APPENDIX VIII
APPENDIX VIII#
%
local
economy,
comprising
about
gross national product in
1983.
dent,
however, on government
of the work force was employed
capita
income was
$3,900
in
rate was 23 percent.
52
percent
Puerto Rico
of
the
territory's
is heavily depen-
employment.
About
24 percent
by the government in 1983.
Per
1983
and
in
1983
the unemployment
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
The Virgin Islands, which are located in the eastern Caribbean, are 1,400 miles from New York.
The principal islands,
St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John, have a combined land area
of 130 square miles.
The population of the islands is about
100,000 and the per capita income in 1982 was $7,078.
The local
economy depends heavily on government employment and tourism,
In 1982, public sector employment accounted for 37 percent of
the total work force.
Unemployment was 7.8 percent in 1982.
TRUST TERRITORY OF
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands lies in an
expanse of the Western Pacific Ocean equal in size to the continental United States.
The land area, however, is about onehalf the size of Rhode Island.
The far western boundary of the
area
is 500 miles from
the
Philippines;
Hawaii
is
about
1,800
miles from the eastern border.
The Trust Territory's three constitutional governments--the Federated States of Micronesia, the
Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau--have a combined
population of about 116,000.
All three Micronesian states have
large public sector work forces, ranging from 40 to 57 percent.
SMALLER INSULAR POSSESSIONS
Baker, Howland,
Baker,
islands.
of Hawaii.
and Jarvis
Howland,
These
and
islands
are
Jarvis
Each was placed
ior's jurisdiction in
Wildlife Service.
are
located
all
about
uninhabited
1,600
miles
under the Secretary of
Pacific
southwest
the
Inter-
1936, and are administered by the Fish and
JOHNSTON ATOLL
Johnston Atoll,
which
is
located about
700 miles
southwest
of Hawaii, was annexed by the U.S. in 1858.
In 1934, Johnston
was placed under the Department of the Navy's jurisdiction.
Operational
1948.
control
Presently,
was
the
transferred
Defense
to
Nuclear
the
U.S.
Agency
Air
Force
administers
in
the
island.
Approximately 325 U.S. military and civilian personnel
are stationed on Johnston.
The island has no indigenous population.
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