Puerto Rico's Health Secretary Ana Rius said the unidentified patient had not travelled recently and lives in the island's eastern region.
Zika, which has no cure but is not known to be fatal, has been spreading across South America and the Caribbean.
Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico's representative in Congress, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had confirmed to him the single case of Zika on the island.
The virus has been blamed by Brazilian authorities for cases of babies being born with abnormally small heads, or microcephaly, which often results in mental developmental issues.
More than 2,700 babies in Brazil were born with microcephaly in 2015, up from fewer than 150 in 2014.
The Zika virus was first detected in humans about 40 years ago in Uganda.
Officials say symptoms are similar to those of dengue and chikungunya and can include a slight fever, headache and pain in the hands and feet.
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