This article is about the demographic

Demographics

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 features of the population

Population

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 of the United States Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands

The Virgin Islands of the United States are a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.The U.S...

, including population density

Population density

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, ethnicity

Ethnic group

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, 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:
106,405 (2010 census)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 20.4% (male 11,394/female 11,048)

15-64 years: 65.9% (male 33,843/female 38,574)

65 years and over: 13.6% (male 6,747/female 8,219) (2010 est.)

Median age:

total: 39.8 years

male: 39.2 years

female: 40.2 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.072% (2010 est.)

Birth rate: 11.51 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Death rate: 6.96 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Net migration rate: -5.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Urbanization:

urban population: 95% of total population (2008)

rate of urbanization: 0.2% annual rate of change (2005–10 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.059 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.87 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female

total population: 0.9 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 7.4 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 8.14 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 6.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 79.19 years

male: 76.14 years

female: 82.41 years (2010 est.)

Total fertility rate:1.81 children born/woman (2010 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Virgin Islander(s) (US citizens)

adjective: Virgin Islander

Ethnic groups: (2000 census)

black 76.2%

white 13.1%

Asian 1.1%

other 6.1%

mixed 3.5%

Religions:

Baptist

Baptist

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 42%

Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

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 34% (see Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas

Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese comprises the overseas dependency of the Virgin Islands specifically the islands Saint Thomas, Saint Croix and Saint John. The diocese is a suffragan of the...

)

Episcopalian 17%

other 7%

Languages: (2000 census)

English 74.7%

Spanish or Spanish Creole 16.8%

French or French Creole 6.6%

Other 1.9%

Literacy: (2005 est.)

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 90–95%