Turks and Caicos Islands People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 7,436 (1980)

Ethnic division: majority of African descent

Religion: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Church of God, Seventh-day

Adventist

Language: English (official)

Infant mortality rate: 24.4/1.000

Literacy, about 99%

Labor force: some subsistence agriculture; majority engaged in fishing and tourist industries

Organized labor: St. George’s Industrial Trade Union (Cockburn Harbor), 250 members

NOTE: The information regarding Turks and Caicos Islands on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Turks and Caicos Islands 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Turks and Caicos Islands 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.