American Samoa Population

Populations of the Pacific islands under U.S. jurisdiction are skyrocketing, but departures are holding down growth in Puerto Rico, the Census Bureau reported. Leading in growth was Guam, where net immigration helped boost population between 1980 and 1987 by 24,400, or 23.1%, to 130,400, the bureau said. The Northern Mariana Islands were second, increasing 21.1% to a total of 20,300 people last year. American Samoa added 19% to its population to climb to 38,400. In the Caribbean, the U.S.

Populations of the Pacific islands under U.S. jurisdiction are skyrocketing, but departures are holding down growth in Puerto Rico, the Census Bureau reported. Leading in growth was Guam, where net immigration helped boost population between 1980 and 1987 by 24,400, or 23.1%, to 130,400, the bureau said. The Northern Mariana Islands were second, increasing 21.1% to a total of 20,300 people last year. American Samoa added 19% to its population to climb to 38,400. In the Caribbean, the U.S.

American Samoa's population is 58% native, 71% of the residents in the Northern Marianas were born there and natives make up 97% of the population in the Trust Territory of the Pacific, the Census Bureau said Wednesday in a report on the residents of U.S. Pacific territories. Fewer than half of the persons on Guam were born there, the bureau said.

Pacific islands under U.S. jurisdiction gained population last year while the number of people in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands declined slightly, the Census Bureau reported Wednesday. The 1986 population of Puerto Rico was estimated at 3,274,000, down from 3,282,000 a year earlier. By comparison, it had a population of 3,197,000 in the 1980 census. The Virgin Islands also showed slight losses between 1985 and 1986, the bureau said, falling from 110,800 people to 109,500.

About 1,000 miles south of America's mainland, a group of 64 Puerto Ricans will gather this morning to determine who will represent them at the Democratic National Convention in August. The selection of the island's delegation, held in a meeting room of a San Juan technical college, is the meatiest role the U.S. territory gets to play in the presidential election.