It is a U.S. possession. It is not a state.
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Many AM-Only Stations Are Still in the Top Ten
- Thread starter Gregg.
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No other territory has sufficient population and radio revenue for a Nielsen survey. The two largest include the USVI at about 102,000; American Somoa is even smaller at 47,000.
Puerto Rico is well over 3 million in total population, and at its peak it was almost exactly 4 million.
Before Arbitron, Puerto Rico was measured since the mid-70's by The Pulse.
So? Ratings were done in both Alaska and Hawaii prior to them becoming states. And Puerto Rico is totally part of the U.S. economy. We have U.S. passports, are eligible for the draft, pay income tax on U.S. mainland income, and have offices of the Coast Guard, FBI, Homeland Security, the FCC and much more.
Airline flights to the mainland are called "domestic" as there is no customs procedure at either end of a flight.
If you don't think Puerto Rico is "part" of the United States, do a quick search for the 65th Infantry Regiment. National Museum of the United States Army is one story of their history.
OK, I visited the Virgin Islands. Going home, I had to show ID (not a passport, although at the time passports were not required for travel to or from Canada, either) and go through customs. Nothing close to that ever happened crossing state lines.
Domestic boarding for flights for decades has required some form of ID, either at security, at the counter or when getting boarding passes from a machine.
Heck, I can recall flying from Miami to Tallahassee many times in the late 80's and early 90's and always being required to show ID.
In the hundreds of flights from and to Puerto Rico over the decades, I was only asked for ID in the aftermath of 9/11 or for claiming tickets at the counter back when we used paper tickets but bought them on the phone.
I don't know anything about that. What I know is that well within the existence of this website, Puerto Rico supplanted Seattle as the #13 market. and everyone below that moved down one position. It hadn't been listed at all before that.
The change involve making all of Puerto Rico one market (Arbitron) while Pulse had just measured the San Juan Metro.
Guam is the 2nd largest US territory by population, at around 190,000. Around 15% are the families of US Sailors and Airmen stationed in Guam.
My bad. Totally forgot about Guam... and its 210 square miles. Puerto Rico has about 3,300 square miles.
Starting in a few months, if it doesn't get pushed back, everyone will need a star on their driver's license to fly. To get the star on your license, you need forms of ID at the motor vehicle office to prove you are a citizen. If you don't have the star, you can still fly but will need a passport... even on domestic flights. And only a third of Americans have passports.
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