MigrantoMigration trends in the US Virgin Islands
Latin America
US Virgin Islands takes in more people than it loses: 55.6K immigrants against 4K emigrants. Net balance +51.6K — 49% of the country's population
104.4K
Population
55.6K
Immigrants
4K
Emigrants
+51.6K
Inflow
1 in 2 residents of the US Virgin Islands was born abroad — and 1 in 27 people born in the US Virgin Islands lives abroad
#155 in the world by net migration gain
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in the US Virgin Islands
Where people come from
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
44K immigrants · 2.3K emigrants
1995
- Without migration, the population would have declined
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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