Will Puerto Rico be the 51st state of the United States?

Puerto Ricans voted overwhelmingly Sunday to become the 51st U.S. state, but there is no celebrating yet. Only Congress can make Puerto Rico a state, and there's little appetite to do that right now. Congress is a lot more concerned about the island's massive bankruptcy. read more

Whether it will ultimately become a State or a nation has not been determined. read more

Puerto Rico becoming the 51st state of the US; not in the near future. The reason for Puerto Rico not being granted statehood today is purely financial. If Congress agrees to grant statehood to Puerto Rico, this is what they would get: 1. A state that is poorer than the poorest state they currently have (Mississippi). 2. read more