Editing Vieques, Puerto Rico (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1900= 5938
| 1910= 10425
| 1920= 11651
| 1930= 10582
| 1940= 10362
| 1950= 9228
| 1960= 7210
| 1970= 7767
| 1980= 7662
| 1990= 8602
| 2000= 9106
| 2010= 9301
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|estimate= 
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2016">{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108154236/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml|archive-date=January 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2016/PEPANNRES/0500000US72005|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|archive-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref><br />1899 (shown as 1900)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|title=Report of the Census of Porto Rico 1899|publisher=War Department Office Director Census of Porto Rico|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716033905/https://archive.org/stream/reportoncensusof00unitiala#page/n245/mode/2up|archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 1910–1930<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|title=Table 3-Population of Municipalities: 1930 1920 and 1910|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817181600/https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/00476569ch4.pdf|archive-date=August 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1930–1950<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|title=Table 4-Area and Population of Municipalities Urban and Rural: 1930 to 1950|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830033735/http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch12.pdf|archive-date=August 30, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> 1960–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|title=Table 2 Population and Housing Units: 1960 to 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724061852/https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-53-eng.pdf|archive-date=July 24, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> 2010<ref name= "US2010Census">{{cite book|title=Puerto Rico:2010:population and housing unit counts.pdf|url=https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|year=2010|publisher=U.S. Dept. of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220183043/https://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo35934/cph-2-53.pdf|archive-date=February 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census|url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/puerto-rico-population-change-between-census-decade.html|access-date=August 25, 2021|website=The United States Census Bureau|language=EN-US}}</ref>|2020=8249}}

===2020===
According to the 2020 Census, Vieques is the third-least populous municipality (after [[Maricao]] and [[Culebra, Puerto Rico|Culebra]]) with a population of 8,249.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=April 28, 2004|title=Census of Population and Housing, 2000 [United States]: Summary File 4, Puerto Rico|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/icpsr13563.v1|access-date=August 26, 2021|website=ICPSR Data Holdings|doi=10.3886/icpsr13563.v1}}</ref>

8.0% of the population is of non-Hispanic origin, making it the second-least Hispanic municipality in Puerto Rico after [[Culebra, Puerto Rico|Culebra]]. This represents an increase from 2010, when only 5.7% of the population was non-Hispanic.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PUERTO RICO: 2020 Census|url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/puerto-rico-population-change-between-census-decade.html|access-date=August 25, 2021|website=The United States Census Bureau|language=EN-US}}</ref>

===2010===
The 2010 US census,<ref name="census" /> showed the total population of Vieques was 9,301. 94.3% of the population are [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (of any race). Natives of Vieques are known as {{lang|es|Viequenses}}.

{| class="wikitable"
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!colspan=3|Self-defined race 2010<ref name="Ethnicity 2010 census">{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP3&prodType=table |title=Race and Hispanic or Latino Origin |website=American FactFinder |access-date=July 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330044211/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_QTP3&prodType=table |archive-date=March 30, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
! Race
! Population
! % of population 
|-
| '''[[White Puerto Ricans|White]]'''||5,456||48.7
|-
| '''[[Afro-Puerto Rican|Black]]'''||2,617||38.1
|-
| '''[[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] <br />and [[Alaska Native]]'''||62||0.7
|-
| '''[[Asian people|Asian]]'''||6||0.1
|-
| '''[[Native Hawaiian]]<br />[[Pacific Islander]]'''||0||0
|-
| '''Some other race'''||688||7.4
|-
| '''Two or more races'''||309||3.4
|}

===Language===
Both [[Puerto Rican Spanish|Spanish]] and [[American English|English]] are recognized as official languages. Spanish is the primary language of most inhabitants.