Is St. Thomas part of the US?

Saint Thomas (Danish: Sankt Thomas, Spanish: Santo Tomás, French: Saint-Thomas) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.



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They were sold to the United States by Denmark in the Treaty of the Danish West Indies of 1916. Now an organized, unincorporated United States territory, the islands are considered an insular area, which is a U.S. territory that is not related to any of the 50 U.S. states or the District of Columbia.

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Five territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) are permanently inhabited, unincorporated territories; the other nine are small islands, atolls, and reefs with no native (or permanent) population.

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Although it achieved independence in 1979, St. Lucia remains a member of the British Commonwealth. Today the United States and St. Lucia enjoy cooperative relations and have signed several treaties concerning international crime and narcotics trafficking.

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Permanently inhabited territories. The U.S. has five permanently inhabited territories: Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in the North Pacific Ocean, and American Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean.

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Yes the USVI is expensive, even though it is a tax free region. It is however possible to do St. Thomas on a budget, if you stay at a hostel, or find a cheap airbnb for $70 a night. Eat at more local places, and skip the high end restaurants etc.

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The USVI consist of 4 larger islands: St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John and Water Island, and some 50 smaller islets and cays.

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