Population: 40,625 (July 1989), growth rate 2.7% (1989)

Birth rate: 42 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 4 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: - 11 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 11 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 74 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 5.4 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--American Samoan(s); adjective--American Samoan

Ethnic divisions: 90% Samoan (Polynesian), 2% Caucasian, 2% Tongan, 6% other

Religion: about 50% Christian Congregationalist, 20% Roman Catholic, 30% mostly Protestant denominations and other

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

Literacy: 99%

Labor force: 10,000; 48% government, 33% tuna canneries, 19% other (1986 est.)

Organized labor: NA

Note: about 65,000 American Samoans live in California and Washington State and 20,000 live in Hawaii

NOTE: The information regarding American Samoa on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of American Samoa People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about American Samoa People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.