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This article is about the demographic features of the population of the United States Virgin Islands, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. Population: 120,917 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 27.8% (male 17,258; female 16,359)
15-64 years: 63.72% (male 35,026; female 42,021)
65 years and over: 8.48% (male 4,435; female 5,818) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: -0.12% (2006 est.)
Birth rate: 15.96 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 5.36 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
- at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
- under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 0.83 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
- total population: 0.88 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 9.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
- total population: 78.11 years
- male: 74.2 years
- female: 82.25 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate:2.27 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
- noun: Virgin Islander(s)
- adjective: Virgin Islander
Racial makeup: (2000 census)
- White (non-Hispanic) 11.30%
- White (Hispanic) 1.79%
- Black (non-Hispanic) 70.61%
- Black (Hispanic) 5.57%
- Other Hispanic 6.63%
- Asian 1.07%
- Other 3.03%
Ethnic groups:
- West Indian 74% (45% born in the Virgin Islands and 29% born elsewhere in the West Indies)
- U.S. mainland 13%
- Puerto Rican 5%
- other 8%
Religions:
- Baptist 42%
- Roman Catholic 34% (see Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas)
- Episcopalian 17%
- other 7%
Language spoken at home:
- English (official) or English Creole 74.70%
- Spanish or Spanish Creole 16.78%
- French or French Creole 6.57%
- Other 1.95%
Literacy:
- definition: Population 25 years & older completing the 5th grade
- total population: 97%
- male: 96.8%
- female: 97.1%
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