Outline of the Northern Mariana Islands

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Northern Mariana Islands: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands – island country in the western North Pacific Ocean that maintains a political union with the United States.

The United States Census Bureau reports the total land area of all islands as 179.01 sq mi (463.63 km2).

[2] Previously, the Northern Mariana Islands has a population of 80,362 (2005 estimate).

[3] The Northern Mariana Islands had the lowest male to female sex ratio in the world: 76 men to every 100 women,[1] due to a large number of female foreign workers, especially in the garment industry.

[4] In the early 2000s they began shutting down and by 2009 they were all closed, and the imported workers usually returned home.