Migration trends in the US Virgin Islands

Latin America

55.6K people from around the world have made US Virgin Islands their home. That's 53.3% of the country population, arriving from 20 different countries

104.4K

Population

55.6K

Immigrants

Emigrants

+51.6K

Inflow

Every 2nd person in the US Virgin Islands was born abroad

The #155 largest immigrant destination worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in the US Virgin Islands

Where people come from

1USA

16.9K30.4%

2Saint Kitts and Nevis

7.1K12.8%

5.5K9.9%

Where people move to

77019.0%

67016.6%

3Saint Kitts and Nevis

65316.1%

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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 citizens living abroad

Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)

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