Population: 43,052 (July 1991), growth rate 2.9% (1991)

Birth rate: 41 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 4 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 8 immigrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 11 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 74 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 5.4 children born/woman (1991)

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

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

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

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

Literacy: 97% (male 97%, female 97%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Labor force: 11,145; government 48%, tuna canneries 33%, other 19% (1986 est.)

Organized labor: NA

Note: about 65,000 American Samoans live in the States of California and Washington and 20,000 in Hawaii

NOTE: The information regarding American Samoa on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of American Samoa People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about American Samoa People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.