Ethnic groups: Chamorro, Carolinians and other Micronesians,
Caucasian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean
Religions: Christian (Roman Catholic majority, although traditional beliefs and taboos may still be found)
Languages: English, Chamorro, Carolinian note: 86% of population speaks a language other than English at home
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 97% female : 96% (1980 est.)
@Northern Mariana Islands:Government
Country name: conventional long form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands conventional short form : Northern Mariana Islands
Data code: CQ
Dependency status: commonwealth in political union with the US; federal funds to the Commonwealth administered by the US Department of the Interior, Office of Territorial and International Affairs
Government type: commonwealth; self-governing with locally elected governor, lieutenant governor, and legislature
National capital: Saipan