Table 1: Foreign Born Population, Dominica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent, 1871 - 1911

Dominica

St. Lucia

St. Vincent

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Place of Birth	1871	1891	1911	1871	1891	1911	1871	1897	1911
Antigua	72	137
Barbados	106	96		824	1,118	1,452			848
Dominica				51	227	222
Trinidad									223
Montserrat	5	99
St. Kitts/Nevis	54	71
St. Vincent					451	644
Other British Caribbean	121	103	2,401¹	161	489	865	2,727³	2,205	536
Martinique				559	484	309
Other Caribbean	467	303	421	14	109	81		34	30
British Isles	32	27	90	127	196	106	183	104	87
Canada				2	5	4			6
Europe	23		31	50	34	130			11
Madeira/Port.	11	2	17				655	281	65
India	24	8	7	302	1,939	612	1,260	332	114
China				1	3
Africa	297	NA	8	643	393	143	499	247	61
Cape Verde Islands		51	128
U.S.A.				4	14	8			6
Panama						86
South America						75			22
Other	4	74	176²	4	43	28	60	75	18
TOTAL	1,216	1,007	3,270	2,782	5,555	4,765	5,384	3,278	2,027
Foreign Born as % of Total Population	4.5	3.9	9.4	8.8	13.2	9.8	15.1	8.0	4.8

Source: West Indian Census 1946, Census of Population for the Windward Islands, Part H.

Notes: 1. British Caribbean

2. Includes Surinam and French Guiana

3. Includes British and Other Caribbean

Table 2: Estimated Net Migration, Dominica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent, 1891 - 1997

Dominica

St. Lucia

St. Vincent

Census Period	Intercensal Increase	Natural Increase	Net Migration	Intercensal Increase	Natural Increase	Net Migration	Intercensal Increase	Natural Increase	Net Migration
1891 - 1901				7,663	7,400	+263
1901 - 1911				-1,246	6,900	-8,146
1911 - 1921			-3,775	2,900	7,300	-4,400
1921 - 1946	10,565	16,202	-5,637	18,608	26,900	-8,292	17,200	28,993	-11,793
1946 - 1960				15,995	29,800	-13,805
1960 - 1970				14,785	31,800	-17,015
1970 - 1980	4,571	16,733	-12,162	12,516	31,500	-18,984	10,901	26,320	-15,419
1980 - 1991	-2,612	12,713	-15,325	19,899	31,488	-11,589	8,654	23,553	-14,889
1991 - 1997				13,046	18,631	-5,585

Sources: West Indian Census, 1946. Part H. Census of Population of the Windward Islands.

1980-1981 Population Census of the Commonwealth Caribbean. Dominica, Volume 1, St. Lucia, Volume 1, and St. Vincent, Volume 1.

Special Tabulations, Dominica, 1995.

St. Lucia 1991. Population and Housing Census, Volume 1.

St. Lucia 1999. Summary of Vital Statistics.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 1991, Population and Housing Census Report, Volume 2.

Table 3: Foreign Born Population, Dominica, 1946, 1980, and 1991

1946

1981

1991

Country of Birth	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
CARICOM¹					897	35.0
Barbados	70	3.8	49	2.9
British Guiana/Guyana	19	1.0	33	1.9
Jamaica	10	0.5	18	1.0
Trinidad	78	4.2	42	2.5
WINDWARD ISLANDS
Grenada	40	2.2	38	2.2
St. Lucia	72	3.9	64	3.7
St. Vincent	19	1.0	43	2.5
LEEWARD ISLANDS	894	48.4
Antigua	383		167	9.8
St. Kitts/Nevis	105		43	2.5
Montserrat	401		81	4.7
Other Leeward	5
French Guiana	44	2.4
French W. Indies	358	19.4	202	11.8
Dutch W. Indies	29	1.6
Other Caribbean	24²	1.3	87	5.1	899⁴	35.1
Panama	20	1.1	4	0.2
Venezuela	23	1.2	7	0.4
Other Latin American	13	0.7	14	0.8
Canada	5	0.3	53	3.1	69	2.7
U.K.	39	2.1	206	12.1	237	9.2
Other Comm/Europe	47	2.5
U.S.A.	24	1.3	191	11.2	234	9.1
Mid-East	13	0.7
Asia	2	0.1
Africa	3	0.2

Table 3 (Continued): Foreign Born Population, Dominca, 1946, 1980, and 1991

1946 1980 1991

No. % No. % No. %

All Others			366	21.4	227	8.9
TOTAL³	1,846	100.0	1,708	100.0	2,563	100.0
Foreign Born as % of Total Population		3.9		2.3		3.7
Sex Ratio		91		104

Sources: See Table 1

Notes: 1. The English-speaking Caribbean

2. Includes Cuba, the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands

3. Not stated is excluded in this table and all other tables. Totals do not equal 100.0 because of rounding.

4. Includes the Dutch, French, and Hispanic Caribbean

Table 4: Foreign Born Population, St. Lucia, 1946, 1980, and 1991

1946

1980

1991

Country of Birth	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
CARICOM¹					2,856	52.1
Barbados	666	25.2	326	9.3
British Guiana/Guyana	97	3.7	489	14.0
Jamaica	12	0.5	74	2.1
Trinidad	122	4.6	141	4.0
WINDWARD ISLANDS
Dominica	191	7.2	168	4.8
Grenada	145	5.5	108	3.1
St. Vincent	276	10.4	173	4.9
LEEWARD ISLANDS	165	6.2
Antigua	75		62	1.8
St. Kitts/Nevis	61		46	1.3
Montserrat	26		28	0.8
Other Leeward	3
French Guiana²	363	13.7
French W. Indies	154	5.8	150	4.3
Dutch W. Indies	31	1.2
Other Caribbean	36	1.4	408	11.6	661	12.1
Panama	156	5.9	52	1.5
Venezuela	58	2.2	21	0.6
Canada	8	0.3	109	3.1	157	2.9
U.K.	69	2.6	542	15.5	594	10.8
Other Comm.	35	1.3			87	1.6
Europe	18	0.7
U.S.A.	22	0.8	195	5.6	412	7.5
Middle East	2	0.1
Other Latin America	12	0.5	23	0.6
Far East
Africa	3	0.1

Table 4 (Continued): Foreign Born Population, St. Lucia, 1946, 1980, and 1991

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1946 1980 1991

No. % No. % No. %

All Others			389	11.1	712	13.0
TOTAL³	2,641	100.0	3,504	100.0	5,479	100.0
Foreign born as % of Total Population		3.8		3.0		4.8
Sex Ratio		117		97		97

Sources: See Table 1

Special Tabulations, The Statistical Department, St. Lucia, 1995

Notes: See notes 1 and 3 in Table 3

2. Children of St. Lucians who migrated to French Guiana in the early twentieth century.

Table 5: Foreign Born Population, St. Vincent, 1946, 1980, and 1991.

1946

1980

1991

Country of Birth	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
CARICOM¹
Barbados	303	17.6	152	7.2	262	6.2
British Guiana/Guyana	46	2.7	105	5.0	386	9.1
Jamaica	16	0.9	56	2.7	80	1.9
Trinidad	495	28.8	419	19.9	1,420	33.6
WINDWARD ISLANDS
Dominica	40	2.3	38	1.8	70	1.7
Grenada	270	15.7	189	9.0	279	6.6
St. Lucia	158	9.2	100	4.8	119	2.8
LEEWARD ISLANDS	55	3.2	51	2.4	32	0.8
Antigua	39	2.3	26	1.2	32	0.8
St. Kitts/Nevis	10	0.6	18	0.9
Montserrat	6	0.3	7	0.3
Other Leeward
French Guiana	1	0.1
French W. Indies	9	0.5	17	0.8
Dutch W. Indies	73	4.3	199	9.5
Other Caribbean	20²	1.2	88	4.2	378	8.9
Panama	28	1.6
Venezuela	21	1.2	14	0.7
Other Latin American			1	0.0
Canada	7	0.4	72	3.4	180	4.3
United Kingdom	42	2.4	341	16.2	368	8.7
Other Comm.	19	1.1			74	1.7
Europe	6	0.3			127	3.0
U.S.A.	83	4.8	146	6.9	285	6.7
Middle East	4	0.2			35	0.8
Asia
Far East					32	0.8
Africa					22	0.5

Table 5 (Continued): Foreign Born Population, St. Vincent, 1946, 1980, and 1991

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1946 1980 1991

No. % No. % No. %

All Others	21	1.2	116	5.5	82	1.9
TOTAL³	1,717	100.0	2,104	100.0	4,231	100.0
Foreign born as % of Total Population		2.8		2.2		4.0
Sex Ratio		115		95		94

Sources: See Table 1.

Notes: See Notes in Table 3.

Table 6: Highest Level of Education of Adults (15+ Not in School) By Country of Birth, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, 1991

Country of Birth

Highest Level of Education	Dominica No. (%)	CARICOM No. (%)	Other Carib. No. (%)	Canada No. (%)	UK No. (%)	USA No. (%)	Other No. (%)
None	1,363 (4.3)	10 (2.2)	5 (2.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.7)	0 (0.0)	3 (1.8)
Primary	25,264 (79.0)	215 (46.4)	138 (55.9)	0 (0.0)	25 (21.6)	2 (2.0)	24 (14.0)
Secondary	3,515 (11.0)	105 (22.7)	57 (23.1)	3 (11.1)	45 (38.8)	13 (12.9)	35 (20.5)
Pre-University or Post-Secondary	777 (2.4)	45 (9.7)	17 (6.9)	5 (18.5)	16 (13.8)	13 (12.9)	19 (11.1)
University	893 (2.8)	86 (18.6)	27 (10.9)	19 (70.4)	26 (22.4)	71 (70.3)	86 (50.3)
Other¹	164 (0.5)	2 (0.4)	3 (1.2)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.7)	2 (2.0)	4 (2.3)
Total	31,976 (100.0)	463 (100.0)	247 (100.0)	27 (100.0)	116 (100.0)	101 (100.0)	171 (100.0)
	St. Lucia No. (%)	CARICOM No. (%)	Other Carib. No. (%)	Canada No. (%)	UK No. (%)	USA No. (%)	Other² No. (%)
None	5,610 (6.7)	17 (1.0)	14 (6.2)	0 (0.0)	2 (0.6)	0 (0.0)	19 (3.0)
Primary	51,062 (61.1)	523 (31.8)	95 (42.0)	1 (1.5)	32 (10.3)	3 (1.6)	225 (35.9)
Secondary	19,822 (23.7)	602 (36.6)	69 (30.5)	14 (21.2)	105 (33.9)	30 (15.8)	134 (21.4)
Pre-University or Post-Secondary	3,117 (3.7)	160 (9.7)	18 (8.0)	16 (24.2)	81 (26.1)	43 (22.6)	64 (10.2)
University	1,809 (2.2)	289 (17.5)	25 (11.1)	35 (53.0)	80 (25.8)	106 (55.8)	172 (27.4)
Other¹	2,218 (2.6)	56 (3.4)	5 (2.1)	0 (0.0)	10 (3.2)	8 (4.2)	13 (2.1)
Total	83,638 (100.0)	1,647 (100.0)	226 (100.0)	86 (100.0)	310 (100.0)	190 (100.0)	627 (100.0)

Table 6 (Continued): Highest Level of Education of Adults (15+ Not in School) By Country of Origin Dominica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent, 1991

Country of Birth

Highest Level of Education	St. Vincent No. (%)	Caricom No. (%)	Other Carib. No. (%)	Canada No. (%)	UK No. (%)	USA No. (%)	Other No. (%)
None	1,142 (1.8)	245 (8.1)	14 (4.6)	62 (8.8)	13 (6.4)	64 (15.6)	6 (6.0)
Primary	46,616 (73.7)	1,611 (53.3)	94 (30.7)	163 (23.2)	24 (11.9)	89 (21.7)	18 (18.0)
Secondary	12,640 (20.0)	809 (26.8	143 (46.7)	248 (35.3)	40 (19.8)	73 (17.8)	30 (30.0)
Pre-University/ Post-Secondary	1,221 (1.9)	99 (3.3)	27 (8.8)	68 (9.7)	42 (20.8)	33 (8.0)	6 (6.0)
University	982 (1.6)	112 (3.7)	26 (8.5)	141 (20.1)	78 (38.6)	121 (29.4)	36 (36.0)
Other¹	625 (1.0)	146 (4.8)	2 (0.6)	21 (2.0)	5 (2.5)	6 (1.5)	4 (4.0)
Total	63,226 (100.0)	3,022 (100.0)	306 (100.0)	703 (100.0)	202 (100.0)	411 (100.0)	100 (100.0)

Sources: Special Tabulations, Commonwealth of Dominica, 1995, St. Lucia, 1995, St. Vincent, 1995.

Notes: 1. Includes Nursery/Kindergarten

2. Includes "Other Commonwealth" and "Other Americas"

Table 7: Occupational Group, Economically Active (15+ Not in School) Population By Country of Birth, Dominica, 1991

Country of Birth

Occupational Group	Dominica No. (%)	CARICOM No. (%)	Other Carib. No. (%)	Canada No. (%)	UK No. (%)	US No. (%)	Other No. (%)
Admin./Manag.	843 (7.4)	38 (12.8)	19 (11.9)	6 (31.6)	11 (11.3)	6 (8.7)	17 (16.3)
Prof./Tech.	1,196 (10.5)	105 (35.5)	46 (28.8)	11 (57.9)	40 (41.2)	56 (81.2)	69 (66.3)
Clerical	511 (4.5)	24 (8.1)	17 (10.6)	1 (5.3)	16 (16.5)	0 (0.0)	4 (3.8)
Sales/Serv.	339 (3.0)	9 (3.0)	6 (3.8)	0 (0.0)	5 (5.2)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.0)
Agriculture/ For./ Fishing	3,911 (34.2)	23 (7.8)	27 (16.9)	0 (0.0)	7 (7.2)	3 (4.3)	3 (2.9)
Production/ Crafts	2,157 (18.9)	61 (20.6)	24 (15.0)	1 (5.3)	12 (12.4)	4 (5.8)	9 (8.7)
Trans./Comm.	342 (3.0)	3 (1.0)	5 (3.1)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.0)
Labourer	2,108 (18.5)	33 (11.2)	16 (10.0)	0 (0.0)	6 (6.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
TOTAL	11,407 (100.0)	296(100.0)	160 (100.0)	19 (100.0)	97 (100.0)	69 (100.0)	104(100.0)

Sources: Special Tabulations, Dominica, 1995

Table 8: Occupational Group, Economically Active (15+ Not in School) Population By Country of

Birth, St. Lucia, 1991

Country of Birth

Occupational Group	St. Lucia No. (%)	CARICOM No. (%)	Other Carib. No. (%)	Canada No. (%)	UK No. (%)	US No. (%)	Other No. (%)
Admin./Manag.	1,495 (6.1)	37 (8.1)	5 (9.4)	3 (17.6)	14 (14.7)	3 (7.9)	11 (10.5)
Prof./Tech.	2,295 (9.4)	232 (50.8)	26 (49.1)	10 (58.8)	49 (51.6)	28 (73.7)	60 (57.8)
Clerical	975 (4.0)	61 (13.3)	5 (9.4)	2 (11.8)	16 (16.8)	1 (2.6)	10 (9.6)
Sales/Serv.	2,429 (9.9)	43 (9.4)	6 (11.3)	0 (0.0)	7 (7.4)	3 (7.9)	5 (4.8)
Agriculture/ For./ Fishing	7,427 (30.4)	1 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.1)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.0)
Production/ Crafts	5,911 (24.2)	69 (15.1)	8 (15.1)	2 (11.8)	8 (8.4)	3 (7.9)	12 (11.5)
Trans./Comm.
Labourer	3,931 (16.0)	3 (5.7)	1 (5.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	5 (4.8)
TOTAL	24,463 (100.0)	53 (100.0)	20 (100.0)	17 (100.0)	95 (100.0)	38 (100.0)	104 (100.0)

Sources: Special Tabulations, St. Lucia, 1995

Table 9: Occupational Group, Economically Active (15+ Not in School) Population By Nativity,

St. Vincent, 1991

Native Born Foreign Born

Occupational Group	No.	%	No.	%
Admin./Manag.	1,218	5.7	53	7.0
Prof./Tech.	1,763	8.2	443	58.3
Clerical	851	4.0	89	11.7
Sales/Serv.	1,799	8.4	51	6.7
Agriculture/ For./ Fishing	3,394	15.9	1	0.1
Production/ Crafts	4, 889	22.9	117	15.4
Trans./Comm.
Labourer	7,457	34.9	6	0.8
TOTAL	21,317	100.0	760	100.0

Sources: Special Tabulations, St. Vincent, 1995

Table 10: Median Income (EC$)¹By Country Birth, Dominica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent, 1991.

Country of Birth	Dominica	St. Lucia	St. Vincent
Native Born	7,924	7,474	5,880
Foreign Born	15,975	16,159	11,544
Caricom	NA	15,318	8,136
Other Caribbean	NA	12,354	13,789
Canada	NA	34,707	14,604
UK	NA	38,137	NA
Other Commonwealth	NA	28,126	NA
USA	NA	21,787	15,360
Other Americas	NA	13,501	NA
Europe	NA	NA	20,400
Mid. East	NA	NA	16,452
Africa	NA	NA	21,600
Far East	NA	NA	31,500
All Others	NA	NA	NA

Sources: Special tabulations, Commonwealth of Dominica, 1995, St. Lucia, 1995, St. Vincent, 1995.

Note: 1. 1 US$ = 2.65 EC$. "EC" stands for Eastern Caribbean.

Table 11: Average Household Size By Country of Birth, Dominica, and St. Lucia, 1991¹

Average Household Size

Place of Birth	Dominica	St. Lucia
Native Born	3.6	5.8
CARICOM	4.6	4.6
Other Caribbean	5.4	7.2
Other Commonwealth	NA	3.0
Canada	4.0	3.7
UK	3.7	3.8
USA	3.6	5.1
Other Americas	NA	4.8
All Others	3.5²	4.4