This article is about the demographics of American Samoa, including

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, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internationa ...

is an

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located in the

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Vital statistics

Births and deaths

Population statistics

The statistics from 1900 to 1950 and every decennial census are from the U.S. Census Bureau. There was no census taken in 1910, but a special census taken in 1912. Beginning with the 1930 Census, Swain Island is included in the population count for American Samoa. The remaining statistics are from the

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, unless otherwise indicated.

Population

*Approximately 55,212, but the Factbook states 49,437 (2020 estimate). About 65% of the population are U.S. nationals, of whom at least 10% are U.S. citizens.2010 American Samoa Demographic Profile Data
U.S. Census Bureau. Of the foreign-born population, 81% are from

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); ...

, 9% are from other parts of

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, and 9% are from

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

Age structure

*0–14 years: 27.76% (male 7,063/female 6,662) *15–24 years: 18.16% (male 4,521/female 4,458) *25–54 years: 37.49% (male 9,164/female 9,370) *55–64 years: 9.69% (male 2,341/female 2,447) *65 years and over: 6.9% (male 1,580/female 1,831) (2020 est.)

Median age

*total: 27.2 years *male: 26.7 years *female: 27.7 years (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

*−2.1% (2021 est.)

Birth rate

*17.19 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Death rate

*6 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Net migration rate

*−32.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Urbanization

*Urban population: 87.2% of total population (2020) *Rate of urbanization: 0.07% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)

Sex ratio

*At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female *0–14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female *15–24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female *25–54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female *55–64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female *65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female *Total population: 1 male(s)/female (2020 est.) American-Samoa population pyramid

Infant mortality rate

*Total: 10.25 deaths/1,000 live births *Male: 12.39 deaths/1,000 live births *Female: 8 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

*Total population: 75.06 years *Male: 72.55 years *Female: 77.72 years (2021 est.)

Total fertility rate

*2.28 children born/woman (2021 est.)

Nationality

*Noun: American Samoan(s) (US Nationals) *Adjective: American Samoan

Ethnic groups

Pacific Islander Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the Pacific Islands. As an ethnic/racial term, it is used to describe the original peoples—inhabitants and diasporas—of any of the three major subregions of O ...

92.6% (includes Samoan 88.9%, Tongan 2.9%, other 0.8%) * Asian 3.6% (includes

Filipino Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines. ** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...

2.2%, other 1.4%) *Mixed 2.7% *Other 1.2% (2010 est.)

Religions

* Christian 98.3% *Other 1% *Unaffiliated 0.7% (2010 est.) Major Christian denominations on the island include the Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa, the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

, the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The c ...

and the Methodist Church of Samoa. Collectively, these churches account for the vast majority of the population. J. Gordon Melton in his book claims that the Methodists, Congregationalists with the

London Missionary Society The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams. It was largely Reformed in outlook, with Congregational m ...

, and Catholics led the first Christian missions to the islands. Other denominations arrived later, beginning in 1895 with the

Seventh-day Adventists The Seventh-day Adventist Church is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, and i ...

, various

Pentecostals Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

(including the Assemblies of God),

Church of the Nazarene The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelicalism, evangelical Christian denomination that emerged in North America from the 19th-century Wesleyan-Holiness movement within Methodism. It is headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, Lenexa within Johnson Cou ...

, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the

. The World Factbook 2010 estimate shows the religious affiliations of American Samoa as 98.3% Christian, other 1%, unaffiliated 0.7%. World Christian Database 2010 estimate shows the religious affiliations of American Samoa as 98.3% Christian, 0.7% agnostic, 0.4% Chinese Universalist, 0.3%

Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

, and 0.3% Baháʼí. According to Pew Research Center, 98.3% of the total population is Christian. Among Christians, 59.5% are

Protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...

, 19.7% are Catholic and 19.2% are other Christians. A major Protestant church on the island, gathering a substantial part of the local Protestant population, is the Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa, a Reformed denomination in the Congregationalist tradition. ,

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The ch ...

website claims membership of 16,180 or one-quarter of the whole population, with 41 congregations, and 4 family history centers in American Samoa. The Jehovah's Witnesses claim 210 "ministers of the word" and 3 congregations.

Languages

Native languages include: * Samoan 88.6% *English 3.9% * Tongan 2.7% *Other Pacific islander 3% *Other 1.8% (2010 est.) English proficiency is very high.

References

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