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mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikanische_Jungferninseln" title="Amerikanische Jungferninseln – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Amerikanische Jungferninseln" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8B%A8%E1%8A%A0%E1%88%9C%E1%88%AA%E1%8A%AB_%E1%89%AA%E1%88%AD%E1%8C%82%E1%8A%95_%E1%8B%B0%E1%88%B4%E1%89%B6%E1%89%BD" title="የአሜሪካ ቪርጂን ደሴቶች – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="የአሜሪካ ቪርጂን ደሴቶች" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-anp mw-list-item"><a href="https://anp.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA" title="संयुक्त राज्य वर्जिन द्वीप – Angika" lang="anp" hreflang="anp" data-title="संयुक्त राज्य वर्जिन द्वीप" data-language-autonym="अंगिका" data-language-local-name="Angika" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अंगिका</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="جزر العذراء الأمريكية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جزر العذراء الأمريكية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_V%C3%ADrchens_d%27os_Estaus_Unius" title="Islas Vírchens d'os Estaus Unius – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Islas Vírchens d'os Estaus Unius" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iles_Vi%C3%A8rges_am%C3%A8riqu%C3%AAnes" title="Iles Vièrges amèriquênes – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Iles Vièrges amèriquênes" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islles_V%C3%ADrxenes_Americanes" title="Islles Vírxenes Americanes – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Islles Vírxenes Americanes" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB%C5%9E_Vircin_adalar%C4%B1" title="ABŞ Vircin adaları – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="ABŞ Vircin adaları" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A2%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری ویرجین آدالاری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری ویرجین آدالاری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C" title="মার্কিন ভার্জিন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মার্কিন ভার্জিন দ্বীপপুঞ্জ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%AD-kok_l%C3%A9ng_Virgin_K%C3%BBn-t%C3%B3" title="Bí-kok léng Virgin Kûn-tó – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bí-kok léng Virgin Kûn-tó" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D2%A0%D0%A8-%D1%82%D1%8B%D2%A3_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D1%83%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D2%99%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="АҠШ-тың Виргин утрауҙары – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="АҠШ-тың Виргин утрауҙары" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B" title="Амерыканскія Віргінскія астравы – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Амерыканскія Віргінскія астравы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%92%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B" title="Амэрыканскія Віргінскія астравы – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Амэрыканскія Віргінскія астравы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_Virgenes_nin_Estados_Unidos" title="Islas Virgenes nin Estados Unidos – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Islas Virgenes nin Estados Unidos" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Американски Вирджински острови – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Американски Вирджински острови" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikanische_Jungferninsln" title="Amerikanische Jungferninsln – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Amerikanische Jungferninsln" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameri%C4%8Dka_Djevi%C4%8Danska_ostrva" title="Američka Djevičanska ostrva – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Američka Djevičanska ostrva" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inizi_Gwerc%27h_ar_Stado%C3%B9-Unanet" title="Inizi Gwerc'h ar Stadoù-Unanet – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Inizi Gwerc'h ar Stadoù-Unanet" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illes_Verges_Nord-americanes" title="Illes Verges Nord-americanes – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Illes Verges Nord-americanes" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="U.S. Virgin Islands – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="U.S. Virgin Islands" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americk%C3%A9_Panensk%C3%A9_ostrovy" title="Americké Panenské ostrovy – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Americké Panenské ostrovy" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynysoedd_Americanaidd_y_Wyryf" title="Ynysoedd Americanaidd y Wyryf – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ynysoedd Americanaidd y Wyryf" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikanske_Jomfru%C3%B8er" title="Amerikanske Jomfruøer – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Amerikanske Jomfruøer" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikanische_Jungferninseln" title="Amerikanische Jungferninseln – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Amerikanische Jungferninseln" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%87%DE%AC%DE%89%DE%AC%DE%83%DE%A8%DE%86%DE%A7%DE%8E%DE%AC_%DE%88%DE%A7%DE%96%DE%A8%DE%82%DE%B0_%DE%96%DE%A6%DE%92%DE%A9%DE%83%DE%A7" title="އެމެރިކާގެ ވާޖިން ޖަޒީރާ – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="އެމެރިކާގެ ވާޖިން ޖަޒީރާ" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika%C5%84ske_kn%C4%9B%C5%BEniske_kupy" title="Amerikańske kněžniske kupy – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Amerikańske kněžniske kupy" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Neitsisaared" title="USA Neitsisaared – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="USA Neitsisaared" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%B9_%CE%9D%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%B9" title="Αμερικανικές Παρθένοι Νήσοι – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αμερικανικές Παρθένοι Νήσοι" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_V%C3%ADrgenes_de_los_Estados_Unidos" title="Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usonaj_Virgulininsuloj" title="Usonaj Virgulininsuloj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Usonaj Virgulininsuloj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birjina_Uharte_Estatubatuarrak" title="Birjina Uharte Estatubatuarrak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Birjina Uharte Estatubatuarrak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="جزایر ویرجین ایالات متحده آمریکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جزایر ویرجین ایالات متحده آمریکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikonsku_J%C3%B3mfr%C3%BAoyggjar" title="Amerikonsku Jómfrúoyggjar – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Amerikonsku Jómfrúoyggjar" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Eles_Vierges_des_%C3%89tats-Unis" title="Îles Vierges des États-Unis – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Îles Vierges des États-Unis" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oile%C3%A1in_Mheirice%C3%A1nacha_na_Maighdean" title="Oileáin Mheiriceánacha na Maighdean – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Oileáin Mheiriceánacha na Maighdean" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABD_Virgin_Adalar%C4%B1" title="ABD Virgin Adaları – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="ABD Virgin Adaları" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illas_Virxes_Estadounidenses" title="Illas Virxes Estadounidenses – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Illas Virxes Estadounidenses" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%AE-koet_li%C3%A2ng_Virgin_Khi%C3%B9n-t%C3%B3" title="Mî-koet liâng Virgin Khiùn-tó – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Mî-koet liâng Virgin Khiùn-tó" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EA%B5%AD%EB%A0%B9_%EB%B2%84%EC%A7%84%EC%95%84%EC%9D%BC%EB%9E%9C%EB%93%9C" title="미국령 버진아일랜드 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미국령 버진아일랜드" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%BB%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AF%D5%B2%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Ամերիկյան Վիրջինյան կղզիներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ամերիկյան Վիրջինյան կղզիներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B9" title="संयुक्त राज्य वर्जिन द्वीपसमूह – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="संयुक्त राज्य वर्जिन द्वीपसमूह" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameriske_knje%C5%BEniske_kupy" title="Ameriske knježniske kupy – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Ameriske knježniske kupy" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameri%C4%8Dki_Djevi%C4%8Danski_otoci" title="Američki Djevičanski otoci – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Američki Djevičanski otoci" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Insuli_Usana" title="Virgin Insuli Usana – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Virgin Insuli Usana" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="তিলপারাষ্ট্রর ভার্জিন দ্বীপমালা – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="তিলপারাষ্ট্রর ভার্জিন দ্বীপমালা" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepulauan_Virgin_Amerika_Serikat" title="Kepulauan Virgin Amerika Serikat – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kepulauan Virgin Amerika Serikat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%B0%D0%B4%C3%A6%D1%85%D1%82%C3%A6_(%D0%90%D0%98%D0%A8)" title="Виргины сакъадæхтæ (АИШ) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Виргины сакъадæхтæ (АИШ)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar%C3%ADsku_J%C3%B3mfr%C3%BAaeyjar" title="Bandarísku Jómfrúaeyjar – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Bandarísku Jómfrúaeyjar" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isole_Vergini_Americane" title="Isole Vergini Americane – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Isole Vergini Americane" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA" title="איי הבתולה של ארצות הברית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="איי הבתולה של ארצות הברית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapuloan_Virgin_Am%C3%A9rika_Sar%C3%A9kat" title="Kapuloan Virgin Amérika Sarékat – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Kapuloan Virgin Amérika Sarékat" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A8-%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AF%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AB%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="აშშ-ის ვირჯინის კუნძულები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="აშშ-ის ვირჯინის კუნძულები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Америкалық Вирджин аралдары – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Америкалық Вирджин аралдары" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynysow_an_Wyrghes_a%27n_Statys_Unys" title="Ynysow an Wyrghes a'n Statys Unys – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Ynysow an Wyrghes a'n Statys Unys" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibirwa_bya_Virigini_bya_Leta_Zunze_Ubumwe" title="Ibirwa bya Virigini bya Leta Zunze Ubumwe – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Ibirwa bya Virigini bya Leta Zunze Ubumwe" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visiwa_vya_Virgin_vya_Marekani" title="Visiwa vya Virgin vya Marekani – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Visiwa vya Virgin vya Marekani" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zil_Vy%C3%A8rj_d%C3%A9_%C3%89tazini" title="Zil Vyèrj dé Étazini – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Zil Vyèrj dé Étazini" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girav%C3%AAn_V%C3%AErj%C3%AEn_%C3%AAn_Dewlet%C3%AAn_Yekb%C3%BBy%C3%AE_y%C3%AAn_Amer%C3%AEkay%C3%AA" title="Giravên Vîrjîn ên Dewletên Yekbûyî yên Amerîkayê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Giravên Vîrjîn ên Dewletên Yekbûyî yên Amerîkayê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijules_Vergins_di_Stac_Unii" title="Ijules Vergins di Stac Unii – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Ijules Vergins di Stac Unii" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgineae_insulae_Civitatum_Foederatarum" title="Virgineae insulae Civitatum Foederatarum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Virgineae insulae Civitatum Foederatarum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASV_Vird%C5%BE%C4%ABnas" title="ASV Virdžīnas – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="ASV Virdžīnas" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikanesch_Joffereninselen" title="Amerikanesch Joffereninselen – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Amerikanesch Joffereninselen" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergeli%C5%B3_Salos_(JAV)" title="Mergelių Salos (JAV) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Mergelių Salos (JAV)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoe_V%C3%A8rgine_Americann-e" title="Isoe Vèrgine Americann-e – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Isoe Vèrgine Americann-e" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikaanse_Maagde-Eilen" title="Amerikaanse Maagde-Eilen – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Amerikaanse Maagde-Eilen" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikai_Virgin-szigetek" title="Amerikai Virgin-szigetek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Amerikai Virgin-szigetek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Американски Девствени Острови – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Американски Девствени Острови" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BE" title="യുണൈറ്റഡ് സ്റ്റേറ്റ്സ് വിർജിൻ ദ്വീപുകൾ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="യുണൈറ്റഡ് സ്റ്റേറ്റ്സ് വിർജിൻ ദ്വീപുകൾ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A1_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%B9" title="युनायटेड स्टेट्स व्हर्जिन द्वीपसमूह – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="युनायटेड स्टेट्स व्हर्जिन द्वीपसमूह" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AF%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="ამერიკაშ აკოართაფილი შტატეფიშ ვირჯინიაშ კოკეფი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ამერიკაშ აკოართაფილი შტატეფიშ ვირჯინიაშ კოკეფი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%87" title="جزر العدرا الامريكيه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جزر العدرا الامريكيه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86" title="آمریکا ویرجین – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="آمریکا ویرجین" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepulauan_Virgin_Amerika_Syarikat" title="Kepulauan Virgin Amerika Syarikat – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kepulauan Virgin Amerika Syarikat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%AB-gu%C3%B3k_li%C4%81ng_Virgin_G%C3%B9ng-d%C5%8D%CC%A4" title="Mī-guók liāng Virgin Gùng-dō̤ – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Mī-guók liāng Virgin Gùng-dō̤" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikaanse_Maagdeneilanden" title="Amerikaanse Maagdeneilanden – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Amerikaanse Maagdeneilanden" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E9%A0%98%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6" title="アメリカ領ヴァージン諸島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アメリカ領ヴァージン諸島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%B3%D3%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%88_(%D0%90%D0%A6%D0%A8)" title="Виргинийн гӀайренаш (АЦШ) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Виргинийн гӀайренаш (АЦШ)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikoonsk_Jongfoomen_Eilunen" title="Amerikoonsk Jongfoomen Eilunen – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Amerikoonsk Jongfoomen Eilunen" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_amerikanske_Jomfru%C3%B8yer" title="De amerikanske Jomfruøyer – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="De amerikanske Jomfruøyer" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dei_amerikanske_Jomfru%C3%B8yane" title="Dei amerikanske Jomfruøyane – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Dei amerikanske Jomfruøyane" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Virja_Isles" title="U.S. Virja Isles – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="U.S. Virja Isles" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illas_Verges_Americanas" title="Illas Verges Americanas – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Illas Verges Americanas" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikaning_Virgin_orollari" title="Amerikaning Virgin orollari – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Amerikaning Virgin orollari" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%AF%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%A4_%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%9C_%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%82" title="ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਵਰਜਿਨ ਟਾਪੂ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਵਰਜਿਨ ਟਾਪੂ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%92" title="امریکی ورجن جزیرے – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="امریکی ورجن جزیرے" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="U.S. Virgin Islands – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="U.S. Virgin Islands" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jam mw-list-item"><a href="https://jam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunaitid_Stiet_Voerjin_Ailanz" title="Yunaitid Stiet Voerjin Ailanz – Jamaican Creole English" lang="jam" hreflang="jam" data-title="Yunaitid Stiet Voerjin Ailanz" data-language-autonym="Patois" data-language-local-name="Jamaican Creole English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Patois</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Eles_Vierches_des_%C3%89tots-Unis" title="Îles Vierches des Étots-Unis – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Îles Vierches des Étots-Unis" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikaansche_Jumferninseln" title="Amerikaansche Jumferninseln – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Amerikaansche Jumferninseln" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyspy_Dziewicze_Stan%C3%B3w_Zjednoczonych" title="Wyspy Dziewicze Stanów Zjednoczonych – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wyspy Dziewicze Stanów Zjednoczonych" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilhas_Virgens_Americanas" title="Ilhas Virgens Americanas – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ilhas Virgens Americanas" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_Virdjin_Atawlar%C4%B1" title="Amerika Virdjin Atawları – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Amerika Virdjin Atawları" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulele_Virgine_Americane" title="Insulele Virgine Americane – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Insulele Virgine Americane" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8C%D0%BA%D1%8B_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%8B_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8B" title="Америцькы Паненьскы островы – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Америцькы Паненьскы островы" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_(%D0%A1%D0%A8%D0%90)" title="Виргинские Острова (США) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Виргинские Острова (США)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Csulas_V%C3%ACrgines_Americanas" title="Ìsulas Vìrgines Americanas – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Ìsulas Vìrgines Americanas" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishujt_e_Virgj%C3%ABr_t%C3%AB_Shteteve_t%C3%AB_Bashkuara" title="Ishujt e Virgjër të Shteteve të Bashkuara – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Ishujt e Virgjër të Shteteve të Bashkuara" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Csuli_Virgini_miricani" title="Ìsuli Virgini miricani – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Ìsuli Virgini miricani" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="United States Virgin Islands" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americk%C3%A9_Panensk%C3%A9_ostrovy" title="Americké Panenské ostrovy – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Americké Panenské ostrovy" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devi%C5%A1ki_otoki_Zdru%C5%BEenih_dr%C5%BEav" title="Deviški otoki Združenih držav – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Deviški otoki Združenih držav" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BAewicze_Wyspy_Zjednocz%C5%AFnych_Sztat%C5%AFw" title="Dźewicze Wyspy Zjednoczůnych Sztatůw – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Dźewicze Wyspy Zjednoczůnych Sztatůw" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%AF%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DA%A4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="دوورگەکانی ڤیرجینیای ئەمریکا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="دوورگەکانی ڤیرجینیای ئەمریکا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B0" title="Америчка Девичанска Острва – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Америчка Девичанска Острва" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameri%C4%8Dki_Djevi%C4%8Danski_otoci" title="Američki Djevičanski otoci – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Američki Djevičanski otoci" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapuloan_Virgin_Am%C3%A9rika_Sarikat" title="Kapuloan Virgin Amérika Sarikat – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Kapuloan Virgin Amérika Sarikat" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yhdysvaltain_Neitsytsaaret" title="Yhdysvaltain Neitsytsaaret – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Yhdysvaltain Neitsytsaaret" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerikanska_Jungfru%C3%B6arna" title="Amerikanska Jungfruöarna – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Amerikanska Jungfruöarna" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapuluang_Birhenes_ng_Estados_Unidos" title="Kapuluang Birhenes ng Estados Unidos – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Kapuluang Birhenes ng Estados Unidos" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D" title="அமெரிக்க கன்னித் தீவுகள் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அமெரிக்க கன்னித் தீவுகள்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D1%83%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Америка Виргин утраулары – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Америка Виргин утраулары" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%B0%E1%82%87%E1%81%B5%E1%80%AF%E1%81%BC%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%9D%E1%82%83%E1%82%87%E1%81%B5%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AD%E1%81%BC%E1%80%BA%E1%82%87_%E1%81%B6%E1%80%BD%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%99%E1%80%AD%E1%80%B0%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%82%81%E1%80%B0%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%82%88%E1%80%90%E1%80%AF%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%A2%E1%80%99%E1%80%B1%E1%82%87%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AD%E1%81%B5" title="မူႇၵုၼ် ဝႃႇၵျိၼ်ႇ ၶွင် မိူင်းႁူမ်ႈတုမ် ဢမေႇရိၵ – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="မူႇၵုၼ် ဝႃႇၵျိၼ်ႇ ၶွင် မိူင်းႁူမ်ႈတုမ် ဢမေႇရိၵ" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a 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class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Virgin Islands of the United States"><img alt="Flag of Virgin Islands of the United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/125px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/188px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg/250px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1275" data-file-height="850" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Flag of the United States Virgin 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Virgin Islands">Seal</a></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_mottos" title="List of U.S. state and territory mottos"><b>Motto</b>:</a> <div class="ib-pol-div-motto nickname">"United in Pride and Hope"</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Regional_anthem" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional anthem"><b>Anthem</b>:</a> "<a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_March" title="Virgin Islands March">Virgin Islands March</a>"<br /><div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="144" data-mwtitle="Regional_anthem_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands.wav" 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title="Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands">Charlotte Amalie</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=United_States_Virgin_Islands&params=18_21_N_64_56_W_region:US-VI_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">18°21′N</span> <span class="longitude">64°56′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this 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class="plainlist"><b>By race</b> <ul><li>71.4% <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">Black</a></li> <li>16.6% <a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">White</a></li> <li>7.5% <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Multiracial</a></li> <li>3.0% <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Other</a></li> <li>1.0% <a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a></li></ul> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><b>By ethnicity</b> <ul><li>81.6% non-Hispanic or Latino</li> <li>18.4% <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion <div class="ib-pol-div-religion"> (2022)<sup id="cite_ref-globalreligiousfutures.org_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globalreligiousfutures.org-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>86.7% <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_the_United_States" title="Christianity in the United States">Christianity</a></li> <li>8.4% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_States" title="Irreligion in the United States">no religion</a></li> <li>4.9% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Religion in the United States Virgin Islands">other</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Virgin Islander; U.S. Virgin Islander</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">Devolved</a> <a href="/wiki/Presidential_system" title="Presidential system">presidential</a> <a href="/wiki/Constitution" title="Constitution">constitutional</a> <a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">dependency</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="List of governors of the United States Virgin Islands">Governor</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Bryan_Jr." title="Albert Bryan Jr.">Albert Bryan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands">D</a>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands">Lieutenant Governor</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tregenza_Roach" title="Tregenza Roach">Tregenza Roach</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands">D</a>)</span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Legislature of the Virgin Islands">Legislature of the Virgin Islands</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a></th></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="United States Virgin Islands's at-large congressional district">House delegate</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stacey_Plaskett" title="Stacey Plaskett">Stacey Plaskett</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">133.73 sq mi (346.4 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Water (%)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">negligible</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-pol-div-elevation"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">474 m (1,555 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• 2020 census</div></th><td class="infobox-data">87,146<sup id="cite_ref-Islandareas_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Islandareas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Density</div></th><td class="infobox-data">653.6/sq mi (252.4/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(<a href="/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2019 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Per capita</div></th><td class="infobox-data">$38,136<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_domestic_product" title="Gross domestic product">GDP</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(nominal)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2019 estimate</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">US$4.068 billion<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Index" title="Human Development Index">HDI</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(2019)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.892<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><i><br /><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:darkgreen">very high</span></span> · <a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of countries by Human Development Index">31st</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Currency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">United States dollar</a> (US$) (<a href="/wiki/ISO_4217" title="ISO 4217">USD</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924:00" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4:00">UTC−4:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Time_Zone" title="Atlantic Time Zone">AST</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date format</th><td class="infobox-data">mm/dd/yyyy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic" title="Left- and right-hand traffic">Driving side</a></th><td class="infobox-data">left</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Calling code</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">+1</a>–<a href="/wiki/Area_code_340" title="Area code 340">340</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_abbreviations#Postal_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. state abbreviations">USPS abbreviation</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="postal-code">VI</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_abbreviations#Current_use_of_traditional_abbreviations" class="mw-redirect" title="List of U.S. state abbreviations">Trad. abbreviation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="postal-code">U.S.V.I.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:VI" title="ISO 3166-2:VI">VI</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:US" title="ISO 3166-2:US">US-VI</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain" title="Country code top-level domain">Internet TLD</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/.vi" title=".vi">.vi</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>United States Virgin Islands</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> officially the <b>Virgin Islands of the United States</b>, are a group of <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> islands and a <a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">territory</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldFactbook_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldFactbook-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The islands are geographically part of the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands archipelago</a> and are located in the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands" title="Leeward Islands">Leeward Islands</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The islands have a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_climate" title="Tropical climate">tropical climate</a>. </p><p>The U.S. Virgin Islands consist of the main islands of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix" title="Saint Croix">Saint Croix</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_John,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands">Saint John</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands">Saint Thomas</a> and 50 other surrounding <a href="/wiki/List_of_minor_islands_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="List of minor islands of the United States Virgin Islands">minor islands and cays</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total land area of the territory is 133.73 square miles (346.36 km<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-WorldFactbook_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldFactbook-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The territory's capital is <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Amalie,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands">Charlotte Amalie</a> on the island of St. Thomas. </p><p>Previously known as the <a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indies" title="Danish West Indies">Danish West Indies</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Norway" title="Denmark–Norway">Kingdom of Denmark–Norway</a> (from 1754 to 1814) and the independent <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Denmark">Kingdom of Denmark</a> (from 1814 to 1917), they were sold to the United States by Denmark for $25,000,000 in the 1917 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_the_Danish_West_Indies" title="Treaty of the Danish West Indies">Treaty of the Danish West Indies</a><sup id="cite_ref-WorldFactbook_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldFactbook-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ($595 million in 2023) and have since been an <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_territories_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Unincorporated territories of the United States">organized, unincorporated United States territory</a>. The U.S. Virgin Islands are organized under the 1954 <a href="/wiki/Revised_Organic_Act_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands">Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands</a> and have since held five constitutional conventions. As with other territories in the United States, the Virgin Islands elects a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="United States Virgin Islands's at-large congressional district">delegate</a> who can participate in debates in the House of Representatives but cannot vote.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tourism and related categories are the primary economic activities.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldFactbook_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldFactbook-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The islands were named <i>Santa Úrsula y las Once Mil Vírgenes</i> by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a> in 1493 after the legend of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Ursula" title="Saint Ursula">Saint Ursula</a> and the 11,000 virgins.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldFactbook_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldFactbook-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name was later shortened to the <i>Virgin Islands</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldFactbook_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldFactbook-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="History of the United States Virgin Islands">History of the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-European_contact">Pre-European contact</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pre-European contact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Petroglyphsstjohnusvi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Petroglyphsstjohnusvi.jpg/220px-Petroglyphsstjohnusvi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Petroglyphsstjohnusvi.jpg/330px-Petroglyphsstjohnusvi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Petroglyphsstjohnusvi.jpg/440px-Petroglyphsstjohnusvi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Ancient <a href="/wiki/Petroglyph" title="Petroglyph">petroglyphs</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_National_Park" title="Virgin Islands National Park">Virgin Islands National Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The U.S. Virgin Islands were originally inhabited by the <a href="/wiki/Ciboney" title="Ciboney">Ciboney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arawak" title="Arawak">Arawaks</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Dookhan-1994_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dookhan-1994-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with some scholars thinking that the islands were inhabited from as early as 1000 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Kalinago" title="Kalinago">Kalinago</a> (Island Caribs) arrived around the mid-15th century AD.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_European_settlers">Early European settlers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Early European settlers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Christopher Columbus, on his second voyage in 1493, is thought to have been the first European to see the islands, giving them their current name.<sup id="cite_ref-Dookhan-1994_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dookhan-1994-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Spanish later settled in 1555, with English and French settlers arriving on St. Croix from 1625.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There followed a complex period in which the islands were disputed among Spain, France, Britain and the Netherlands.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Danish_period">Danish period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Danish period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indies" title="Danish West Indies">Danish West Indies</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Norway" title="Denmark–Norway">Denmark–Norway</a> also took an interest in the islands, and the <a href="/wiki/Danish_West_India_Company" title="Danish West India Company">Danish West India Company</a> settled on St. Thomas in 1672 and St. John in 1694, later purchasing St. Croix from France in 1733.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The islands became royal Danish colonies in 1754, named the Danish West Indian Islands (<a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a>: <i lang="da">De dansk-vestindiske øer</i>). Initially the currency was the <a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indian_rigsdaler" title="Danish West Indian rigsdaler">Danish West Indian rigsdaler</a>, replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indian_daler" title="Danish West Indian daler">daler</a> in 1849. The islands proved ideal for sugar plantations: <a href="/wiki/Sugarcane" title="Sugarcane">sugarcane</a>, produced by <a href="/wiki/Slavery" title="Slavery">enslaved</a> Africans, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other plantation crops included <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indigofera_tinctoria" title="Indigofera tinctoria">indigo dye</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (February 2017)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> During the 17th and 18th centuries, a sizable <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Jewish</a> community also began to settle on the islands.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:H%C3%B8gensborg,_Plantation,_St._Croix,_Danish_West_Indies.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/H%C3%B8gensborg%2C_Plantation%2C_St._Croix%2C_Danish_West_Indies.jpg/220px-H%C3%B8gensborg%2C_Plantation%2C_St._Croix%2C_Danish_West_Indies.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/H%C3%B8gensborg%2C_Plantation%2C_St._Croix%2C_Danish_West_Indies.jpg/330px-H%C3%B8gensborg%2C_Plantation%2C_St._Croix%2C_Danish_West_Indies.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/H%C3%B8gensborg%2C_Plantation%2C_St._Croix%2C_Danish_West_Indies.jpg/440px-H%C3%B8gensborg%2C_Plantation%2C_St._Croix%2C_Danish_West_Indies.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4994" data-file-height="4040" /></a><figcaption>The Høgensborg estate on Sankt Croix, 1833</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1733, St. John was the site of one of the <a href="/wiki/1733_slave_insurrection_on_St._John" title="1733 slave insurrection on St. John">first significant slave rebellions</a> in the New World when <a href="/wiki/Akan_people" title="Akan people">Akan</a>–<a href="/wiki/Akwamu" title="Akwamu">Akwamu</a> slaves from the Gold Coast (modern <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>) took over the island for six months. The Danish were able to defeat the enslaved Africans with help from the French in <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead of allowing themselves to be recaptured, more than a dozen of the ringleaders shot themselves before the French forces could capture them. It is estimated that by 1775, slaves outnumbered the Danish settlers by a ratio of 8:1.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bark_MARY_og_Frederiksted.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Bark_MARY_og_Frederiksted.jpg/220px-Bark_MARY_og_Frederiksted.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Bark_MARY_og_Frederiksted.jpg/330px-Bark_MARY_og_Frederiksted.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Bark_MARY_og_Frederiksted.jpg/440px-Bark_MARY_og_Frederiksted.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1160" data-file-height="797" /></a><figcaption>Frederiksstad on Saint Croix, 1848</figcaption></figure> <p>After another slave rebellion occurred on St. Croix, slavery was abolished by Governor <a href="/wiki/Peter_von_Scholten" title="Peter von Scholten">Peter von Scholten</a> on July 3, 1848,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> now celebrated as <a href="/wiki/Emancipation_Day#United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Emancipation Day">Emancipation Day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the following years, strict labor laws were implemented several times, leading to the <a href="/wiki/1878_St._Croix_labor_riot" title="1878 St. Croix labor riot">1878 St. Croix labor riot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the plantations no longer as profitable, Danish settlers began to abandon their estates, causing a significant drop in population and the overall economy. Additionally, the <a href="/wiki/1867_San_Narciso_hurricane" title="1867 San Narciso hurricane">1867 hurricane</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_the_Caribbean" title="List of earthquakes in the Caribbean">earthquake and tsunami</a> further impacted the economy. For the remainder of the period of Danish rule, the islands were not economically viable and significant transfers had to be made from the Danish state budget to the authorities in the islands. </p><p>The United States began to take an interest in the islands, and in 1867 a treaty to sell St. Thomas and St. John to the U.S. was agreed but never effected.<sup id="cite_ref-Danish_National_Archives_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Danish_National_Archives-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of reforms aimed at reviving the islands' economy were attempted, but none had great success. A second draft treaty to sell the islands to the United States was negotiated in 1902 but was defeated in the upper house of the Danish parliament in a tie vote (because the opposition carried a 97-year-old life member into the chamber).<sup id="cite_ref-Danish_National_Archives_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Danish_National_Archives-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The onset of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> brought the reform period to a close and again left the islands isolated. During the <a href="/wiki/Submarine_warfare" title="Submarine warfare">submarine warfare</a> phases of the war, the United States, fearing that the islands might be <a href="/wiki/German_interest_in_the_Caribbean" title="German interest in the Caribbean">seized by Germany</a> as a submarine base,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> again approached Denmark about buying them. After a few months of negotiations, a selling price of $25 million<sup id="cite_ref-Rogers-1917_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rogers-1917-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in United States gold coin was agreed, equivalent to $700 million in 2023 dollars. At the same time, the economics of continued possession weighed heavily on the minds of Danish decision makers, and a consensus in favor of selling emerged in the Danish parliament. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_the_Danish_West_Indies" title="Treaty of the Danish West Indies">Treaty of the Danish West Indies</a> was signed on August 4, 1916,<sup id="cite_ref-Rogers-1917_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rogers-1917-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a <a href="/wiki/1916_Danish_West_Indian_Islands_sale_referendum" title="1916 Danish West Indian Islands sale referendum">referendum on the sale held in Denmark</a> in December 1916 in which voters approved the decision to sell. The deal was finalized on January 17, 1917, when the United States and Denmark exchanged their respective treaty ratifications. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_period">American period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: American period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The United States took possession of the islands on March 31, 1917, and the territory was renamed the <i>Virgin Islands of the United States</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Rogers-1917_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rogers-1917-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Finch-1917_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Finch-1917-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Every year, <a href="/wiki/Transfer_Day" title="Transfer Day">Transfer Day</a> is recognized as a holiday, to commemorate the acquisition of the islands by the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/James_Harrison_Oliver" title="James Harrison Oliver">James H. Oliver</a> was the first American governor of the islands.<sup id="cite_ref-Finch-1917_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Finch-1917-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin_Pearson" title="Paul Martin Pearson">Paul Martin Pearson</a>, the first civilian governor, was appointed by <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a> and was inaugurated March 18, 1931. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Citizenship_of_the_United_States" title="Citizenship of the United States">U.S. citizenship</a> was granted to many inhabitants of the islands in 1927 and 1932. The <a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indian_daler" title="Danish West Indian daler">Danish West Indian daler</a> was replaced by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">U.S. dollar</a> in 1934,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from 1935 to 1939 the islands were a part of the <a href="/wiki/Customs_territory" title="Customs territory">United States customs area</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Organic_Act_of_the_Virgin_Islands_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States">1936 Organic Act</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Revised_Organic_Act_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands">1954 Revised Organic Act</a> established the local government.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tourism began to develop following <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, over time becoming the most important sector of the islands' economy.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_11-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_National_Park" title="Virgin Islands National Park">Virgin Islands National Park</a> was established in 1956 on <a href="/wiki/Saint_John,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands">St. John</a>, and by 1959, after the embargo of Americans on travel to <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, the U.S. Virgin Islands became a popular tourist destination. In 1970, Virgin Islanders elected their first governor, <a href="/wiki/Melvin_H._Evans" title="Melvin H. Evans">Melvin H. Evans</a>, and from 1976 the islands began work on creating their own constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_11-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Water_Island,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Water Island, U.S. Virgin Islands">Water Island</a>, a small island to the south of St. Thomas, was initially administered by the U.S. federal government and did not become a part of the U.S. Virgin Islands territory until 1996, when 50 acres (20 ha) of land was transferred to the territorial government. The remaining 200 acres (81 ha) of the island was purchased from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" title="United States Department of the Interior">United States Department of the Interior</a> in May 2005 for $10, a transaction that marked the official change in jurisdiction.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1966, Hess Oil began construction on an oil refinery. Until February 2012, the <a href="/wiki/Hovensa" title="Hovensa">Hovensa plant</a>, located on St. Croix, was one of the world's largest petroleum refineries, refining 494,000 bbl/d (78,500 m<sup>3</sup>/d), and contributed about 20% of the territory's GDP. The refinery ceased operation in 2012, and the facility stopped exporting petroleum products in 2014. In the final year of full refinery operations, the value of exported petroleum products was $12.7 billion (2011 fiscal year).<sup id="cite_ref-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since refining ended, the 34-million-barrel tank farm has operated as a crude oil and petrochemical storage facility for third-party customers. The refinery's closure provoked a local economic crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-Daniel_Shea_Daily_News_Staff_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daniel_Shea_Daily_News_Staff-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-online.wsj.com_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-online.wsj.com-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the acquisition of the 1,500-acre complex by ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, in 2016, Limetree Bay Ventures, LLC, was formed, and is currently executing a project to refurbish and restart the refinery, with a processing capability of up to 200,000 bbl/d (32,000 m<sup>3</sup>/d).<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FEMA_-_3094_-_Photograph_by_FEMA_News_Photo_taken_on_09-25-1995_in_US_Virgin_Islands.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/FEMA_-_3094_-_Photograph_by_FEMA_News_Photo_taken_on_09-25-1995_in_US_Virgin_Islands.jpg/220px-FEMA_-_3094_-_Photograph_by_FEMA_News_Photo_taken_on_09-25-1995_in_US_Virgin_Islands.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/FEMA_-_3094_-_Photograph_by_FEMA_News_Photo_taken_on_09-25-1995_in_US_Virgin_Islands.jpg/330px-FEMA_-_3094_-_Photograph_by_FEMA_News_Photo_taken_on_09-25-1995_in_US_Virgin_Islands.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/FEMA_-_3094_-_Photograph_by_FEMA_News_Photo_taken_on_09-25-1995_in_US_Virgin_Islands.jpg/440px-FEMA_-_3094_-_Photograph_by_FEMA_News_Photo_taken_on_09-25-1995_in_US_Virgin_Islands.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2940" data-file-height="1952" /></a><figcaption>The aftermath of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Marilyn" title="Hurricane Marilyn">Hurricane Marilyn</a> on the island of St. Thomas, 1995. In recent decades the U.S. Virgin Islands have been devastated by a series of hurricanes.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Hugo" title="Hurricane Hugo">Hurricane Hugo</a> struck the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1989, causing catastrophic physical and economic damage, particularly on the island of St. Croix. The territory was again struck by <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Marilyn" title="Hurricane Marilyn">Hurricane Marilyn</a> in 1995, killing eight people and causing more than $2 billion in damage. The islands were again struck by hurricanes <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Bertha_(1996)" title="Hurricane Bertha (1996)">Bertha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Georges" title="Hurricane Georges">Georges</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Lenny" title="Hurricane Lenny">Lenny</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Omar" title="Hurricane Omar">Omar</a> in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2008, respectively, but damage was not as severe in those storms. </p><p>In September 2017, Category 5 <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Irma" title="Hurricane Irma">Hurricane Irma</a> caused catastrophic damage, particularly to St. John and St. Thomas. Just two weeks later, Category 5 <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Maria" title="Hurricane Maria">Hurricane Maria</a> ravaged all three islands. Sustained winds at the <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Point_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge">Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge</a> on St. Croix reached 99 to 104 mph (159 to 167 km/h) and gusted to 137 mph (220 km/h).<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even stronger winds likely occurred somewhere across the island's west end. The British Virgin Islands and the other two U.S. Virgin Islands, St. John and St. Thomas, were far enough northeast to avoid the worst from Maria, but were still massively impacted, with great destruction everywhere. A wind gust to 86 mph (138 km/h) was reported at St. Thomas. Weather stations on St. Croix recorded 5 and 10 inches (130 and 250 mm) of rain from the hurricane, and estimates for St. John and St. Thomas were somewhat less.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hurricane killed two people, both in their homes: one person drowned and another was trapped by a mudslide.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A third person had a fatal heart attack during the hurricane.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hurricane caused extensive and severe damage to St. Croix. After both hurricanes, the office of Virgin Islands congresswoman <a href="/wiki/Stacey_Plaskett" title="Stacey Plaskett">Stacey Plaskett</a> stated that 90% of buildings in the Virgin Islands were damaged or destroyed and 13,000 of those buildings had lost their roofs.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Luis Hospital suffered roof damage and flooding, but remained operational.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Geography of the United States Virgin Islands">Geography of the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Virgin_Islands-CIA_WFB_Map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Virgin_Islands-CIA_WFB_Map.png/260px-Virgin_Islands-CIA_WFB_Map.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="279" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Virgin_Islands-CIA_WFB_Map.png 1.5x" data-file-width="329" data-file-height="353" /></a><figcaption>A map of the United States Virgin Islands</figcaption></figure> <p>The U.S. Virgin Islands are in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>, about 40 miles (64 km) east of <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> and immediately west of the <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a>. They share the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands" title="Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a> archipelago with the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Virgin_Islands" title="Spanish Virgin Islands">Puerto Rican Virgin Islands</a> of <a href="/wiki/Vieques,_Puerto_Rico" title="Vieques, Puerto Rico">Vieques</a> and <a href="/wiki/Culebra,_Puerto_Rico" title="Culebra, Puerto Rico">Culebra</a> (administered by Puerto Rico), and the British Virgin Islands. </p><p>The territory consists of three main islands: <a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands">St. Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_John,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands">St. John</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix" title="Saint Croix">St. Croix</a>, as well as several dozen <a href="/wiki/List_of_minor_islands_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="List of minor islands of the United States Virgin Islands">smaller islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main islands have nicknames often used by locals: "Twin City" (St. Croix), "Rock City" (St. Thomas), and "Love City" (St. John).<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The combined land area of the islands is roughly twice the size of <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>. </p><p>The U.S. Virgin Islands are known for their <a href="/wiki/List_of_beaches_in_the_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="List of beaches in the U.S. Virgin Islands">white sand beaches</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Magens_Bay" title="Magens Bay">Magens Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trunk_Bay" title="Trunk Bay">Trunk Bay</a>, and deepwater harbors along the <a href="/wiki/Anegada_Passage" title="Anegada Passage">Anegada Passage</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Amalie,_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands">Charlotte Amalie</a> (the capital) and <a href="/wiki/Christiansted,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands">Christiansted</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like most Caribbean islands, most of the islands of the Virgin Islands, including St. Thomas and St. John, are volcanic in origin and hilly. The highest point is <a href="/wiki/Crown_Mountain_(United_States_Virgin_Islands)" title="Crown Mountain (United States Virgin Islands)">Crown Mountain</a> on St. Thomas at 1,555 feet (474 m).<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The easternmost point of the United States is <a href="/wiki/Point_Udall_(U.S._Virgin_Islands)" title="Point Udall (U.S. Virgin Islands)">Point Udall (U.S. Virgin Islands)</a> on St. Croix. </p><p>St. Croix, the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, lies to the south and has a flatter terrain because of its coral origin. The <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> manages more than half of St. John, nearly all of <a href="/wiki/Hassel_Island,_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Hassel Island, United States Virgin Islands">Hassel Island</a>, and many acres of <a href="/wiki/Coral_reef" title="Coral reef">coral reef</a>. </p><p>There are several national park sites, such as the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_National_Park" title="Virgin Islands National Park">Virgin Islands National Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_Coral_Reef_National_Monument" title="Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument">Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buck_Island_Reef_National_Monument" title="Buck Island Reef National Monument">Buck Island Reef National Monument</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christiansted_National_Historic_Site" title="Christiansted National Historic Site">Christiansted National Historic Site</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Salt_River_Bay_National_Historical_Park_and_Ecological_Preserve" title="Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve">Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve</a>. </p><p>The U.S. Virgin Islands lie on the boundary of the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Plate">North American Plate</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Plate" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribbean Plate">Caribbean Plate</a>. Natural hazards include <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquakes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tropical_cyclone" title="Tropical cyclone">hurricanes</a> and tsunamis.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U.S. Virgin Islands contain the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands_moist_forests" title="Leeward Islands moist forests">Leeward Islands moist forests</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands_xeric_scrub" title="Leeward Islands xeric scrub">Leeward Islands xeric scrub</a> terrestrial ecoregions.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of the United States Virgin Islands">Climate of the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <p>The United States Virgin Islands experience a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_climate" title="Tropical climate">tropical climate</a>, with little seasonal change throughout the year.<sup id="cite_ref-cia.gov_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cia.gov-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rainfall is concentrated in the high-sun period (May through October), while in the winter the northeast <a href="/wiki/Trade_winds" title="Trade winds">trade winds</a> prevail. Summer and winter high temperatures differ by 5 °F (3 °C) or less on average. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for St. Thomas, Virgin Islands </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">96<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">97<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">95<br />(35) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">99<br />(37) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(29) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(32) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87<br />(31) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">88<br />(31) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72<br />(22) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73<br />(23) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73<br />(23) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74<br />(23) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78<br />(26) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77<br />(25) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">74<br />(23) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">76<br />(24) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56<br />(13) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59<br />(15) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">66<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52<br />(11) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">52<br />(11) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #A5FFA5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.38<br />(60) </td> <td style="background: #C0FFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.48<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #C9FFC9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.42<br />(36) </td> <td style="background: #93FF93; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.74<br />(70) </td> <td style="background: #8AFF8A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.06<br />(78) </td> <td style="background: #9CFF9C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.53<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #93FF93; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.85<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #71FF71; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.74<br />(95) </td> <td style="background: #24FF24; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.58<br />(142) </td> <td style="background: #31FF31; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.42<br />(138) </td> <td style="background: #32FF32; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.23<br />(133) </td> <td style="background: #8FFF8F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.96<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #80FF80; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">39.39<br />(1,001) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: weather.com<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fauna">Fauna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Fauna of the United States Virgin Islands">Fauna of the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics_and_government">Politics and government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Politics and government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Politics of the United States Virgin Islands">Politics of the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Political party strength in the United States Virgin Islands">Political party strength in the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Charlotte_Amalie_Wade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Charlotte_Amalie_Wade.jpg/220px-Charlotte_Amalie_Wade.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Charlotte_Amalie_Wade.jpg/330px-Charlotte_Amalie_Wade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Charlotte_Amalie_Wade.jpg/440px-Charlotte_Amalie_Wade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1212" data-file-height="402" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Amalie,_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands">Charlotte Amalie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands">St. Thomas</a>, the islands' capital</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Christiansted.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Christiansted.jpg/220px-Christiansted.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Christiansted.jpg/330px-Christiansted.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Christiansted.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="180" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Christiansted,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands">Christiansted</a>, the largest town on <a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix" title="Saint Croix">St. Croix</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The U.S. Virgin Islands are an <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_territories_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Unincorporated territories of the United States">organized, unincorporated United States territory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-www.cia.gov_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.cia.gov-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although those born on the islands are <a href="/wiki/United_States_nationality_law" title="United States nationality law">U.S. citizens</a>, U.S. Virgin Islanders residing in the territory are ineligible to vote for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_presidential_election" title="United States presidential election">president of the United States</a>. People born in the U.S. Virgin Islands derive their U.S. citizenship from congressional statute.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U.S. Democratic and Republican parties allow U.S. Virgin Islands citizens to vote in their presidential primary elections for delegates to the respective national conventions.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main political parties in the U.S. Virgin Islands themselves are the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands">Democratic Party of the Virgin Islands</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Citizens_Movement" title="Independent Citizens Movement">Independent Citizens Movement</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Republican Party of the Virgin Islands">Republican Party of the Virgin Islands</a>. Additional candidates run as independents. </p><p>At the national level, the U.S. Virgin Islands elect a <a href="/wiki/Delegate_(United_States_Congress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Delegate (United States Congress)">delegate to Congress</a> from their <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> <span data-sort-value="United States Virgin IslandsAL !"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="United States Virgin Islands's at-large congressional district">congressional district</a></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The elected delegate, while able to vote in committee, cannot participate in floor votes. The current House of Representatives delegate is <a href="/wiki/Stacey_Plaskett" title="Stacey Plaskett">Stacey Plaskett</a>, a Democrat. Like other territories, the U.S. Virgin Islands does not have <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. senators</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the territorial level, fifteen <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Virgin_Islands_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Virgin Islands Senators">senators</a>—seven from the district of St. Croix, seven from the district of St. Thomas and St. John, and one senator at large who must be a resident of St. John—are elected for two-year terms to the <a href="/wiki/Unicameralism" title="Unicameralism">unicameral</a> <a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Legislature of the Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands legislature</a>. There is no limit as to the number of terms they can serve.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U.S. Virgin Islands have elected a <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Virgin_Islands_Governors" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Virgin Islands Governors">territorial governor</a> every four years since 1970. Previous governors were appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_system">Legal system</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Legal system"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The U.S. Virgin Islands have a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands_Superior_Court" title="United States Virgin Islands Superior Court">Superior Court</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Virgin Islands Supreme Court">Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-www.cia.gov_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.cia.gov-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/District_Court_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="District Court of the Virgin Islands">District Court of the Virgin Islands</a> is responsible for cases brought under <a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_United_States#Federal_law" title="Law of the United States">federal law</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Attorney_for_the_District_of_the_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands">U.S. attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands</a> can bring federal criminal cases there. The Superior Court is responsible for hearing cases under U.S. Virgin Islands law at the trial level, and the Supreme Court is responsible for appeals from the Superior Court for all appeals filed on or after January 29, 2007.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> (Appeals filed prior to that date were heard by the Appellate Division of the District Court.) Appeals from the federal District Court are heard by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> District Court judges are appointed by the U.S. president, while Superior Court and Supreme Court judges are appointed by the governor. </p><p>As of 2019, the USVI courts apply both American <a href="/wiki/Common_law" title="Common law">common law</a><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the 2019 US Virgin Islands Code as passed by the <a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Legislature of the Virgin Islands">territorial legislature</a>. Because the USVI is not a state and Congress has not determined otherwise, the federal district court is an <a href="/wiki/Federal_tribunals_in_the_United_States#Article_IV_tribunals" title="Federal tribunals in the United States">Article IV tribunal</a>, subject to the authority of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior" title="United States Secretary of the Interior">United States secretary of the interior</a> and without lifetime appointment for judges. Elements of <a href="/wiki/Danish_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Danish law">Danish law</a> have all been repealed, except for two 1914 laws having to do with customs and ship duties for St. Thomas and St. John.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Attorneys who practice law in the U.S. Virgin Islands must be admitted to the Virgin Islands Bar through either a bar exam or meeting certain requirements for admission on the basis of experience in another reciprocal jurisdiction.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bar exam consists of a standard American Bar Association multistate exam and a local law essay exam. As in the mainland United States, attorneys practice in a variety of settings including private law firms, government, or corporate offices.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Gun laws in the United States Virgin Islands">Gun laws in the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constitution">Constitution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Constitution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Legislature_Building_USVI_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Legislature_Building_USVI_01.JPG/220px-Legislature_Building_USVI_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Legislature_Building_USVI_01.JPG/330px-Legislature_Building_USVI_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Legislature_Building_USVI_01.JPG/440px-Legislature_Building_USVI_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>The Legislature Building in Charlotte Amalie</figcaption></figure> <p>On October 21, 1976, President <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> signed <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress#Public_law,_private_law,_designation" title="Act of Congress"><abbr title="Public Law">Pub. L.</abbr></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://uslaw.link/citation/us-law/public/94/584">94–584</a> authorizing the people of the United States Virgin Islands to organize a government pursuant to a constitution, which would be automatically approved if Congress did not act within 60 days.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2004, an act was passed by the legislature of the Virgin Islands calling for a fifth constitutional convention, and 30 delegates to the convention were elected in 2007. On May 26, 2009, the convention adopted a proposed Constitution of the Virgin Islands. However, in June 2009, Governor <a href="/wiki/John_de_Jongh" class="mw-redirect" title="John de Jongh">John de Jongh Jr.</a> rejected the resulting constitutional draft, saying the terms of the document would "violate federal law, fail to defer to federal sovereignty and disregard basic civil rights".<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A lawsuit filed by members of the convention to force Governor de Jongh to forward the document to President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> was ultimately successful. President Obama forwarded the proposal to Congress in May 2010, along with a report noting concerns raised by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a> that the powers sought exceeded what would be considered allowable under territorial status<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and restating the issues noted by Governor de Jongh. A U.S. Congressional resolution disapproving of the proposed constitution and requesting that the Fifth Constitutional Convention reconvene to consider changes to address these issues was signed into law<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by President Obama on June 30, 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Months later, a federal lawsuit was filed in the federal <a href="/wiki/District_Court_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="District Court of the Virgin Islands">District Court of the Virgin Islands</a>. The lawsuit claimed that the United States had to provide U.S. Virgin Islanders with the ability to be represented in Congress and vote for U.S. president. It alleged that racial discrimination present in the all-white and segregated U.S. Congress of 1917 was the impetus to deny the right to vote to a majority nonwhite constituency. The case was ultimately dismissed on August 16, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Fifth Constitutional Convention of the U.S. Virgin Islands met in October 2012 but was not able to produce a revised constitution before its October 31 deadline.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 3, 2020, the Virgin Islands held a referendum on whether to convene a sixth constitutional convention. The proposal was <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Virgin_Islands_constitutional_convention_referendum" title="2020 United States Virgin Islands constitutional convention referendum">approved with nearly 72% voting in favor</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Districts_and_sub-districts_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands">Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <p>Administratively, the U.S. Virgin Islands are <a href="/wiki/Districts_and_sub-districts_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands">divided into two districts</a>: the St. Thomas and St. John district, and the St. Croix district.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">the U.S. Census Bureau</a> divides each of the three main islands into three separate statistical entities (which are further divided into 20 subdistricts).<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Below is the U.S. Census Bureau's division model. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Virgin_Islands_Subdivisions.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/U.S._Virgin_Islands_Subdivisions.svg/610px-U.S._Virgin_Islands_Subdivisions.svg.png" decoding="async" width="610" height="406" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/U.S._Virgin_Islands_Subdivisions.svg/915px-U.S._Virgin_Islands_Subdivisions.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/U.S._Virgin_Islands_Subdivisions.svg/1220px-U.S._Virgin_Islands_Subdivisions.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="margin: auto"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Districts_and_sub-districts_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands">Districts and subdistricts of the U.S. Virgin Islands</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>County equivalents </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands">St. Thomas</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Saint_John,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands">St. John</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix" title="Saint Croix">St. Croix</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="vertical-align: top">Sub-districts </th> <td style="vertical-align: top"> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Amalie,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands">Charlotte Amalie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_End,_Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="East End, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands">East End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northside,_Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Northside, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands">Northside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southside,_Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Southside, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands">Southside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutu,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Tutu, U.S. Virgin Islands">Tutu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_Island,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Water Island, U.S. Virgin Islands">Water Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_End,_Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="West End, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands">West End</a></li></ol> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top"> <ol><li>Central</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coral_Bay,_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Coral Bay, United States Virgin Islands">Coral Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruz_Bay,_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Cruz Bay, United States Virgin Islands">Cruz Bay</a></li> <li>East End</li></ol> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top"> <ol><li>Anna's Hope Village</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christiansted,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands">Christiansted</a></li> <li>East End</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederiksted,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands">Frederiksted</a></li> <li>Northcentral</li> <li>Northwest</li> <li>Sion Farm</li> <li>Southcentral</li> <li>Southwest</li></ol> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Each of the three main islands of the U.S. Virgin Islands is counted as a <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county equivalent</a> by the U.S. Census Bureau, with the following FIPS codes: 78010 for St. Croix, 78020 for St. John, and 78030 for St. Thomas.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While a Danish possession, the islands were divided into "quarters" (five on St. John and nine on St. Croix), which were further divided into many dozens of "estates". Estate names are still used to write addresses; estates and quarters are used in describing real estate, especially on St. John<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and St. Croix.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More densely populated towns such as <a href="/wiki/Frederiksted" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederiksted">Frederiksted</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christiansted" class="mw-redirect" title="Christiansted">Christiansted</a> on St. Croix were historically referred to as "districts", in contrast to the surrounding plantation land. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_status">Political status</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Political status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/1993_United_States_Virgin_Islands_status_referendum" title="1993 United States Virgin Islands status referendum">1993 referendum on status</a> attracted only 31.4% turnout, and so its results (in favor of the status quo) were considered void.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No further status referendums have been scheduled since. </p><p>The territory is classified by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> as a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_list_of_non-self-governing_territories" title="United Nations list of non-self-governing territories">non-self-governing territory</a>. In 2016, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>' <a href="/wiki/Special_Committee_on_Decolonization" title="Special Committee on Decolonization">Special Committee on Decolonization</a> recommended to the UN's General Assembly that this larger body should "actively pursue a public awareness campaign aimed at assisting the people of the United States Virgin Islands with their inalienable right to self-determination and in gaining a better understanding of the options for self-determination".<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2023, a poll conducted by <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_University" title="Suffolk University">Suffolk University</a> among USVI residents revealed 63% supported the territory becoming a <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> while 23% opposed. Respondents were also asked about becoming an independent country, which 58% rejected the idea to 19% who agreed.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Governors_of_the_U.S._Virgin_Islands">Governors of the U.S. Virgin Islands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Governors of the U.S. Virgin Islands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_the_Danish_West_Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of the Danish West Indies">List of Governors of the Danish West Indies</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of the United States Virgin Islands">List of Governors of the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Law enforcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:U.S._Virgin_Islands_Police_Department_officers_in_Christianstad,_St._Croix_(February_2012).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/U.S._Virgin_Islands_Police_Department_officers_in_Christianstad%2C_St._Croix_%28February_2012%29.jpg/220px-U.S._Virgin_Islands_Police_Department_officers_in_Christianstad%2C_St._Croix_%28February_2012%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/U.S._Virgin_Islands_Police_Department_officers_in_Christianstad%2C_St._Croix_%28February_2012%29.jpg/330px-U.S._Virgin_Islands_Police_Department_officers_in_Christianstad%2C_St._Croix_%28February_2012%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/U.S._Virgin_Islands_Police_Department_officers_in_Christianstad%2C_St._Croix_%28February_2012%29.jpg/440px-U.S._Virgin_Islands_Police_Department_officers_in_Christianstad%2C_St._Croix_%28February_2012%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2896" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>USVI police officers in 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>Law enforcement services are provided by the United States Virgin Islands Police Department (USVIPD).<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Defense is the responsibility of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldFactbook_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldFactbook-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are some military facilities and personnel on the islands, supported by the U.S. government: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Reserve" title="United States Army Reserve">United States Army Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_National_Guard" title="Virgin Islands National Guard">Virgin Islands National Guard</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_Air_National_Guard" title="Virgin Islands Air National Guard">Virgin Islands Air National Guard</a> — stationed at St. Croix ANGS</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_Army_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Islands Army National Guard">Virgin Islands Army National Guard</a> — stationed at St. Croix ANGS</li> <li>Lionel A. Jackson Readiness Center — shared facility for Army and Air units</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Although a public airport, <a href="/wiki/Henry_E._Rohlsen_Airport" title="Henry E. Rohlsen Airport">Henry E. Rohlsen Airport</a> has serviced aircraft from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Economy of the United States Virgin Islands">Economy of the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MagensBay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/MagensBay.jpg/220px-MagensBay.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/MagensBay.jpg/330px-MagensBay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/MagensBay.jpg/440px-MagensBay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Magens_Bay" title="Magens Bay">Magens Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands">St. Thomas</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Tourism is the Islands' biggest industry; with 2.5–3 million annual visitors, the sector is responsible for about 60% of the GDP.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldFactbook_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldFactbook-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other major sectors are the public sector, some limited agriculture, and small scale manufacturing, most notably <a href="/wiki/Rum" title="Rum">rum</a> production.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldFactbook_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldFactbook-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_11-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2012 economic report from the U.S. Census Bureau indicated a total of 2,414 business establishments generating $6.8 billion in sales, employing 32,465 people and paying $1.1 billion in payroll per year. Between 2007 and 2012, sales declined by $12.6 billion, or 64.9 percent. (In 2007, total sales were $19.5 billion and the number employed was 35,300.)<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a report on the first half of 2016 by the VI Bureau of Economic Research, the unemployment rate was 11.5 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2016 the islands' Bureau of Economic Research indicated that there were 37,613 non-agricultural wage and salary jobs in the islands. This report states that the "leisure and hospitality sector" employed an average of 7,333 people. The retail trade sector, which also serves many tourists, averaged another 5,913 jobs. Other categories which also include some tourism jobs include arts and entertainment (792 jobs), accommodation and food (6,541 jobs), accommodation (3,755 jobs), and food services and drink (2,766 jobs). A large percentage of the 37,613 non-farm workers are employed in dealing with tourists. Serving the local population is also part of the role of these sectors.<sup id="cite_ref-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a May 2016 report, some 11,000 people were categorized as being involved in some aspect of agriculture in the first half of 2016, but this category makes up a small part of the total economy. At that time, there were approximately 607 manufacturing jobs and 1,487 natural resource and construction jobs. The single largest employer was the government.<sup id="cite_ref-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In mid-February 2017, the USVI was facing a financial crisis due to a very high debt level of $2 billion and a structural budget deficit of $110 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Baribeau_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baribeau-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since January 2017, the U.S. Virgin Islands government has been unable to raise financing from the <a href="/wiki/Bond_market" title="Bond market">bond market</a> at favorable interest rates, and as of June 2019 have not issued any new bonds since then.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personal_income">Personal income</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Personal income"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The median income for a household in the territory was $40,408, and the median income for a family was $52,000 according to the 2020 census.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Males had a median income of $41,747 versus $37,052 for females. The per capita income for the territory was $26,897. The average private sector salary was $34,088 and the average public sector salary was $52,572.<sup id="cite_ref-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016_36-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 28.7% of families and 32.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 41.7% of those less than 18 years old and 29.8% of those 65 or more years old. Nearly 70% of adults had at least a high school diploma and 19.2% had a bachelor's degree or higher.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Financial_challenges">Financial challenges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Financial challenges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Analysts reviewing the economy often point to the closure of the <a href="/wiki/Hovensa" title="Hovensa">HOVENSA oil refinery</a>, the islands' largest private sector employer, in early 2012 as having a major negative impact on the territory's economy.<sup id="cite_ref-Daniel_Shea_Daily_News_Staff_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daniel_Shea_Daily_News_Staff-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-online.wsj.com_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-online.wsj.com-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 2013, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Research and Statistics Group pointed out that manufacturing employment dropped by 50% in May 2012 and by another 4% by November 2012, and that the GDP fell by 13%, "mainly due to an 80% drop-off in exports (mostly refined petroleum)". On the other hand, tourism and some other service industries were growing. As well, the 2010 census indicated that a relatively high share of the adult population is in the labor force: 66%, versus 65% on the mainland and well above 50% in Puerto Rico.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A May 2016 report by Bloomberg expressed concern about the islands' tax-supported debt load.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By January 23, 2017, this had increased to $2 billion. That translated to a per capita debt of $19,000, which was higher than the per capita debt in Puerto Rico which was undergoing a severe financial crisis at the time. A Debtwire analyst writing in <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> indicated that nothing short of a miracle would prevent a financial collapse.<sup id="cite_ref-Baribeau_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Baribeau-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another area of concern was the structural budget deficit which was at $110 million in mid February 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government instituted a new law in March 2017 with new or increased taxes on rum, beer, tobacco products and sugary drinks, as well as internet purchases and timeshare unit owners.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tourism, trade, and other service-oriented industries are the primary economic activities, accounting for nearly 60% of the GDP. Approximately 2.5 million tourists per year visit, most arriving on <a href="/wiki/Cruise_ships" class="mw-redirect" title="Cruise ships">cruise ships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016_36-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such visitors do not spend large amounts of money ($146.70 each on average) but as a group, they contributed $339.8 million to the economy in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Euromonitor indicates that over 50% of the workforce is employed in some tourism-related work.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, the islands frequently are a starting point for private <a href="/wiki/Yacht_charter" title="Yacht charter">yacht charters</a> to the neighboring <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_sectors">Other sectors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Other sectors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The manufacturing sector consists of mainly <a href="/wiki/Rum" title="Rum">rum</a> <a href="/wiki/Distillation" title="Distillation">distilling</a>. The agricultural sector is small, with most food being imported. International business and services in the financial sector are a small but growing component of the economy. Most energy is also generated from imported oil, leading to electricity costs four to five times higher than the U.S. mainland.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Virgin Islands were the highest oil consumers per capita in the world in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Islands_Water_and_Power_Authority&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (page does not exist)">Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority</a><sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also uses imported energy to operate its desalination facilities to provide fresh water. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government">Government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>CIA World Factbook</i> lists the value of federal programs and grants — $241.4 million in 2013, 19.7% of the territory's total revenues — and that "the economy remains relatively diversified. Along with the tourist industry, it appears that rum exports, trade, and services will be major income sources in future years".<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tax_and_trade">Tax and trade</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Tax and trade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The U.S. Virgin Islands are an independent <a href="/wiki/Customs_territory" title="Customs territory">customs territory</a> from the mainland United States and operate largely as a <a href="/wiki/Free_port" class="mw-redirect" title="Free port">free port</a>. U.S. citizens thus do not have to clear customs when arriving in the U.S. Virgin Islands, but do when traveling to the mainland. Local residents are not subject to US federal income taxes on U.S. Virgin Islands source income; they pay taxes to the territory equal to what their federal taxes would be if they lived in a state.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, the territory is considered as a <a href="/wiki/Tax_haven" title="Tax haven">tax haven</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">EU</a> adds it on the <a href="/wiki/European_Union_tax_haven_blacklist" title="European Union tax haven blacklist">European Union tax haven blacklist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport_and_communications">Transport and communications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Transport and communications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Transportation in the United States Virgin Islands">Transportation in the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cyril_E._King_Airport_(terminal).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Cyril_E._King_Airport_%28terminal%29.jpg/220px-Cyril_E._King_Airport_%28terminal%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Cyril_E._King_Airport_%28terminal%29.jpg/330px-Cyril_E._King_Airport_%28terminal%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Cyril_E._King_Airport_%28terminal%29.jpg/440px-Cyril_E._King_Airport_%28terminal%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Cyril E. King Airport on St Thomas</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Henry_E._Rohlsen_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry E. Rohlsen International Airport">Henry E. Rohlsen International Airport</a> serves St. Croix and the <a href="/wiki/Cyril_E._King_Airport" title="Cyril E. King Airport">Cyril E. King Airport</a> serves St. Thomas and St. John. </p><p>The U.S. Virgin Islands is the only U.S. jurisdiction that drives on the left.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This was inherited from what was then-current practice on the islands at the time of the 1917 transfer of the territory to the United States from Denmark. However, because most cars in the territory are imported from the mainland United States, the cars in the territory are <a href="/wiki/Left-hand_drive" class="mw-redirect" title="Left-hand drive">left-hand drive</a>. However, not all U.S. vehicle regulations are in force, and there are vehicles on the road that cannot be sold in the mainland U.S. Additionally, headlights use the U.S. pattern which casts light to the right, tending to blind oncoming drivers. Traffic signals are located on the opposite side of the road than they are in the U.S. mainland, and many standard road signs have been altered to fit the left-side driving. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Virgin_Islands_Transit_(VITRAN)_public_bus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Virgin_Islands_Transit_%28VITRAN%29_public_bus.jpg/220px-Virgin_Islands_Transit_%28VITRAN%29_public_bus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Virgin_Islands_Transit_%28VITRAN%29_public_bus.jpg/330px-Virgin_Islands_Transit_%28VITRAN%29_public_bus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Virgin_Islands_Transit_%28VITRAN%29_public_bus.jpg/440px-Virgin_Islands_Transit_%28VITRAN%29_public_bus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>VITRAN bus on St Thomas near TuTu Park Mall.</figcaption></figure> <p>The VITRAN (Virgin Island Public Transit) system is a comprehensive public transportation system serving the U.S. Virgin Islands. It provides accessible public transportation across the major islands of St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas. The system encompasses various modes of transportation, including buses, paratransit services and ferries connecting major towns, tourist destinations, transportation hubs, and islands.<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mail service is handled by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">United States Postal Service</a>, using the two-character state code "VI" for domestic mail delivery.<sup id="cite_ref-WebMastersVI-TouristTips_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WebMastersVI-TouristTips-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-USPS-VI-info_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USPS-VI-info-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP codes</a> are in the 008xx range.<sup id="cite_ref-USPS-VI-info_110-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USPS-VI-info-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of January 2010<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, specifically assigned codes include 00801–00805 (St Thomas),<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 00820–00824 (Christiansted),<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 00830–00831 (St. John),<sup id="cite_ref-113" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 00840–00841 (Frederiksted),<sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 00850–00851 (Kingshill).<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The islands are part of the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan" title="North American Numbering Plan">North American Numbering Plan</a>, using <a href="/wiki/Area_code_340" title="Area code 340">area code 340</a>, and island residents and visitors are able to call most <a href="/wiki/Toll-free_telephone_number" title="Toll-free telephone number">toll-free U.S. numbers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WebMastersVI-TouristTips_108-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WebMastersVI-TouristTips-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The U.S. Virgin Islands are located in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Standard Time">Atlantic Standard Time</a> zone and do not participate in <a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">daylight saving time</a>. When the mainland United States is on standard time, the U.S. Virgin Islands are one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time. When the mainland United States is on daylight saving time, Eastern Daylight Time is the same as Atlantic Standard Time. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Demographics of the United States Virgin Islands">Demographics of the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:StJohnTrunkBay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/StJohnTrunkBay.jpg/220px-StJohnTrunkBay.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/StJohnTrunkBay.jpg/330px-StJohnTrunkBay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/StJohnTrunkBay.jpg/440px-StJohnTrunkBay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Trunk_Bay" title="Trunk Bay">Trunk Bay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_John,_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands">St. John</a></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>62,468</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>96,569</td><td></td><td>54.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>101,809</td><td></td><td>5.4%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>108,612</td><td></td><td>6.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>106,405</td><td></td><td>−2.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>87,146</td><td></td><td>−18.1%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-Islandareas_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Islandareas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>In 2020, the census put the population of the U.S. Virgin Islands at 87,146, a decline of 18,989 (-18.1%) from 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Islandareas_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Islandareas-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020,<sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were 39,642 households, out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 27.8% were married couples living together, 20.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.1% were non-families. 40.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.98. </p><p>In the territory, the population in 2020 was distributed with 19.6% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and up, there were 87.7 males. The annual population growth is −0.12%. </p><p>The literacy rate for the adult population was 94.9% in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Pew_Research-2016_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pew_Research-2016-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ethnic_groups">Ethnic groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Ethnic groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The racial makeup of the U.S. Virgin Islands as of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 United States census</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-data.census.gov_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-data.census.gov-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Black or <a href="/wiki/Afro-Caribbean_people" title="Afro-Caribbean people">Afro-Caribbean</a>: 71.4% (64.2% Non-Hispanic Black)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Hispanic or Latino</a> of any race: 17.4% (8.9% <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Puerto Rican people">Puerto Rican</a>, 6.2% <a href="/wiki/People_of_the_Dominican_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="People of the Dominican Republic">Dominican</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">White</a>: 16.6% (12.7% <a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_Whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic Whites">Non-Hispanic Whites</a>)</li> <li>Other: 3.6%</li> <li>Mixed: 7.4%</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian</a> or <a href="/wiki/Asian_Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian Caribbean">Asian Caribbean</a>: 1.0%</li></ul> <p>Many residents can trace their ancestry to other Caribbean islands, especially <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lesser_Antilles" title="Lesser Antilles">Lesser Antilles</a>. The territory is largely Afro-Caribbean in origin.<sup id="cite_ref-WorldFactbook_10-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WorldFactbook-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saints_Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral_-_St._Thomas,_U.S._Virgin_Islands_07.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Saints_Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral_-_St._Thomas%2C_U.S._Virgin_Islands_07.JPG/227px-Saints_Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral_-_St._Thomas%2C_U.S._Virgin_Islands_07.JPG" decoding="async" width="227" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Saints_Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral_-_St._Thomas%2C_U.S._Virgin_Islands_07.JPG/341px-Saints_Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral_-_St._Thomas%2C_U.S._Virgin_Islands_07.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Saints_Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral_-_St._Thomas%2C_U.S._Virgin_Islands_07.JPG/454px-Saints_Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral_-_St._Thomas%2C_U.S._Virgin_Islands_07.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>English and Spanish sign at the Catholic Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USVI_St._Thomas_Charlotte_Amalie_Danish_streetname.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/USVI_St._Thomas_Charlotte_Amalie_Danish_streetname.JPG/220px-USVI_St._Thomas_Charlotte_Amalie_Danish_streetname.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/USVI_St._Thomas_Charlotte_Amalie_Danish_streetname.JPG/330px-USVI_St._Thomas_Charlotte_Amalie_Danish_streetname.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/USVI_St._Thomas_Charlotte_Amalie_Danish_streetname.JPG/440px-USVI_St._Thomas_Charlotte_Amalie_Danish_streetname.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>A Danish street name in Charlotte-Amalie</figcaption></figure> <p>English is the predominant language. As of 2010, <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a><sup id="cite_ref-www2.census.gov_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www2.census.gov-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is spoken by 17.2% of the population age five and older, French or French Creole is spoken by 8.6%, and other languages are spoken by 2.5%.<sup id="cite_ref-www2.census.gov_119-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www2.census.gov-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_Creole" title="Virgin Islands Creole">Virgin Islands Creole English</a>, an English-based creole locally known as "dialect", is spoken in informal situations. The form of Virgin Islands Creole spoken on St. Croix, known as <i>Crucian</i>, is slightly different from that spoken on St. Thomas and St. John.<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because the U.S. Virgin Islands are home to thousands of immigrants from across the Caribbean, <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> and various <a href="/wiki/French-based_creole_languages" title="French-based creole languages">French creole</a> languages are also widely spoken. Spanish is mostly spoken by Puerto Ricans in St. Croix;<sup id="cite_ref-Feliciano-2009_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feliciano-2009-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Puerto Rican migration was prevalent in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, when many Puerto Ricans relocated to St. Croix for work after the collapse of the sugar industry.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In addition, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> purchase of two-thirds of the nearby Puerto Rican island of <a href="/wiki/Vieques" class="mw-redirect" title="Vieques">Vieques</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> resulted in the displacement of thousands of <i>Viequenses</i>, many of whom relocated to St. Croix because of its similar size and geography. Puerto Ricans in St. Croix, most of whom have lived on the island for more than a generation, have kept their culture alive while integrating it into the native Crucian culture and society.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> For example, in informal situations, many Puerto Ricans in St. Croix speak a unique <a href="/wiki/Spanglish" title="Spanglish">Spanglish</a>-like combination of <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_Spanish" title="Puerto Rican Spanish">Puerto Rican Spanish</a> and the local Crucian dialect of creole English.<sup id="cite_ref-Feliciano-2009_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Feliciano-2009-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>English has been the predominant language since 1917, when the islands were transferred from Denmark to the United States. Under Danish rule, the official language was <a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a>, but it was solely the language of administration and spoken by Danes, a tiny minority of the overall population that primarily occupied administrative roles in colonial Danish West Indian society. Place names and surnames of Denmark–Norway origin are still common.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Although the U.S. Virgin Islands was a Danish possession during most of its colonial history, <a href="/wiki/Danish_language" title="Danish language">Danish</a> never was a spoken language among the populace, black or non-Danish white, as the majority of plantation and slave owners were of <a href="/wiki/Dutch_people" title="Dutch people">Dutch</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scottish_people" title="Scottish people">Scottish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Spanish_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish people">Spanish</a> descent.<sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Even during Danish ownership, Dutch, another <a href="/wiki/Germanic_languages" title="Germanic languages">Germanic language</a> like Danish, was more common, at least during some of those 245 years, specifically on St. Thomas and St. John, where the majority of the European settlers were Dutch. In St. Croix, English was the dominant language. St. Croix was owned by the French until 1733 when the island was sold to the Danish West Indian and Guinea Company. By 1741, there were five times as many English on the island as Danes. English Creole emerged on St. Croix more so than the Dutch Creole, which was more popular on St. Thomas and St. John. <a href="/wiki/Negerhollands" title="Negerhollands">Negerhollands</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Dutch-based_creole_languages" title="Dutch-based creole languages">Dutch-based creole language</a>, was formerly spoken on St. John, St. Croix, and St. Thomas. The creole emerged on plantations in the late 17th century or early 18th century; but its prevalence began to decline in the early-mid 19th century as the usage of English and Virgin Islands Creole English increased.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Atlas_of_Pidgin_and_Creole_Language_Structures_Online_124-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Atlas_of_Pidgin_and_Creole_Language_Structures_Online-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Robbert_van_Sluijs_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robbert_van_Sluijs-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last speaker of Negerhollands died in 1987, and the language is now considered extinct.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Atlas_of_Pidgin_and_Creole_Language_Structures_Online_124-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Atlas_of_Pidgin_and_Creole_Language_Structures_Online-124"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Robbert_van_Sluijs_125-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robbert_van_Sluijs-125"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other languages spoken in the Danish West Indies included Irish, Scots, Spanish, and French, as well as Virgin Islands English Creole.<sup id="cite_ref-126" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-126"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Religion in the United States Virgin Islands">Religion in the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:Orange; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 833.67445855041px; border-left-color:grey"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:grey"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:grey"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 272.37868371332px; border-left-color:DarkBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:DarkBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:DarkBlue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 199.34765443401px; border-left-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:DodgerBlue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:82.708057427456px 56.208337785213px 0 0; border-top-color:Blue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Blue"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religion in the United States Virgin Islands (2010)<sup id="cite_ref-globalreligiousfutures.org_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-globalreligiousfutures.org-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Blue; color:white;"> </span> Protestant (65.5%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DodgerBlue; color:black;"> </span> Catholic (27.1%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:DarkBlue; color:white;"> </span> Other Christian (1.8%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> Unaffiliated (3.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orange; color:black;"> </span> Other religion (1.9%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> is the dominant religion in the U.S. Virgin Islands. According to Pew Research Center, 94.8% of the population was Christian in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-Pew_Research-2016_118-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pew_Research-2016-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The largest Christian denominations in the 2010 census were <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-127" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-127"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Owing to both their Danish past and American present, <a href="/wiki/Protestantism" title="Protestantism">Protestantism</a> on the islands has long been widespread. It was first introduced when <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheranism</a> was brought to the islands in the Danish colonization. The Danish crown also allowed other religious traditions on the islands including <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglicanism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholicism</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church" title="Moravian Church">Moravian Church</a> and other Protestant groups.<sup id="cite_ref-Kenneth_Scott_Latourette_1961_pp_278–79_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenneth_Scott_Latourette_1961_pp_278–79-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historically, St. Thomas and St. Croix are known for missionary efforts undertaken by the <a href="/wiki/Moravian_missionaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Moravian missionaries">Moravian missionaries</a>. They were allowed on the islands by the Danish royal court, but came under scrutiny when they denounced <a href="/wiki/Slavery" title="Slavery">slavery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kenneth_Scott_Latourette_1961_pp_278–79_128-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kenneth_Scott_Latourette_1961_pp_278–79-128"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-129" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-129"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (March 2018)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A number of neo-Protestant traditions including <a href="/wiki/Pentecostalism" title="Pentecostalism">Pentecostalism</a>, various <a href="/wiki/Evangelical_Protestants" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelical Protestants">evangelical Protestants</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventists" class="mw-redirect" title="Seventh-day Adventists">Seventh-day Adventists</a> arrived later with the switch of allegiance from Denmark to the United States. </p><p>There is also a strong Catholic presence. <a href="/wiki/Rastafari" title="Rastafari">Rastafari</a> is also prevalent. St. Thomas is home to one of the oldest Jewish communities in the Western Hemisphere, as <a href="/wiki/Sephardi_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Sephardi Jews">Sephardi Jews</a> began to settle the island in the 18th century as traders and merchants. The <a href="/wiki/St._Thomas_Synagogue" title="St. Thomas Synagogue">St. Thomas Synagogue</a> in Charlotte Amalie is the second-oldest synagogue on American soil, and oldest in terms of continuous usage.<sup id="cite_ref-130" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-130"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> and Islam is practiced by the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Caribbean" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Caribbean">Indo-Caribbean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Indian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian American">Indian</a> (mostly <a href="/wiki/Sindhis" title="Sindhis">Sindhi Indian</a>) population. There is a <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temple</a> in La Grande Princesse, St. Croix and one in Frenchman's Bay, St. Thomas.<sup id="cite_ref-131" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-131"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-132" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-132"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> temple located on the island of St. Thomas.<sup id="cite_ref-133" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-133"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health">Health</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010, the national average life expectancy was 79.61 years. It was 76.57 years for men and 82.83 for women.<sup id="cite_ref-Pew_Research-2016_118-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pew_Research-2016-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_Department_of_Education" title="Virgin Islands Department of Education">United States Virgin Islands Department of Education</a> serves as the territory's education agency, and has two school districts: <a href="/wiki/St._Thomas-St._John_School_District" title="St. Thomas-St. John School District">St. Thomas-St. John School District</a> and <a href="/wiki/St._Croix_School_District" title="St. Croix School District">St. Croix School District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-134" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-134"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:University_of_the_Virgin_Islands_entrance_sign.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/University_of_the_Virgin_Islands_entrance_sign.jpg/220px-University_of_the_Virgin_Islands_entrance_sign.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/University_of_the_Virgin_Islands_entrance_sign.jpg/330px-University_of_the_Virgin_Islands_entrance_sign.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/University_of_the_Virgin_Islands_entrance_sign.jpg/440px-University_of_the_Virgin_Islands_entrance_sign.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3683" data-file-height="2105" /></a><figcaption>Entrance sign</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="University of the Virgin Islands">University of the Virgin Islands</a> provides higher education leading to associate's, bachelor's, master's and PhD degrees, with campuses on St. Thomas and St. Croix. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Culture of the Virgin Islands">Culture of the Virgin Islands</a></div> <p>The culture of the Virgin Islands reflects the various people that have inhabited the present-day U.S. Virgin Islands and <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a>, which despite their political separation have kept close cultural ties. The culture derives chiefly from <a href="/wiki/West_African" class="mw-redirect" title="West African">West African</a>, European and American traditions, in addition to the influences from the immigrants from the Arab world, India and other Caribbean islands. The islands were strongly influenced by the British, Dutch,<sup id="cite_ref-135" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-135"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> French and Danish during the long periods the islands were under these powers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Music of the Virgin Islands">Music of the Virgin Islands</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media">Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The islands have a number of AM and FM radio stations (mostly on St. Thomas and St. Croix) broadcasting music, religious, and news programming. (See <a href="/wiki/List_of_radio_stations_in_US_Territories" class="mw-redirect" title="List of radio stations in US Territories">List of radio stations in US Territories</a>.) Full- and low-power television stations are split between St. Thomas and St. Croix. (See <a href="/wiki/List_of_television_stations_in_the_U.S._Virgin_Islands" title="List of television stations in the U.S. Virgin Islands">List of television stations in the U.S. Virgin Islands</a>.) Newspapers include: </p> <ul><li><i>The Avis</i>, printed daily on St. Croix</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Virgin_Islands_Daily_News" title="The Virgin Islands Daily News">The Virgin Islands Daily News</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-136" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-136"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> printed daily on St. Thomas</li> <li><i>St. John Tradewinds</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-137" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-137"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> distributed weekly on St. John</li> <li><i>St. Thomas – St. John This Week</i><sup id="cite_ref-138" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-138"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (online only)</li> <li><i>St. Thomas Source</i><sup id="cite_ref-139" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-139"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (online only)</li> <li><i>St. Croix Source</i><sup id="cite_ref-140" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (online only)</li> <li><i>St. John On Island Times</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-141" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-141"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> news and information on St. John, USVI</li> <li><i>The Virgin Islands Consortium</i> (online only)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Libraries">Libraries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Libraries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soon after becoming a US territory in 1917, the first public library was formally accepted as a gift from the Junior Red Cross. The St. Thomas Library opened in December 1920. The library occupied rented quarters and frequently moved. The <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Corporation_of_New_York" title="Carnegie Corporation of New York">Carnegie Corporation of New York</a> provided grant funding from 1929 through 1933 to the US Virgin Islands for the development of library services by sending librarians, funding for books, and training for the supervising librarian.<sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An early and enduring pioneer for libraries in the Virgin Islands was Enid M. Baa. Ms. Baa was one of the four first high school graduates in St. Thomas and participated in the establishment of the first high school library. Soon after her graduation, Ms. Baa was selected by the Carnegie Foundation and Governor Pearson for a scholarship as a special student to the Graduate Library School at Hampton Institute. After graduating from the program in 1933, Ms. Baa returned to the Virgin Islands to be appointed by Governor Pearson as Supervising Librarian for the Virgin Islands. She was the first woman to hold a cabinet-level office in the Virgin Islands government. In 1943, Ms. Baa returned to the US to complete her studies at Columbia University and worked in the library field in the US. Among the positions she held include Head of Serial Cataloging Section at the United Nations Library and Specialist in Cataloging of Spanish or Portuguese materials at the New York Public Library. In 1954, Ms. Baa was appointed Director of Libraries and Museums under Governor Archibald Alexander. She received the John Jay Whitney Foundation Fellowship in 1955 on the basis of her contribution to the preservation of the Sephardic Jewish Records of the Virgin Islands and the re-indexing of these records in a card file. The family records of US senator <a href="/wiki/Judah_P._Benjamin" title="Judah P. Benjamin">Judah P. Benjamin</a>, artist <a href="/wiki/Camille_Pissarro" title="Camille Pissarro">Camille Pissarro</a>, medical pioneer Jacob Da Costa, and others can be found in the documents.<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The US Virgin Islands Public Library System currently consists of five libraries. Three in St. Croix: Athalie McFarlane Peterson Public Library in Frederiksted, and the Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and the Florence Augusta Williams Public Library, both in Christiansted. One in St. John, Elaine Ione Sprauve Public Library and Museum of Cultural Arts in Cruz Bay. While St. Thomas has two: Charles Wesley Turnbull Regional Public Library in Estate Tutu and Enid M. Baa Public Library and Archives in Charlotte Amalie, the Enid M. Baa Library is currently closed to the public and used for administrative purposes. The US Virgin Island Public Library System is administered by the USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources' Division of Libraries, Archives, and Museums.<sup id="cite_ref-www.usvipubliclibraries.com_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.usvipubliclibraries.com-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The US Virgin Islands Public Library System provides free reader services to adults, children, young adults, and seniors. Collections include: adult fiction and non-fiction; children's fiction and non-fiction; reference materials, magazines, daily newspapers, and DVDs. The library system also houses original and microfilm collections of Virgin Islands Archives, records, newspapers and other materials. The Virgin Islands Automated Library System provides a database and computerized support network for books, reading materials and patron records for the library and archives collections. The viNGN Public Computer Centers provide patrons with free access to high-speed connections to access the Internet and the World Wide Web.<sup id="cite_ref-www.usvipubliclibraries.com_144-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.usvipubliclibraries.com-144"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_holidays">Public holidays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Public holidays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Public holidays in the United States Virgin Islands">Public holidays in the United States Virgin Islands</a></div> <ul><li>January 1: New Year's Day</li> <li>January 6: Three Kings Day</li> <li>January (third Monday): Martin Luther King Jr. Day</li> <li>February (third Monday): Presidents' Day</li> <li>March 31: <a href="/wiki/Transfer_Day" title="Transfer Day">Transfer Day</a> (celebrates the transfer of the islands from Denmark to the US)</li> <li>March–April: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Monday</li> <li>May (fourth Monday): Memorial Day</li> <li>June 19: <a href="/wiki/Juneteenth" title="Juneteenth">Juneteenth</a></li> <li>July 3: <a href="/wiki/Emancipation_Day#US_Virgin_Islands_–_July_3" title="Emancipation Day">Emancipation Day</a></li> <li>July 4: U.S. Independence Day</li> <li>September (first Monday): Labor Day</li> <li>October (second Monday): <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands%E2%80%93Puerto_Rico_Friendship_Day" title="Virgin Islands–Puerto Rico Friendship Day">Virgin Islands–Puerto Rico Friendship Day</a>/Columbus Day</li> <li>November 1: <a href="/wiki/D._Hamilton_Jackson" title="D. Hamilton Jackson">D. Hamilton Jackson</a> Day (also known as "Liberty Day", or "Bull and Bread Day")</li> <li>November 11: Veterans Day</li> <li>November (fourth Thursday): Thanksgiving Day</li> <li>December 25: Christmas</li> <li>December 26: Christmas Second Day (also known as "<a href="/wiki/Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Boxing Day</a>")</li></ul> <p>Virgin Islands government employees are also given administrative leave for St. Croix <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Carnival" class="mw-redirect" title="Caribbean Carnival">carnival</a> events in January and St. Thomas carnival events in April/May.<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-146" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-146"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Virgin_Islands&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">Basketball</a> is one of the popular sports in the Virgin Islands. There is currently one player in the <a href="/wiki/NBA" class="mw-redirect" title="NBA">NBA</a> from the Virgin Islands, <a href="/wiki/2019_NBA_draft" title="2019 NBA draft">2019 NBA draft</a> pick <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Claxton" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicolas Claxton">Nicolas Claxton</a>, who plays for the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Nets" title="Brooklyn Nets">Brooklyn Nets</a>. NBA Hall-of-Famer and five-time champion <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duncan" title="Tim Duncan">Tim Duncan</a> of the San Antonio Spurs is also a native of the Virgin Islands. Consensus 2022 NCAA women's player of the year and USA national team member <a href="/wiki/Aliyah_Boston" title="Aliyah Boston">Aliyah Boston</a> (University of South Carolina) was born and raised in St. Thomas.<sup id="cite_ref-147" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-147"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>, Virgin Islanders are eligible to compete internationally as part of the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies_cricket_team" title="West Indies cricket team">West Indies</a>. The most recent Virgin Islander to be named to the West Indies squad is <a href="/wiki/Hayden_Walsh_Jr." title="Hayden Walsh Jr.">Hayden Walsh Jr.</a>, who was born in St. Croix. In regional Caribbean competitions, Virgin Islanders compete in <a href="/wiki/List_A" class="mw-redirect" title="List A">List A</a> and <a href="/wiki/First-class_cricket" title="First-class cricket">first-class cricket</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Leeward_Islands_cricket_team" title="Leeward Islands cricket team">Leeward Islands cricket team</a>. 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Dordrecht: Nijhoff. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7923-0069-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-7923-0069-6"><bdi>0-7923-0069-6</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/18779202">18779202</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Defining+status+%3A+a+comprehensive+analysis+of+United+States+territorial+relations&rft.place=Dordrecht&rft.pub=Nijhoff&rft.date=1989&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F18779202&rft.isbn=0-7923-0069-6&rft.aulast=Leibowitz&rft.aufirst=Arnold+H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldcat.org%2Foclc%2F18779202&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Dookhan-1994-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Dookhan-1994_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Dookhan-1994_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDookhan1994" class="citation book cs1">Dookhan, Isaac (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=XxT8qxBjwoUC"><i>A History of the Virgin Islands of the United States</i></a>. Canoe Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789768125057" title="Special:BookSources/9789768125057"><bdi>9789768125057</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+the+Virgin+Islands+of+the+United+States&rft.pub=Canoe+Press&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=9789768125057&rft.aulast=Dookhan&rft.aufirst=Isaac&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DXxT8qxBjwoUC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.virgin-islands-history.dk/eng/vi_hist.asp">"A Brief History of the Danish West Indies, 1666–1917"</a>. 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LexisNexis. June 26, 2020. p. 399. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-5221-8921-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-5221-8921-3"><bdi>978-1-5221-8921-3</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230227104945/https://books.google.com/books?id=lO7kDwAAQBAJ">Archived</a> from the original on February 27, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Dukane Press. pp. 48–57.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Divers+Information+on+The+Romantic+History+of+St.+Croix%3A+From+the+Time+of+Columbus+until+Today&rft.pages=48-57&rft.pub=Dukane+Press&rft.date=1964&rft.aulast=Lewishon&rft.aufirst=Florence&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOlwig2014" class="citation book cs1">Olwig, Karen Fog, ed. (January 14, 2014). <i>Small Islands, Large Questions: Society, Culture and Resistance in the Post-Emancipation Caribbean</i>. Routledge. p. 136.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Small+Islands%2C+Large+Questions%3A+Society%2C+Culture+and+Resistance+in+the+Post-Emancipation+Caribbean&rft.pages=136&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2014-01-14&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJensen1998" class="citation book cs1">Jensen, Peter (1998). <i>From Serfdom to Fireburn and Strike: The History of Black Labor in the Danish West Indies 1848-1917</i>. Christiansted, St. Croix: Antilles Press. p. 139. <q>The liberalization of labor conditions in the 1879, then, did not necessarily result in any improvements in the laborers' conditions, on balance, since it was obtained on the planters' and not the laborers' terms.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=From+Serfdom+to+Fireburn+and+Strike%3A+The+History+of+Black+Labor+in+the+Danish+West+Indies+1848-1917&rft.place=Christiansted%2C+St.+Croix&rft.pages=139&rft.pub=Antilles+Press&rft.date=1998&rft.aulast=Jensen&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Danish_National_Archives-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Danish_National_Archives_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Danish_National_Archives_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.virgin-islands-history.dk/eng/vi_hist.asp">A Brief History of the Danish West Indies, 1666–1917</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081204103732/http://www.virgin-islands-history.dk/eng/vi_hist.asp">Archived</a> December 4, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Danish National Archives</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoover1926" class="citation magazine cs1">Hoover, Donald D. (April 1, 1926). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/1926-04-01/virgin-islands-under-american-rule">"The Virgin Islands Under American Rule"</a></span>. <i><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs" title="Foreign Affairs">Foreign Affairs</a></i>. Vol. 4, no. 3. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0015-7120">0015-7120</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Foreign+Affairs&rft.atitle=The+Virgin+Islands+Under+American+Rule&rft.volume=4&rft.issue=3&rft.date=1926-04-01&rft.issn=0015-7120&rft.aulast=Hoover&rft.aufirst=Donald+D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foreignaffairs.com%2Farticles%2Funited-states%2F1926-04-01%2Fvirgin-islands-under-american-rule&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rogers-1917-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Rogers-1917_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rogers-1917_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rogers-1917_29-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRogers1917" class="citation journal cs1">Rogers, Lindsay (1917). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1946859">"Government of the Virgin Islands"</a>. <i>American Political Science Review</i>. <b>11</b> (4): 736–737. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1946859">10.2307/1946859</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0003-0554">0003-0554</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1946859">1946859</a>. <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:146891402">146891402</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+Political+Science+Review&rft.atitle=Government+of+the+Virgin+Islands&rft.volume=11&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=736-737&rft.date=1917&rft.issn=0003-0554&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A146891402%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F1946859%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F1946859&rft.aulast=Rogers&rft.aufirst=Lindsay&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.2307%252F1946859&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.doi.gov/oia/pdf/vitreaty.pdf">Convention between the United States and Denmark for cession of the Danish West Indies</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035908/http://www.doi.gov/oia/pdf/vitreaty.pdf">Archived</a> July 21, 2011, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 39 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-39-1706">1706</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Finch-1917-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Finch-1917_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Finch-1917_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFinch1917" class="citation journal cs1">Finch, George A. (1917). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-journal-of-international-law/article/danish-west-indies/6444AAAED3F97789166FAE9CAD6406BC">"The Danish West Indies"</a>. <i>American Journal of International Law</i>. <b>11</b> (2): 413–416. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2188064">10.2307/2188064</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0002-9300">0002-9300</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2188064">2188064</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=American+Journal+of+International+Law&rft.atitle=The+Danish+West+Indies&rft.volume=11&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=413-416&rft.date=1917&rft.issn=0002-9300&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F2188064%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F2188064&rft.aulast=Finch&rft.aufirst=George+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cambridge.org%2Fcore%2Fjournals%2Famerican-journal-of-international-law%2Farticle%2Fdanish-west-indies%2F6444AAAED3F97789166FAE9CAD6406BC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dkconsulateusvi.com/transfer/transfer.html">Transfer Day</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070628174027/http://www.dkconsulateusvi.com/TRANSFER/transfer.html">Archived</a> June 28, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Royal Danish Consulate, United States Virgin Islands</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_Department_of_the_Interior1934" class="citation book cs1">United States Department of the Interior (1934). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=UcEgAQAAIAAJ&q=us+virgin+islands+dollar+adopted+1934&pg=RA3-PA4"><i>Annual Report of the Department of the Interior 1934</i></a>. US Government Printing Office.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Annual+Report+of+the+Department+of+the+Interior+1934&rft.pub=US+Government+Printing+Office&rft.date=1934&rft.au=United+States+Department+of+the+Interior&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DUcEgAQAAIAAJ%26q%3Dus%2Bvirgin%2Bislands%2Bdollar%2Badopted%2B1934%26pg%3DRA3-PA4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFvarious_United_States_governmental_bureaus1950" class="citation book cs1">various United States governmental bureaus (1950). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pJcYAAAAIAAJ&q=customs+area+philippines+1909&pg=PA842"><i>Statistical Abstract of the United States</i></a>. US Government Printing Office.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Statistical+Abstract+of+the+United+States&rft.pub=US+Government+Printing+Office&rft.date=1950&rft.au=various+United+States+governmental+bureaus&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DpJcYAAAAIAAJ%26q%3Dcustoms%2Barea%2Bphilippines%2B1909%26pg%3DPA842&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Poinski, Megan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=10724233">"Water Island appears frozen in time, but big plans run under the surface – V.I. says land acquired from the feds is about to undergo large-scale improvements"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927204442/http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=10724233">Archived</a> September 27, 2007, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. The Virgin Islands Daily News, November 18, 2005, online edition. Retrieved September 6, 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016_36-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016_36-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016_36-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016_36-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016_36-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-VI_Bureau_of_Economic_Research-2016_36-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161130055225/http://usviber.org/Economic%20Review%20May%202016.pdf">"U.S. Virgin Islands Economic Review – VI"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>VI Bureau of Economic Research</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 15,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=VI+Bureau+of+Economic+Research&rft.atitle=U.S.+Virgin+Islands+Economic+Review+%E2%80%93+VI&rft.date=2016-05-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usviber.org%2FEconomic%2520Review%2520May%25202016.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Daniel_Shea_Daily_News_Staff-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Daniel_Shea_Daily_News_Staff_37-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Daniel_Shea_Daily_News_Staff_37-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDaniel_Shea_(Daily_News_Staff)2012" class="citation news cs1">Daniel Shea (Daily News Staff) (January 19, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120728133439/http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/hovensa-closing-1.1259790%23axzz1nXpo7wFr">"HOVENSA closing – News"</a>. <i>Virgin Islands Daily News</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://virginislandsdailynews.com/news/hovensa-closing-1.1259790#axzz1nXpo7wFr">the original</a> on July 28, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 13,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Virgin+Islands+Daily+News&rft.atitle=HOVENSA+closing+%E2%80%93+News&rft.date=2012-01-19&rft.au=Daniel+Shea+%28Daily+News+Staff%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fvirginislandsdailynews.com%2Fnews%2Fhovensa-closing-1.1259790%23axzz1nXpo7wFr&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-online.wsj.com-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-online.wsj.com_38-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-online.wsj.com_38-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120222-714220.html">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120415095901/http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120222-714220.html">Archived</a> April 15, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.limetreebayenergy.com/about-us/">"Limetree Bay – About Us"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 15,</span> 2017</span>. <q>How far behind is the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) from facing the same sort of financial crisis as Puerto Rico? Not very.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Forbes&rft.atitle=United+States+Virgin+Islands+Risks+Capsizing+Under+Weight+Of+Debt&rft.date=2017-01-23&rft.aulast=Baribeau&rft.aufirst=Simone&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fdebtwire%2F2017%2F01%2F23%2Funited-states-virgin-islands-risks-capsizing-under-weight-of-debt%2F%23570913e73673&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGilbert2017" class="citation web cs1">Gilbert, Ernice (February 16, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170216143052/http://viconsortium.com/business/financial-crisis-mapp-executive-order-suspends-hiring-travel-wage-negotiations-and-limits-use-of-govt-vehicles/">"Government Has Two Days Cash on Hand Left, Finance Commissioner Reveals"</a>. <i>VI Consortium</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 3,</span> 2018</span>. <q>Looking ahead, we note that the tropical weather and picturesque beaches will continue to draw tourists, and natural resources bode well for rum production.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Liberty+Street+Economics&rft.atitle=A+Long+Road+to+Economic+Recovery+for+the+U.S.+Virgin+Islands&rft.date=2013-11-15&rft.aulast=Bram&rft.aufirst=Jason&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flibertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org%2F2013%2F11%2Fa-long-road-to-economic-recovery-for-the-us-virgin-islands.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AUnited+States+Virgin+Islands" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-95"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-95">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChappatta2016" class="citation web cs1">Chappatta, Brian (May 31, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-31/more-in-debt-than-puerto-rico-the-virgin-islands-rejects-rescue">"More in Debt Than Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands Rejects Rescue"</a>. <i>Bloomberg</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170216140812/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-31/more-in-debt-than-puerto-rico-the-virgin-islands-rejects-rescue">Archived</a> from the original on February 16, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Niklas Thode; Simonsen, Gunvor (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F03468755.2016.1210880">"Introduction: The historiography of slavery in the Danish-Norwegian West Indies, c. 1950–2016"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_Journal_of_History" title="Scandinavian Journal of History">Scandinavian Journal of History</a></i>. <b>41</b> (4–5): 475–494. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F03468755.2016.1210880">10.1080/03468755.2016.1210880</a></span>.</cite><span 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href="/wiki/The_Antilles" class="mw-redirect" title="The Antilles">Antilles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Greater_Antilles" class="mw-redirect" title="The Greater Antilles">Greater<br />Antilles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cayman_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Cayman Islands">Cayman Islands</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Navassa_Island" title="Navassa Island">Navassa Island</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a></i></li></ul> </div><table 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Barthélemy</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a><sup>^*</sup></i></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Martin_(island)" title="Saint Martin (island)">Saint Martin</a><sup>^</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Collectivity_of_Saint_Martin" class="mw-redirect" title="The Collectivity of Saint Martin">Collectivity of Saint Martin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sint_Maarten" title="Sint Maarten">Sint Maarten</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Virgin 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Antilles">Leeward<br />Antilles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Insular_Region,_Venezuela" class="mw-redirect" title="The Insular Region, Venezuela">Insular Venezuela</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Federal_Dependencies_of_Venezuela" class="mw-redirect" title="The Federal Dependencies of Venezuela">Federal Dependencies</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nueva_Esparta" title="Nueva Esparta">Nueva Esparta</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="ABC_islands" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_ABC_islands_(Leeward_Antilles)" class="mw-redirect" title="The ABC islands (Leeward Antilles)">ABC islands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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