Population: 109,105 (July 1989), growth rate 1.4% (1989)

Birth rate: 20 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: - 1 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 18 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 70 years male, 76 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 2.5 children born/woman (1989)

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

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

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

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

Literacy: 90%

Labor force: 45,000 (1987)

Organized labor: 90% of the government labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Virgin Islands on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Virgin Islands People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Virgin Islands People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.