no indigenous inhabitants(January 2003 est.) in previous years, there was an average of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel present, as of September 2001, population had decreased significantly when US Army Chemical Activity Pacific (USACAP) departed, as of January 2003 the island population was just above 800 personnel, including US Air Force, DoD civilian, and civilian contractor personnel
Geographic coordinates:
16° 45' N, 169° 31' W
Area total:
2.63 sq. km
Land area:
2.63 sq. km
Water area:
0 sq. km
Total land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
34 km
Elevation extremes:
Pacific Ocean 0 m - Summit Peak 5 m
Name - conventional long form:
none
Name - conventional short form:
Johnston Atoll
Independence:
none (part of USA)
Dependency status:
Unincorporated territory of the US, administered from Honolulu, HI, by Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system. Note: The following US Pacific island territories - Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Palmyra Atoll - constitute the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex and as such are managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of Interior.