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American Samoa People 1996

Population:

57,366 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

15-64 years:

65 years and over:

Population growth rate:

3.82% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

36.21 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

4.01 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

18.78 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

72.91 years

male:

71.03 years

female:

74.85 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

4.3 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

American Samoan(s)

adjective:

American Samoan

Ethnic divisions:

Samoan (Polynesian) 89%, Caucasian 2%, Tongan 4%, other 5%

Religions:

Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant denominations and other 30%

Languages:

Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English; most people are bilingual

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

total population:

97%

male:

98%

female:

97%

Labor force:

14,400 (1990)

by occupation:

government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990)

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