Is Puerto Rican a race

Answer 1

No, to be Puerto Rican is a nationality. The ethnicity is Hispanic (Standard U.S. termonology)/Latin American. The race usually varies between White and Black depending on your dominant ancestry.

Answer 2

Many are of White Race. It usually goes half and half with the dominant being of mixed-Black descent. Puerto Rico's ethnic background is Hispanic (Standard U.S. terminology since the 1970's) or Latin American. Once thought an extinct people, there is actually a very narrow line of Taino/Arawak Native American heredity in today's Puerto Rican population. Genetically, this is usually found in the maternal lineage. The majority are predominantly Black/White mixed.

Answer 3

No, because they're not from Europe.