EMBARGOED UNTIL: 12:01 A.M. EST, NOVEMBER 30, 1998 (MONDAY) Public Information Office CB98-219 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) William H. Wannall III International Programs Center 301-457-1358 Census Bureau Estimates Population of Insular Areas The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released 1998 population estimates for the insular areas of the United States, which include Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa. The Census Bureau's estimates for July 1, 1998, are: Guam 149,101 U.S. Virgin Islands 118,382 Northern Mariana Islands 66,611 American Samoa 62,093 The Census Bureau based its population estimates on births, deaths and net migration. Those components are shown in the International Data Base on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html.-X-The U.S. Census Bureau, pre-eminent collector and disseminator of timely, relevant and quality data about the people and the economy of the United States, conducts a population and housing census every 10 years, an economic census every five years and more than 100 demographic and economic surveys every year, all of them evolving from the first census in 1790.
