Population: 99,404 (July 1991), growth rate 0.7% (1991)

Birth rate: 22 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 10 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 19 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 70 years male, 76 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 2.7 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Virgin Islander(s); adjective--Virgin Islander

Ethnic divisions: West Indian (45% born in the Virgin Islands and 29% born elsewhere in the West Indies) 74%, US mainland 13%, Puerto Rican 5%, other 8%; black 80%, white 15%, other 5%; Hispanic origin 14%

Religion: Baptist 42%, Roman Catholic 34%, Episcopalian 17%, other 7%

Language: English (official), but Spanish and Creole are widely spoken

Literacy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%)

Labor force: 45,500 (1988)

Organized labor: 90% of the government labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Virgin Islands 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 Virgin Islands People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Virgin Islands People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.