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Northern Mariana Islands Summary

Population 2000 (NSO-Based Estimate '000) 69   Population 2000 (UN '000) 73
Area (km2) 466   Avg. Input Resolution (km) 3
Number of Administrative Units 72   Population Per Administrative Unit ('000) 1
Number of Urban Extents 1   Number of Settlement Points 13

Northern Mariana Islands Details

Names
ISO3-Code MNP
Continent Oceania
Country Name Northern Mariana Islands
Administrative Classifications
Level Used 3.0
Leve1 Type County
Level2 Type Tract
Level3 Type Block Group
Level4 Type Block
Number of Units 72
Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) 1
National Population Estimates
Last Year of Reference 2000
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) 42
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) 55
NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) 69
UN Population, 1990 ('000) 44
UN Population, 1995 ('000) 58
UN Population, 2000 ('000) 73
National Spatial Estimates
Area (km2) 466
Average Input Resolution (km) 3
Settlement Points
Number of Settlement Points 13
Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 7,162
Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 1,277
Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) 3,422
Urban Areal Extents
Number of Urban Extents 1
Largest Urban Extent (km2) 107
Smallest Urban Extent (km2) 107
Mean Urban Extent (km2) 107
Total for All Urban Extent (km2) 107
Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 56,155
Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) 56,155
Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) 56,155
Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) 56,155
% Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) 23%
% Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) 81%
% Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) 53%
Urban Areal Extents, by Source
Nighttime Lights Data 3
Regression-estimated Extents 0
Digital Chart of the World 0
Other 0
Notes
Administrative Population Source Data:
Census 2000 Summary File for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. US Census Bureau.
Administrative Boundary Source Data:
US Census Bureau Cartographic Boundary Files
Settlement Point Population Source Data:
1990 US Census, http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.ht
Settlement Point Coordinate Source Data:
1990 US Census, Map
Urban Criteria for Settlements (UN):
Places with 1,000 inhabitants or more.
Administrative Population Edits and Notes:
Population data were extrapolated to target years using growth rates derived from United Nations national level estimates and projections.
Administrative Spatial Edits and Notes:
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