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As of October 20 2009, the United Statesmarker has a total resident population of 308 million. It is a very urbanized nation, with 81% of the population residing in cities and suburbs as of mid-2005 (the worldwide urban rate was 49%). The mean population center of the United States has consistently shifted westward and southward, with Californiamarker and Texasmarker currently the most populous states. The total fertility rate in the United States estimated for 2008 is 2.1 children per woman, which is roughly the replacement level. However, U.S. population growth is among the highest in industrialized countries, since the vast majority of these have below-replacement fertility rates and the U.S. has higher levels of immigration. Accordingly, the United States Census Bureau shows an increase of 0.95% between November 2007 and November 2008 for the resident population. Nonetheless, though high by industrialized country standards, this is below the world average annual rate of 1.19%. Long term, the U.S. growth rate is projected to surpass that of the world at large, per Census Bureau projections of 439 million in 2050, which is a 46% gain from 2007. However, the United Nations projects the U.S. population to grow from 306 million in 2007 to 402 million in 2050, an increase of 32%, less than the world's 38%.

People under 20 years of age make up over a quarter of the U.S. population (27.6%), and people age 65 and over made up one-eighth (12.6%) in 2007. The national median age was 36.7 years.

The American population reached the 200 million mark in 1967, and the 300 million mark in 2006 (estimated on Tuesday, October 17).

The U.S. population more than tripled during the 20th century—a growth rate of about 1.3% a year—from about 76 million in 1900 to 281 million in 2000. This is unlike most European countries, especially Germanymarker, Russiamarker, Italymarker, and Greecemarker, or Asian countries such as Japanmarker or South Koreamarker, whose populations are slowly declining, and whose fertility rates are below replacement.

Population growth is fastest among minorities (taken as a group), and according to the United States Census Bureau's estimation for 2005, 45% of American children under the age of 5 are minorities. In 2007, the nation's minority population reached 102.5 million. A year before, the minority population totaled 100.7 million. Hispanic and Latino Americans accounted for almost half (1.4 million) of the national population growth of 2.9 million between July 1, 2005, and July 1, 2006.

Based on a population clock maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau, the current U.S. population, is about . A 2004 U.S. Census Bureau report predicted an increase of over 35% by the year 2050. A subsequent 2008 report projects a population of 451 million, which is a 44% increase from 2008. The Pew Hispanic Center and the Center for Immigration Studies have predicted that the large majority of this growth will be due to future immigrants and their descendants.

As of November 2008, the U.S. comprises approximately 4.5% of the world's population.

Image:US Population Graph - 1790 to 2000.svg|The first U.S. census, in 1790, recorded four million Americans. By 2000, this number had grown to over 281 million. It is expected to reach 308 million by 2010 and 451 million by 2050.Image:Uspopclock300million.png|U.S. population clock hits the 300 million markImage:Uspop.svg|United States population pyramid.

Cities

The United States has dozens of major cities, including 8 of the 60 "global cities" of all types, with three "alpha" global cities: New York Citymarker, Los Angelesmarker and Chicagomarker. The United States has 51 metropolitan areas with a population of over 1,000,000 people each. (See Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas.)

Population density

[[Image:USA-2000-population-density.gif|450px|thumb|left|2000 U.S. population density within each county, in persons per sq. mile (lower 48 states only):Light to dark (yellow to blue):1-4 (y), 5-9 (lt. green), 10-24 (teal), 25-49 (dk. teal), 50-99 (blue-green), 100-249 (blue), 250-66,995 (black).]]

Population density for selected U.S. census-designated places
Place Government type Density
Friendship Village, Marylandmarker 31,657/km2 81,992/mi2
Manhattanmarker, New Yorkmarker Borough & County 25,850/km2 66,940/mi2
Guttenberg, New Jerseymarker Town 21,961/km2 56,012/mi2
Union City, New Jerseymarker City 20,454/km2 52,978/mi2
West New York, New Jerseymarker Town 17,124/km2 44,352/mi2
Edgewater, Illinoismarker 13,800/km2 35,743/mi2
Brooklynmarker, New Yorkmarker Borough & County 13,481/km2 34,917/mi2
The Bronxmarker, New Yorkmarker Borough & County 12,242/km2 31,709/mi2
Hoboken, New Jerseymarker City 11,675/km2 30,239/mi2
Back Baymarker/Beacon Hill, Massachusetts 11,463/km2 29,690/mi2
New York Citymarker, New Yorkmarker City 10,194/km2 26,403/mi2
Maywood, Californiamarker City 9,189/km2 23,887/mi2
Cliffside Park, New Jerseymarker Borough 9,253/km2 23,848/mi2
East Newark, New Jerseymarker Borough 9,178/km2 23,330/mi2
Passaic, New Jerseymarker City 8,425/km2 21,805/mi2
Cudahy, Californiamarker City 8,345/km2 21,628/mi2
Great Neck Plaza, New Yorkmarker Village 8,052/km2 20,853/mi2
Irvington, New Jerseymarker City 7,926/km2 20,528/mi2
Queensmarker, New Yorkmarker Borough & County 7,880/km2 20,409/mi2
North Bay Village, Floridamarker City 7,825/km2 20,267/mi2
Huntington Park, Californiamarker City 7,819.5/km2 20,254/mi2
Kaser, New Yorkmarker Village 7,468/km2 19,343/mi2
West Hollywood, Californiamarker City 7,335/km2 18,993/mi2
Somerville, Massachusettsmarker City 7,285/km2 18,868/mi2
East Orange, New Jerseymarker City 6,860/km2 17,777/mi2
Bell Gardens, Californiamarker City 6,842/km2 17,721/mi2
Paterson, New Jerseymarker City 6,826/km2 17,675/mi2
Sweetwater, Floridamarker City 6,774/km2 17,440/mi2
San Francisco, Californiamarker City & County 6,349/km2 16,443/mi2
Long Beach, New Yorkmarker City 6,398/km2 16,595/mi2
Jersey City, New Jerseymarker 6,195/km2 16,094/mi2
Chelsea, Massachusettsmarker City 6,211/km2 16,086/mi2
Lawndale, Californiamarker City 6,192/km2 16,037/mi2
Weehawken, New Jerseymarker Township 6,136/km2 15,891/mi2
South Floral Park, New Yorkmarker Village 6,091/km2 15,776/mi2
Cambridge, Massachusettsmarker City 6,086/km2 15,766/mi2
Mount Vernon, New Yorkmarker City 6058/km2 15,689/mi2
Central Falls, Rhode Islandmarker 6,096/km2 15,652/mi2
Fairview, New Jerseymarker Borough 6,021/km2 15,586/mi2
Hawaiian Gardens, Californiamarker City 5,942/km2 15,390/mi2
Stone Park, Illinoismarker Village 5,999/km2 15,378/mi2
Hempstead, New Yorkmarker Village 5,547/km2 15,366/mi2
Sunny Isles Beach, Floridamarker City 5,881/km2 15,231/mi2
Orange, New Jerseymarker Township 5,754/km2 14,904/mi2
Bell, Californiamarker City 5,715/km2 14,803/mi2
Cicero, Illinoismarker 5,651/km2 14,645/mi2
Lynwood, Californiamarker City 5,556/km2 14,389/mi2
Palisades Park, New Jerseymarker Borough 5,449/km2 14,112/mi2
Fort Lee, New Jerseymarker Borough 5,412/km2 14,002/mi2
Garfield, New Jerseymarker City 5,399/km2 13,976/mi2
Hawthorne, Californiamarker City 5,359/km2 13,879/mi2
Berwyn, Illinoismarker City 5,361/km2 13,876/mi2
Bay Harbor Islands, Floridamarker Town 5,357/km2 13,875/mi2
Millbourne, Pennsylvaniamarker Borough 5,309/km2 13,749/mi2
Daly City, Californiamarker City 5,353/km2 13,704/mi2
Elmwood Park, Illinoismarker Village 5,136/km2 13,328/mi2
South Gate, Californiamarker City 5,052/km2 13,084/mi2
Manorhaven, New Yorkmarker Village 5,041/km2 13,056/mi2
Hudson County, New Jerseymarker County 5,036/km2 13,044/mi2
Mount Rainier, Marylandmarker City 5,034/km2 13,039/mi2
Hermosa Beach, Californiamarker City 5,013/km2 12,982/mi2
Woodlynne, New Jerseymarker Borough 4,996/km2 12,939/mi2
Island Park, New Yorkmarker Village 4,938/km2 12,866/mi2
New Square, New Yorkmarker Village 4,947/km2 12,812/mi2
Chicago, Illinoismarker 4,866/km2 12,603/mi2
Miami Beach, Floridamarker 4,830/km2 12,502/mi2
Santa Ana, Californiamarker 4,751/km2 12,306/mi2
Boston, Massachusettsmarker 4,697/km2 12,166/mi2
Spring Valley, New Yorkmarker 4,682/km2 12,123/mi2
Hialeah, Floridamarker 4,544/km2 11,768/mi2
Hamtramck, Michiganmarker 4,537/km2 11,750/mi2
Newark, New Jerseymarker 4,459/km2 11,548/mi2
Miami, Floridamarker 4,407/km2 11,534/mi2
Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniamarker 4,190/km2 10,852/mi2
Yonkers, New Yorkmarker 4,162/km2 10,780/mi2
Lakewood, Ohiomarker 3,895/km2 10,088/mi2
Berkeley, Californiamarker 3,793/km2 9,823/mi2
Washington, District of Columbiamarker 3,502/km2 9,070/mi2
Los Angeles, Californiamarker 3,078/km2 7,972/mi2
Baltimore, Marylandmarker 2,970/km2 7,693/mi2
Buffalo, New Yorkmarker 2,786/km2 7,217/mi2
Oakland, Californiamarker 2,724/km2 7,054/mi2
Minneapolis, Minnesotamarker 2,691/km2 6,969/mi2
Seattle, Washingtonmarker 2,563/km2 6,639/mi2
New Haven, Connecticutmarker 2,527/km2 6,554/mi2
Detroit, Michiganmarker 2,470/km2 6,398/mi2
Milwaukee, Wisconsinmarker 2,399.5/km2 6,214.7/mi2
Cleveland, Ohiomarker 2,353/km2 6,095/mi2
St. Louis, Missourimarker 2,199/km2 5,696/mi2
University City, Missourimarker 2,457/km2 6,363.1/mi2
Mechanicville, New Yorkmarker 2,091/km2 5,577/mi2
San Jose, Californiamarker 1,953/km2 5,059/mi2
Cincinnati, Ohiomarker 1,612/km2 4,174/mi2
Portland, Oregonmarker 1,503/km2 3,894/mi2
Atlanta, Georgiamarker 1,425/km2 3,690.5/mi2
Denver, Coloradomarker 1,396.4/km2 3,642/mi2
Dallas, Texasmarker 1,348/km2 3,492/mi2
Columbus, Ohiomarker 1,307/km2 3,384/mi2
Houston, Texasmarker 1,287/km2 3,333/mi2
Phoenix, Arizonamarker 1,061/km2 2,749/mi2


The most densely populated state is New Jerseymarker (1,121/mi2 or 433/km2). See List of U.S. states by population density for maps and complete statistics.

The United States Census Bureau publishes a popular "dot" map showing population distribution at a resolution of 7,500 people, as well as complete listings of population density by place name.

Race and ethnicity

The U.S. population's distribution by race and ethnicity in 2006 was as follows:

  • Total population: 299 million
Race Percentage Number
White alone

(Not including the 23.2 million

White Hispanic and Latino Americans: 66% or 198.1 million)		 74% 221.3 million
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, of any race 14.8% about 44.3 million
Black or African American alone 13.4% 40.9 million
Some other race alone 6.5% 19 million
Asian alone 4.4% 13.1 million
Two or more races 2.0% 6.1 million
American Indian or Alaska Native alone 0.68% 2.0 million
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander alone 0.14% 0.43 million


These figures add up to more than 100% on this list because Hispanic and Latino Americans are distributed among all the races and are also listed as an ethnicity category, resulting in a double count.

Hispanic and Latino Americans

Each of the racial categories includes people who identify their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino. U.S. federal law defines Hispanic or Latino as "those who classify themselves in one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the Census 2000 or ACS questionnaire - "Mexicanmarker," "Puerto Rican," or "Cuban" - as well as those who indicate that they are "other Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino.""



Projections

U.S. Census Population projections
2008 2050
Non-Hispanic whites 66% 46%
Hispanic 15% 30%
African Americans 14% 15%
Asian American 5% 9%
A report in August 2008 from the U.S. Census Bureau projects that by 2042 non-Hispanic whites will no longer make up the majority of the population. This is a revision of earlier projections that this would occur in 2050. Today, non-Hispanic whites make up about 66% of the population. This is expected to fall to 46% in 2050. The report foresees the Hispanic population rising from 15% today to 30% by 2050. Today, African Americans make up 14% of the population, in 2050 they are projected to comprise 15%. Asian Americans make up 5% of the population and are expected to make up 9% in 2050. The U.S. has nearly 305 million people today, and is projected to reach 400 million by 2039 and 439 million in 2050.

A report from the Pew Research Center in 2008 projects that by 2050, non-Hispanic whites will make up 47% of the population, down from 67% projected in 2005. Non-Hispanic whites made up85% of the population in 1960. It foresees the Hispanic population rising from 14% in 2005 to 29% by 2050. The proportion of Asian Americans would almost double by 2050. Overall, the population of the U.S. was due to rise from 296 million in 2005 to 438 million, with 82% of the increase due to immigrants.

Of the nation's children in 2050, 62% are expected to have a minority ethnicity, up from 44% today. 39% are projected to be Hispanic (up from 22% in 2008), and 38% are to be single-race, non-Hispanic white (down from 56% in 2008).

Other subgroups

According to 2004 figures from the Census Bureau, there were some 32 million disabled adults (aged 18 or over) in the United States, plus another 5 million children and youth (under age 18). If one were to add impairments - or limitations that fall short of being disabilities - Census estimates put the figure at 51 million.

There were 22.1 million veterans in 2009.

The 2000 U.S. Census counted same-sex couples in an oblique way; asking the sex and the relationship to the "main householder", whose sex was also asked. One organization specializing in analyzing gay demographic data reported, based on this count in the 2000 census and in the 2000 supplementary survey, that same-sex couples comprised between 0.99% and 1.13% of U.S. couples in 2000. A 2006 report issued by The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation concluded that the number of same-sex couples in the U.S. grew from 2000 to 2005, from nearly 600,000 couples in 2000 to almost 777,000 in 2005. 4.1% of Americans aged 18–45 identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual (Other estimates have varied depending on methodology and timing; see Demographics of sexual orientation for a list of studies.) The American Community Survey from the 2000 U.S. Census estimated 776,943 same-sex couple households in the country as a whole, representing about 0.5% of the population.

Self-identified Gay, lesbian and bisexual populations tend to be concentrated in urban areas.

Religious affiliation

The table below is based mainly on selected data as reported to the United States Census Bureau. It only includes the voluntary self-reported membership of religious bodies with 60,000 or more. The definition of a member is determined by each religious body. , the US census bureau reported that about 13% of the population did not identify itself as a member of any religion.

Religious body Year reported Places of worship reported Membership
(thousands)
 Number of clergy
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1999 - 2500 7741
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2002 3226 1431 3252
American Baptist Association 1998 1760 275 1740
Amish, Old Order 1993 898 227 3592
American Baptist Churches USA 1998 3800 1507 4145
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America 1998 220 65 263
Armenian Apostolic Church 1998 28 200 25
Assemblies of God 1998 11937 2526 18148
Baptist Bible Fellowship International 1997 4500 1200 -
Baptist General Conference 1998 876 141 -
Baptist Missionary Association of America 1999 1334 235 1525
Buddhism 2001 - 1082 -
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The 1998 1964 346 1629
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren) 1997 1150 100 -
Christian Church 1997 3818 879 3419
Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ 1998 5579 1072 5525
Christian Congregation, Inc., The 1998 1438 117 1436
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 1983 2340 719 -
Christian Reformed Church in North America 1998 733 199 655
Church of God in Christ 1991 15300 5500 28988
Church of God of Prophecy 1997 1908 77 2000
Church of God 1998 2353 234 3034
Church of God 1995 6060 753 3121
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2005 12753 5691 38259
Church of the Brethren 1997 1095 141 827
Church of the Nazarene 1998 5101 627 4598
Churches of Christ 1999 15000 1500 14500
Conservative Baptist Association of America 1998 1200 200 -
Community of Christ 1998 1236 140 19319
Coptic Orthodox Church 2003 200 1000 200
Cumberland Presbyterian Church 1998 774 87 634
Episcopal Church 1996 7390 2365 8131
Evangelical Covenant Church, The 1998 628 97 607
Evangelical Free Church of America, The 1995 1224 243 1936
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 1998 10862 5178 9646
Evangelical Presbyterian Church 1998 187 61 262
Free Methodist Church of North America 1998 990 73 -
Full Gospel Fellowship 1999 896 275 2070
General Association of General Baptists 1997 790 72 1085
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches 1998 1415 102 -
U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches 1996 368 82 590
Grace Gospel Fellowship 1992 128 60 160
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 1998 523 1955 596
Hinduism 2001 - 766 -
Independent Fundamental Churches of America 1999 659 62 -
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel 1998 1851 238 4900
International Council of Community Churches 1998 150 250 182
International Pentecostal Holiness Church 1998 1716 177 1507
Islam 2001 - 1104 -
Jehovah's Witnesses 2007 12494 1040 -
Judaism 2001 - 2831 -
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, The 1998 6218 2594 5227
Mennonite Church USA 2005 943 114 -
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches 1998 416 67 534
National Association of Free Will Baptists 1998 2297 210 2800
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. 1987 2500 3500 8000
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. 1992 33000 8200 32832
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America 1992 - 2500 -
Orthodox Church in America 1998 625 1000 700
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. 1998 1750 1500 4500
Pentecostal Church of God 1998 1237 104 -
Pentecostal Church International, United 2008 28351 4037 22881
Presbyterian Church in America 1997 1340 280 1642
Presbyterian Church 1998 11260 3575 9390
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. 1995 2000 2500 -
Reformed Church in America 1998 902 296 915
Religious Society of Friends (Conservative) 1994 1200 104 -
Roman Catholic Church 2002 19484 66404 -
Romanian Orthodox Episcopate 1996 37 65 37
Salvation Army, The 1998 1388 471 2920
Scientology 2005 1300 55 1
Serbian Orthodox Church 1986 68 67 60
Seventh-day Adventist Church 1998 4405 840 2454
Sikhism 1999 244 80 -
Southern Baptist Convention 1998 40870 16500 71520
Unitarian Universalism 2001 - 629 -
United Church of Christ 1998 6017 1421 4317
United House of Prayer For All People - 100 2500 -
United Methodist Church, The 1998 36170 8400 -
Wesleyan Church, The 1998 1590 120 1806
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 1997 1240 411 1222


Plurality religion by state, 2001.
Data is unavailable for Alaska and Hawaii.
Religious affiliation within each state that has the largest deviation compared to the national average, 2001.


Religious self-identification of the U.S. adult population: 1990, 2001, 2008

The United States government does not collect religious data in its census. The survey below, the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) 2008, was a random digit-dialed telephone survey of 54,461 American residential households in the contiguous United States. The 1990 sample size was 113,723; 2001 sample size was 50,281

Adult respondents were asked the open-ended question, "What is your religion, if any?". Interviewers did not prompt or offer a suggested list of potential answers. The religion of the spouse or partner was also asked. If the initial answer was "Protestant" or "Christian" further questions were asked to probe which particular denomination. About one third of the sample was asked more detailed demographic questions.

Religious Self-Identification of the U.S. Adult Population: 1990, 2001, 2008
Figures are not adjusted for refusals to reply; investigators suspect refusals are possibly more representative of "no religion" than any other group.


Source:ARIS 2008
Group

 1990
adults
x 1,000



 2001
adults
x 1,000



 2008
adults
x 1,000
Numerical
Change
1990-
2008
as %
of 1990







 1990
% of
adults



 2001
% of
adults



 2008
% of
adults



 change
in % of
total
adults
1990-
2008
Adult population, total 175,440 207,983 228,182 30.1%
Adult population, Responded 171,409 196,683 216,367 26.2% 97.7% 94.6% 94.8% -2.9%
Total Christian 151,225 159,514 173,402 14.7% 86.2% 76.7% 76.0% -10.2%
Catholic 46,004 50,873 57,199 24.3% 26.2% 24.5% 25.1% -1.2%
non-Catholic Christian 105,221 108,641 116,203 10.4% 60.0% 52.2% 50.9% -9.0%
Baptist 33,964 33,820 36,148 6.4% 19.4% 16.3% 15.8% -3.5%
Mainline Christian 32,784 35,788 29,375 -10.4% 18.7% 17.2% 12.9% -5.8%
Methodist 14,174 14,039 11,366 -19.8% 8.1% 6.8% 5.0% -3.1%
Lutheran 9,110 9,580 8,674 -4.8% 5.2% 4.6% 3.8% -1.4%
Presbyterian 4,985 5,596 4,723 -5.3% 2.8% 2.7% 2.1% -0.8%
Episcopalian/Anglican 3,043 3,451 2,405 -21.0% 1.7% 1.7% 1.1% -0.7%
United Church of Christ 438 1,378 736 68.0% 0.2% 0.7% 0.3% 0.1%
Christian Generic 25,980 22,546 32,441 24.9% 14.8% 10.8% 14.2% -0.6%
Christian Unspecified 8,073 14,190 16,384 102.9% 4.6% 6.8% 7.2% 2.6%
Non-denominational Christian 194 2,489 8,032 4040.2% 0.1% 1.2% 3.5% 3.4%
Protestant - Unspecified 17,214 4,647 5,187 -69.9% 9.8% 2.2% 2.3% -7.5%
Evangelical/Born Again 546 1,088 2,154 294.5% 0.3% 0.5% 0.9% 0.6%
Pentecostal/Charismatic 5,647 7,831 7,948 40.7% 3.2% 3.8% 3.5% 0.3%
Pentecostal - Unspecified 3,116 4,407 5,416 73.8% 1.8% 2.1% 2.4% 0.6%
Assemblies of God 617 1,105 810 31.3% 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.0%
Church of God 590 943 663 12.4% 0.3% 0.5% 0.3% 0.0%
Other Protestant Denominations 4,630 5,949 7,131 54.0% 2.6% 2.9% 3.1% 0.5%
Churches of Christ 1,769 2,593 1,921 8.6% 1.0% 1.2% 0.8% -0.2%
Jehovah's Witness 1,381 1,331 1,914 38.6% 0.8% 0.6% 0.8% 0.1%
Seventh-Day Adventist 668 724 938 40.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.0%
Mormon/Latter-Day Saints 2,487 2,697 3,158 27.0% 1.4% 1.3% 1.4% 0.0%
Total non-Christian religions 5,853 7,740 8,796 50.3% 3.3% 3.7% 3.9% 0.5%
Jewish 3,137 2,837 2,680 -14.6% 1.8% 1.4% 1.2% -0.6%
Eastern Religions 687 2,020 1,961 185.4% 0.4% 1.0% 0.9% 0.5%
Buddhist 404 1,082 1,189 194.3% 0.2% 0.5% 0.5% 0.3%
Muslim 527 1,104 1,349 156.0% 0.3% 0.5% 0.6% 0.3%
New Religious Movements & Others 1,296 1,770 2,804 116.4% 0.7% 0.9% 1.2% 0.5%
None/ No religion, total 14,331 29,481 34,169 138.4% 8.2% 14.2% 15.0% 6.8%
Agnostic+Atheist 1,186 1,893 3,606 204.0% 0.7% 0.9% 1.6% 0.9%
Did Not Know/ Refused to reply 4,031 11,300 11,815 193.1% 2.3% 5.4% 5.2% 2.9%


Income

In 2006, the median household income in the United States was around $46,000. Household and personal income depends on variables such as race, number of income earners, educational attainment and marital status.

Social class

Social classes in the U.S. lack distinct boundaries and may overlap. The following table provides a summary of currently prominent academic theories on the stratification of American society:

Demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Median age

  • 36.7 years


Age structure

(2009 est.)
  • 0–14 years: 20.2% (male 31,639,127/female 30,305,704)
  • 15–64 years: 67.0% (male 102,665,043/female 103,129,321)
  • 65 years and over: 12.8% (male 16,901,232/female 22,571,696)


Population growth rate

0.888% (2008 est.)


Natural population growth rate

  • 0.590%


Population projections

(2008 US Census Bureau data)
  • 2010: 314,232,863
  • 2020: 342,386,665
  • 2030: 378,503,674
  • 2040: 420,655,295
  • 2050: 451,010,253


Birth rate

14.20 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)


Birth rate was 11.6 for non-Hispanic whites, 16.5 for non-Hispanic blacks, 14.8 for American Indians, 16.5 for Asians and 23.4 for Hispanics. (Table 1)

In 2006, there were 4,265,996 births. Of those, 2,309,833 (54.15%) were to non-Hispanic whites, 617,220 (14.47%) to NH Blacks, 47,494 (1.11%) to AI, 239,829 (5.62%) to Asians and 1,039,051 (24.36%) to Hispanics.

17.6 births/1,000 population (in the first half of the 1930s)


About 1.7 million babies were born in 2007 to unmarried women, a 26% rise since 2002. This figure represents nearly four out of every 10 births.

Death rate

8.30 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)


Immigration|Net migration rate

3.05 migrants/1,000 population (2007 est.)


Human sex ratios

(2007 est.)
  • at birth: 1.05 males/female
  • under 15 years: 1.05 males/female
  • 15−64 years: 1 male/female
  • 65 years and over: 0.72 male/female
  • total population: 0.97 male/female


Infant mortality rate

(2007 est.)
  • total population: 6.40 deaths/1,000 live births
  • male: 7.00 deaths/1,000 live births
  • female: 5.70 deaths/1,000 live births


Life expectancy

(source: Census Bureau, 2007):
  • total population: 78.10 years
  • male: 75.20 years
  • female: 81.00 years


Total fertility rate

2.1 children born/woman (2008 est.)
  • Hispanics: 3.0
  • African Americans: 2.2
  • White Americans: 2.0
  • Asian and Pacific Islanders: 1.9
2.06 children born/women (2000)

2.08 children born/women (1990)

1.83 children born/women (1980)

2.48 children born/women (1970)

3.65 children born/women (1960)

3.10 children born/women (1950)

Unemployment rate

(source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, May. 2007 est):
  • all workers: 100.2% (adjusted for 2010)
  • adult men: 4.0%
  • adult women: 3.8%
  • teenagers: 15.7%
  • white: 3.9%
  • African American: 8.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino ethnicity: 5.8%
  • Asians: 2.9%


(See List of U.S. states by unemployment rate)

Nationality

  • noun: American(s)
  • adjective: American


Much of the material in this section comes from The World Factbook 2006.

The U.S. population is expected to rise to 451 million in 2050 and then 595 million in 2100.

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