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*In the early 1980s, '''underemployment, inflation, and the rise in value of the dollar''' all contributed to a third wave of emigration from the Dominican Republic. | *In the early 1980s, '''underemployment, inflation, and the rise in value of the dollar''' all contributed to a third wave of emigration from the Dominican Republic. | ||
*In 2012, there were approximately 1.7 million people of Dominican descent in the U.S., counting both native- and foreign-born. There was also a growing Dominican immigration to '''Puerto Rico''', with nearly 70,000 Dominicans living there as of 2010. Although that number is slowly decreasing and immigration trends have reversed because of Puerto Rico's economic crisis as of 2016. | *In 2012, there were approximately 1.7 million people of Dominican descent in the U.S., counting both native- and foreign-born. There was also a growing Dominican immigration to '''Puerto Rico''', with nearly 70,000 Dominicans living there as of 2010. Although that number is slowly decreasing and immigration trends have reversed because of Puerto Rico's economic crisis as of 2016. | ||
*There is a significant Dominican population in '''Spain'''.<ref>"Dominican Republic", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic | *There is a significant Dominican population in '''Spain'''.<ref>"Dominican Republic", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic, accessed 13 June 2021.</ref> | ||
====Dominican Americans==== | ====Dominican Americans==== | ||
*Since the establishment of the Spanish Empire, there have historically been immigrants from the former Captaincy General of Santo Domingo to other parts of New Spain which are now part of the United States, such as''' Florida, Louisiana and the Southwest.''' | *Since the establishment of the Spanish Empire, there have historically been immigrants from the former Captaincy General of Santo Domingo to other parts of New Spain which are now part of the United States, such as''' Florida, Louisiana and the Southwest.''' | ||