Ethnicity and Religion
As of the 2000 census, the population comprised the following ethnic groups:
- black 76.2%
- white 13.1%
- Asian 1.1%
- other 6.1%
- mixed 3.5%
In terms of religion:
- Baptist 42%
- Roman Catholic 34% (see Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Thomas)
- Episcopalian 17%
- other 7%
Read more about this topic: Demographics Of The United States Virgin Islands
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“You say there is no religion now. ‘Tis like saying in rainy weather, there is no sun, when at that moment we are witnessing one of his superlative effects.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)