.estadisticas.pr.gov or write to preguntas@estadisticas.pr. They can also follow social networks through Facebook (@estadisticas .pr), Twitter (@EstadisticasPR), LinkedIn (Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico) and Instagram (@institutodeestadisticas) accounts.

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First Symposium on Statistics on Gender-based Violence in Puerto Rico

Were you unable to participate in the Symposium or do you want to review the material presented and discussed?

Access the following link for the materials: First Symposium on Gender-based Violence Statistics in Puerto Rico

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Survey on the Needs of Working Women in Puerto Rico

Link: https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/mujerPR

We invite all women to participate in the survey: housewives, employees in the public and private sectors, businesswomen, those who have their own businesses or work for themselves to earn an income, and all women in general.

This questionnaire is a collaborative effort between the Office of the Women's Attorney (OPM) and the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, with the purpose of better identifying the needs and challenges of working women and, based on empirical evidence, promoting possible solutions in the short, medium and long term.

By answering this questionnaire you will be helping us to improve the quality of life of working women and our society in general!

“We are all working women”