U.S. Virgin Islands

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Sovereignty Comment
Organized unincorporated insular area of the United States
Population
109,000
General Remarks
Main islands: Saint John, Saint Croix, Saint Thomas, plus 50 small islands
Principal Languages
English, Virgin Islands Creole English
Literacy Rate
90%–95%
Immigrant Languages
French (800), Papiamentu (200), Spanish (4,440)
Deaf Population
110–200
Deaf Institutions
2
Language Counts
The number of individual languages listed for U.S. Virgin Islands is 4. Of these, 3 are living and 1 is extinct. Of the living languages, 1 is institutional and 2 are vigorous.