ACOG - Virgin Islands  - IBM

Geography

Location: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Puerto Rico

Area:
total area: 352 sq km
land area: 349 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 188 km


People

Population: 97,229 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years:
15-64 years:
65 years and over:

Population growth rate: -0.29% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 18.49 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 5.2 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -16.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 12.54 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.29 years
male: 73.6 years
female: 77.2 years

Total fertility rate: 2.41 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: black 80%, white 15%, other 5%

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

Languages: English (official), Spanish, Creole

Literacy: NA%
total population:
male:
female:


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Virgin Islands of the United States
conventional short form: Virgin Islands

Type: organized, unincorporated territory of the US administered by the Officeof Territorial and International Affairs, US Department of the Interior

Capital: Charlotte Amalie

Independence:

Constitution: Revised Organic Act of 22 July 1954


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $1.2 billion

National product real growth rate:

National product per capita: $11,000

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

Unemployment rate: 3.7%

Electricity:
capacity: 320,000 kW
production: 970 million kWh
consumption per capita: 9,172 kWh



Olympic Factoid
Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Games involved a crew of 2,100 who worked with more than 3,500 performers as well as thousands of athletes who celebrated on the field of Olympic Stadium.