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Virgin Islander Americans are persons from the U.S. Virgin IslandsorBritish Virgin Islands who reside in the United States, or Americans of Virgin Islands heritage.
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Notable Americans born in the Virgin Islands:
Tim Duncan Roy Innis Alexander Hamilton Hubert Harrison Sonny Rollins Kelsey Grammer | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| South Florida, Orlando, Atlanta, New York City | |
| Languages | |
| English, Virgin Islands Creole | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity, Rastafari |
Persons born in the U.S. Virgin Islands are technically United States citizens, and as a result do not go through the legal immigration procedures a typical West Indies immigrant would. However, due to cultural affinities with the Anglophone Caribbean, U.S. Virgin Islanders in the U.S. are considered part of the Caribbean American immigrant community.
It is difficult to determine how many Virgin Islanders reside in the United States. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, there are 15,014 of U.S. Virgin Islands ancestry residing in the continental United States. However, a count of American residents with "U.S. Virgin Islands ancestry" excludes most U.S. Virgin Islands-born immigrants in the United States. Because of inter-Caribbean migration, most native-born U.S. Virgin Islanders are descended from natives of other Caribbean islands and would not necessarily define themselves as having "U.S. Virgin Islands ancestry." For example, Tim Duncan is a St. Croix native with Anguillian ancestry.
The population of immigrants of British Virgin Islands origin in the United States is also difficult to determine, as they are not specifically counted in the U.S. Census, but grouped with other Caribbean British Overseas Territories as "British West Indies."
