EMBARGOED UNTIL: 12:01 A.M. EDT, MAY 8, 1998 (FRIDAY) Public Information Office CB98-80 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) William H. Wannall III International Programs Center 301-457-1358 Census Bureau Estimates Population of U.S. Outlying Areas, First Figures Since 1990 Census The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released 1997 population estimates for outlying areas of the United States, marking the first update of population figures for Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa since the 1990 Census. The estimates are available in the Census Bureau's International Database at http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html. The Census Bureau's estimates for mid-year 1997 and 1990 census data are: 1990 1997 Guam 133,152 145,780 U.S. Virgin Islands 101,809 114,483 Northern Mariana Islands 43,325 63,763 American Samoa 47,199 60,383 The Census Bureau based its population estimates on births, deaths and net migration. Those components are detailed for 1990 through 1997 in the International Data Base on the Internet.-X-Editor's Note: The Public Information Office now has a media-access server for displaying embargoed news releases and data sets. It is available to accredited media representatives only. To gain access, please contact us for a username and password. The media-access server Internet address is: http://www.census.gov/dcmd/www/embargo/embargo.html. We would appreciate your comments about this site. The Census Bureau pre-eminent collector and provider of timely, relevant and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In more than 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries and institutions.
