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    Virgin Islands (territory of the US) People 2000

      Population: 120,917 (July 2000 est.)

      Age structure:
      0-14 years: 27.8% (male 17,258; female 16,359)
      15-64 years: 63.72% (male 35,026; female 42,021)
      65 years and over: 8.48% (male 4,435; female 5,818) (2000 est.)

      Population growth rate: 1.07% (2000 est.)

      Birth rate: 15.96 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

      Death rate: 5.36 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

      Net migration rate: 0.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

      Sex ratio:
      at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
      under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
      15-64 years: 0.83 male(s)/female
      65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
      total population: 0.88 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 9.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:
      total population: 78.11 years
      male: 74.2 years
      female: 82.25 years (2000 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 2.27 children born/woman (2000 est.)

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

      Ethnic groups: black 80%, white 15%, other 5%
      note: West Indian (45% born in the Virgin Islands and 29% born elsewhere in the West Indies) 74%, US mainland 13%, Puerto Rican 5%, other 8%

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

      Languages: English (official), Spanish, Creole

      Literacy:
      definition: NA
      total population: NA%
      male: NA%
      female: NA%

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