text:  It is also the 43rd anniversary of the Puerto Rican Heritage Society of Hawaii. The nonprofit is dedicated to, as you could imagine, to preserving the knowledge of the Caribbean island. U.S. Census Bureau data shows that Latinos, do you know what percentage of Hawaii's population they are? Exactly. Look at you out there, 11%. And of that, that's right, Puerto Ricans are the largest group. The first immigrants came here to the islands as plantation workers way back in 1901.