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United States Virgin Islands Information and Statistics


  

United States Virgin Islands People & Population

Country Information

 

Population:
123,498 (July 2002 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 26.7% (male 16,926; female 16,012)
15-64 years: 64.2% (male 35,801; female 43,443)
65 years and over: 9.1% (male 4,851; female 6,465) (2002 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.04% (2002 est.)
Birth rate:
15.85 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Death rate:
5.58 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Net migration rate:
0.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.82 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.87 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
9.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.43 years
female: 82.53 years (2002 est.)
male: 74.55 years
Total fertility rate:
2.24 children born/woman (2002 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun: Virgin Islander(s)
adjective: Virgin Islander
Ethnic groups:
black 70%, white 15%, other 5%
note: West Indian (45% born in the Virgin Islands and 29% born elsewhere in the West Indies) 74%, US mainland 13%, Puerto Rican 5%, other 8%
Religions:
Baptist 42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian 17%, other 7%
Languages:
English (official), Spanish, Creole
Literacy:
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%

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