Population: 55,223 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.86% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 36.63 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 4.01 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 18.78 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.91 years
male: 71.03 years
female: 74.85 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 4.36 children born/woman (1994 est.)

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

Ethnic divisions: Samoan (Polynesian) 89%, Caucasian 2%, Tongan 4%, other 5%

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

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

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 97%
Labor force: 14,400 (1990)
by occupation: government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990)

NOTE: The information regarding American Samoa on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of American Samoa People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about American Samoa People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.