Thursday, December 26, 2024
virgin islands

The US Virgin Islands became one of the U.S. Territories in the early 1900’s after being bought from the the Danish. It is geographically part of the Virgin Islands group in which the other half are the British Virgin Islands. There are three major islands, St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas. It’s capital, Charlotte Amalie is on St. Thomas. 

Quick Facts

2006 Estimated Population: 108,605
2000 Census Population: 108,612
2001 Gross Domestic Product: $2,069 mil.
2000 Civilian Labor Force:50,933