e Virgin Islands and 29% born elsewhere in the West Indies)
74%, US mainland 13%, Puerto Rican 5%, other 8%

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

Languages: English (official), Spanish, Creole

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

Government Virgin Islands

Country name: conventional long form: United States Virgin Islands
conventional short form: Virgin Islands former: Danish West Indies

Dependency status: organized, unincorporated territory of the US
with policy relations between the Virgin Islands and the US under the
jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the
Interior

Government type: NA

Capital: Charlotte Amalie

Administrative divisions: none (territory of the US); there are no
first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government,
but there are three islands at the second order; Saint Croix, Saint John,
Saint Thomas

National holiday: Transfer Day (from Denmark to the US), 27 March (1917)

Constitution: Revised Organic Act of 22 July 1954

Legal system: based on US laws

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal; note - indigenous inhabitants
are US citizens but do not vote in US presidential elections

Executive branch: chief of state: President George W. BUSH of the US
(since 20 January 2001); Vice President Richard B. CHENEY (Since 20
January 2001) election results: Dr. Charles Wesley TURNBULL elected
governor; percent of vote - Dr. Charles W. TURNBULL (Democrat) 58.9%,
former Governor Roy L. SCHNEIDER (ICM) 41.1% elections: US president and
vice president elected on the same ticket for four-year terms; governor
and lieutenant governor elected on the same ticket by popular vote for
four-year terms; election last held 3 November 1998 (next to be held
NA November 2002) head of government: Governor Gererd LUZ James II
(since 5 January 1999) cabinet: NA

Legislative branch: unicameral Senate (15 seats; members are elected by
popular vote to serve two-year terms) elections: last held 7 November 2000
(next to be held NA November 2002) election results: percent of vote by
party - NA%; seats by party - Democratic Party 6, ICM 2, independents 4,
no party affiliation 3 note: the Virgin Islands elects one non-voting
representative to the US House of Representatives; election last held
7 November 2000 (next to be held NA November 2002); results - Donna
M. CHRISTIAN-CHRISTENSON (Democra