Some comparison of subgroup of Puerto Ricans with other Hispanic groups

However, the findings of the Census show 64.3% of mainland Puerto Ricans do finish high school; and 29.6% of them, working full-time earn $35,000 or more. And, where compared with other Latinos, the Puerto Ricans in the higher income group surpasses all Hispanics except Cubans ( 34.4% earn $35,000 or more if working full-time). And, in conflict with other Census numbers, the Puerto Ricans are listed with the highest poverty level of any Hispanic group; they are listed as having a 25.8% poverty rate, while the central and South Americans are posted with the lowest poverty rate at 16.7% (even though both, the Puerto Rican and Central American, have the same rate of high school completion at 64.3%). What the numbers are saying is simply that many Puerto Ricans are doing quite well but a significant number is still in adjacent poverty. The poor Puerto Rican being a native American goes anywhere he wants to go in the United States. And, like no other ethnic American, he most likely lacks the advantage of having a fluency in the dominant language of the nation. That in itself is an immense obstacle for finding and holding a meaningful job in this country. He sustains discrimination albeit not totally racial, as in most cases he could pass easily as a white man; the reason mainly being his inability to use the English language. However, being so that he is a native American that mere fact makes him entitled to many benefits. And the process for applying and getting certain entitlements is well known even in the poor communities. He applies for certain benefits and meets the criteria to receive them. He may stay put at a particular location temporarily, but soon he gets the urge to move on again as he is not intent in settling down and becoming a capitalistic. Thus, the indigent Puerto Rican may end up wandering from New York City to New Haven and back to San Juan or Mayaguez. And, if he finds a paying job, he usually stays only long enough to make sufficient money for a plane ticket going somewhere, which is usually Puerto Rico. The effect of the migratory pattern of the destitute Puerto Rican creates statistical confusion as he may be counted in the capitation process in multiple towns and cities for the same year. Of course, the net effect of the drifting path taken by the indigent is simply that he never takes real roots in a given community.