UNITED STATES: EXTERNAL TERRITORIEShistorical demographical data of these minor outlying islands |
ISLAND(S) | capital | surface/sq.km | surface/sq.mi | c2000 | c1990 | e1984 | e1980 | c1970 | c1960 | c1950 | e1940 | e1930 | code | code | code | particulars | variants of the name | ||||
source: | WA | GL | EW | SY | WA | SY | SY | GL | GL | ISO | FIPS | county code as "United States Minor Outlying Islands" ISO: UM; FIPS: UM | |||||||||
there are no capitals on these islands | population figures are given in exact numbers, thus not in 1000s | ||||||||||||||||||||
Baker Island | 2,6 | 1,0 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | BK | 81 | FQ | in name often combined with Howland Islands as "Baker and Howland Islands" | ||||||
Howland Islands | 1,9 | 0,7 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,010 | 0,000 | HL | 84 | HQ | in name often combined with Baker Island as "Baker and Howland Islands" | ||||||
Jarvis Island | 4,4 | 1,7 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | JV | 86 | DQ | lying within the Line Islands group of Kiribati | ||||||
Johnston Atoll | 2,6 | 1,0 | 1,200 | 1,325 | 0,327 | 0,327 | 1,007 | 0,156 | 0,046 | 0,010 | 0,000 | JS | 67 | JQ | comprises Johnston Island, Sand Island, North (Akua), East (Hikina) | Johnston Island | |||||
Kingman Reef | 2,6 | 1,0 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | KR | 89 | KQ | lying within the Line Islands group of Kiribati | ||||||
Midway Island | 5,2 | 2,0 | 0,450 | 0,453 | 2,200 | 0,453 | 2,256 | 2,356 | 0,416 | 0,437 | 0,036 | MW | 71 | MQ | originally Sand Island and East belonged to Midway Islands, now to Johnston Atoll | Midway Islands | |||||
Navassa Island | 2,6 | 1,0 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | NV | 76 | BQ | this islet is not lying in the Pacific but in the Caribbean, between Jamaica and Haiti | La Navase, Navassa | |||||
Palmyra | 5,2 | 2,0 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | PM | 95 | LQ | lying within the Line Islands group of Kiribati; cluster of islands of which Cooper is the largest | Palmyra Atoll | |||||
Wake Islands | 8,0 | 3,0 | 0,200 | 0,195 | 2,000 | 0,302 | 1,647 | 1,097 | 0,349 | 0,000 | 0,000 | WK | 79 | WQ | includes: Wake Island, Wilkes (with Kuku Point, w) and Peale (with Toki Point, nw) | ||||||
TOTAL: | 35,1 | 13,4 | 1,850 | 1,973 | 4,527 | 1,082 | 4,910 | 3,609 | 0,811 | 0,457 | 0,036 | although a total is given here, the combination is usually not regarded as one state |
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