About a century ago, some St. Thomians in the US Virgin Islands lived in traditional thatch-roofed homes like this one.
#TBT: October 9, 2025
At a glance
- Status
- Unincorporated territory
- Citizenship
- US citizens
- Capital
- Charlotte Amalie
- Population
- 87,146
- Land area
- 133.7 sq mi
- Language
- English
- President
- Donald Trump (R)
- Governor
- Albert Bryan Jr. (D)
- Delegate to Congress
- Stacey Plaskett (D)
- Presidential vote
- No
- Voting representation in Congress
- No
- Official website
- www.vi.gov
Recent Posts
- ICE operations intensify across San Juan as border czar Tom Homan visits Puerto Rico
- DHS suspends visa-free travel program for Chinese visitors to the Northern Mariana Islands
- Power restored on St. Thomas and St. John after days of outages, but new generation is months away
- American Samoa delegate candidate Samana Semo Ve’ave’a dies at 77
- Weekly Action Checklist: October 23, 2026
