Demographics of the United States Virgin Islands
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Population

The population of the US Virgin Island: The median age is 39.2 years (38.5 for males, 39.7 for females) (2010 census).


Vital statistics


Structure of the population

Census - including armed forces stationed in the area:


Health

The
infant mortality Infant mortality is the death of young children under the age of 1. This death toll is measured by the infant mortality rate (IMR), which is the probability of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births. The under-five morta ...
rate as of 2010 is 7.4 deaths/1,000 live births: 8.14 deaths/1,000 live births for males and 6.63 deaths/1,000 live births for females. At birth, life expectancy is 79.61 years (76.57 for males, 82.83 for females or girls).


Ethnicity and religion

As of the 2010 census, the population comprised the following ethnic groups: :'' Black or African American'' 76% :''
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'' 15.7% :'' Asian'' 1.4% :''Other'' 4.9% :'' Mixed'' 2.1% By place of birth: :''U.S. Virgin Islands'' 46.7% ::''St. Croix'' 23.8% ::''St. Thomas'' 22.5% ::''St. John'' 0.4% :''Latin America and the Caribbean'' 34.7% ::''St. Kitts and Nevis'' 5.6% ::''Dominica'' 5.0% ::''Dominican Republic'' 4.2% ::''Antigua and Barbuda'' 3.7% ::''Puerto Rico'' 3.3% ::''St. Lucia'' 3.3% ::''British Virgin Islands'' 1.9% ::''Trinidad and Tobago'' 1.6% ::''Haiti'' 1.6% ::''Anguilla'' 0.8% ::''Jamaica'' 0.5% ::''Other Latin American and the Caribbean'' 3.1% :''United States'' 15.8% :''Asia'' 1.4% :''Europe'' 0.9% :''Other'' 0.4% In terms of religion: :
Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...
59% ::
Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul c ...
42% ::
Episcopalian Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the ...
17% :
Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
34% :Other 7%


Language

As of the 2010 languages spoken in the US Virgin Islands were: :
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ...
71.6% : Spanish or
Spanish Creole A Spanish creole, or Spanish-based creole language, is a creole language (contact language with native speakers) for which Spanish serves as its substantial ''lexifier''. A number of creole languages are influenced to varying degrees by the Sp ...
17.2% :
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
or French Creole 8.6% :Other 2.5%


See also

*
Stateside Virgin Islands Americans Stateside Virgin Islands Americans are West Indian Americans who hold US citizenship and who have migrated from the U.S. Virgin Islands to the continental United States and Hawaii, and their descendants. Persons born in the U.S. Virgin Islands ...


References

{{North America in topic, Demographics of
Virgin Islands The Virgin Islands ( es, Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. They are geologically and biogeographically the easternmost part of the Greater Antilles, the northern islands belonging to the Puerto Rico Trench and St. Cro ...
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