Virgin Islands: People & Society#
| Population | 102,951 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Virgin Islander(s) (US citizens) adjective: Virgin Islander |
| Ethnic groups | black 76%, white 15.6%, Asian 1.4%, other 4.9%, mixed 2.1% note: 17.4% self-identify as latino (2010 est.) |
| Languages | English 71.6%, Spanish or Spanish Creole 17.2%, French or French Creole 8.6%, other 2.5% (2010 est.) |
| Religions | Protestant 59% (Baptist 42%, Episcopalian 17%), Roman Catholic 34%, other 7% |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 17.2% (male 8,933/female 8,776) 15-24 years: 9.32% (male 4,316/female 5,279) 25-54 years: 38.51% (male 17,850/female 21,795) 55-64 years: 14.72% (male 7,284/female 7,873) 65 years and over: 20.25% (male 9,402/female 11,443) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 61.2% youth dependency ratio: 32.8% elderly dependency ratio: 28.4% potential support ratio: 3.5% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 45.6 years male: 45.9 years female: 45.3 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.62% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 10.2 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 8.9 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -7.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | while overall population density throughout the islands is relatively low, concentrations appear around Charlotte Amalie on St. Thomas and Christiansted on St. Croix |
| Urbanization | urban population: 95.3% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.25% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | CHARLOTTE AMALIE (capital) 52,000 (2014) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 0.82 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.82 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female total population: 0.87 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 6.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 80 years male: 77 years female: 83.2 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.73 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 96.4% of population rural: 96.4% of population total: 96.4% of population unimproved: urban: 3.6% of population rural: 3.6% of population total: 3.6% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Major infectious diseases | note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |