CARICOM CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CCDP)

National Census Report 2001, St. Vincent and the Grenadinesthe Grenadines, 65.07 per cent of the foreign-born persons stated that they had family living inthat area and 4.72 per cent said that they regarded the place as home/homesick.Table 3.2(c): Foreign-Born Population by Administrative Division and Sex, 2001AdministrativeTotal PercentDivision Total Male Female Total Male FemaleTotal 4 589 2 235 2 354 100 100 100Kingstown 877 420 457 19.11 18.79 19.41Kingstown Suburbs 431 216 215 9.39 9.66 9.13Calliaqua 1 415 654 761 30.84 29.26 32.33Marriaqua 238 111 127 5.19 4.97 5.40Bridgetown 179 83 96 3.90 3.71 4.08Colonarie 178 82 96 3.88 3.67 4.08Georgetown 147 88 59 3.20 3.94 2.51Sandy Bay 18 11 7 0.39 0.49 0.30Layou 244 113 131 5.32 5.06 5.56Barrouallie 158 79 79 3.44 3.54 3.36Chateaubelair 132 82 50 2.88 3.67 2.12North Grenadines 286 139 147 6.23 6.22 6.24South Grenadines 286 157 129 6.23 7.02 5.48A small percentage said that the reason for migrating was to start their own businesses (3.07 percent) and to retire (1.33 per cent). Almost 20 per cent of the foreign-born population gave otherreasons for migrating. The labour force participation rate among foreign-born persons was 61.31per cent, no different from the total population. However, unemployment rate was much lower,13.95 per cent among foreign-born persons compared with 21.09 per cent among the totalpopulation.3.4 Returning ResidentsThe population of those who had lived abroad and returned to St. Vincent and the Grenadines,termed returning residents numbered 8 946 in 2001. The majority (48.40 per cent) of thesereturning residents once lived in other parts of the Caribbean, 13.75 per cent in the USA, 11.47in Canada and 17.37 per cent in other countries of the world (Table 3.3(a)).33