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Revision as of 03:00, 4 April 2014
As of September 17, 2024, the United States has a total population of 317.8 million,[1] making it the third-most populous country in the world.[2] It is very urbanized, with 82% residing in cities and suburbs as of 2011 (the worldwide urban rate is 52%).[3] California and Texas are the most populous states,[4] as the mean center of U.S. population has consistently shifted westward and southward.[5] New York City is the most populous city in the United States.[6]
The total fertility rate in the United States estimated for 2012 is 1.88 children per woman,[8] which is below the replacement fertility rate of approximately 2.1. Compared to other Western countries, in 2011, U.S. fertility rate was lower than that of France (2.02) and the United Kingdom (1.97).[9] However, U.S. population growth is among the highest in industrialized countries,[10] because the differences in fertility rates are less than the differences in immigration levels, which are higher in the U.S.[11][12] The United States Census Bureau shows population increase of 0.75% for the twelve-month period ending in July 2012. Though high by industrialized country standards, this is below the world average annual rate of 1.1%.[10]
There were over 158.6 million females in the United States in 2009. The number of males was 151.4 million. At age 85 and older, there were more than twice as many women as men. People under 20 years of age made up over a quarter of the U.S. population (27.3%), and people age 65 and over made up one-eighth (12.8%) in 2009.[13] The national median age was 36.8 years.[13]
The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. It includes people who reported "White" or wrote in entries such as Irish, German, Italian, Lebanese, Near Easterner, Arab, or Polish."[14] Whites constitute the majority of the U.S. population, with a total of 223,553,265(This figure is unduly precise) or 72.4% of the population in the 2010 United States Census. There are 63.7% Whites when Hispanics who describe themselves as "white" are taken out of the calculation. Despite major changes due to illegal and legal immigration since the 1960s and the higher birth-rates of nonwhites, the overall current majority of American citizens are still white, and English-speaking, though regional differences exist.
The American population almost quadrupled during the 20th century—at a growth rate of about 1.3% a year—from about 76 million in 1900 to 281 million in 2000. It reached the 200 million mark in 1968, and the 300 million mark on October 17, 2006.[15][16] Population growth is fastest among minorities as a whole, and according to the Census Bureau's estimation for 2012, 50.4% of American children under the age of 1 belonged to minority groups.[17]
Hispanic and Latino Americans accounted for 69% of the national population growth of 2.9 million between July 1, 2005, and July 1, 2006.[18] Immigrants and their U.S.-born descendants are expected to provide most of the U.S. population gains in the decades ahead.[19]
The Census Bureau projects a U.S. population of 439 million in 2050, which is a 46% increase from 2007 (301.3 million).[20] However, the United Nations projects a U.S. population of 402 million in 2050, an increase of 32% from 2007 .[21] In either case, such growth is unlike most European countries, especially Germany, Russia, and Greece, or Asian countries such as Japan or South Korea, whose populations are slowly declining, and whose fertility rates are below replacement. Official census report, reported that 54.4% (2,150,926 out of 3,953,593) of births in 2010, were non-Hispanic white. An increase of 0.34% compared to the previous year, which was 54.06%.[22]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1790 | 3,929,214 | — | |
1800 | 5,236,631 | 33.3% | |
1810 | 7,239,881 | 38.3% | |
1820 | 9,638,453 | 33.1% | |
1830 | 12,866,020 | 33.5% | |
1840 | 17,069,453 | 32.7% | |
1850 | 23,191,876 | 35.9% | |
1860 | 31,443,321 | 35.6% | |
1870 | 38,558,371 | 22.6% | |
1880 | 49,371,340 | 28.0% | |
1890 | 62,979,766 | 27.6% | |
1900 | 76,212,168 | 21.0% | |
1910 | 92,228,531 | 21.0% | |
1920 | 106,021,568 | 15.0% | |
1930 | 123,202,660 | 16.2% | |
1940 | 132,165,129 | 7.3% | |
1950 | 151,325,798 | 14.5% | |
1960 | 179,323,175 | 18.5% | |
1970 | 203,211,926 | 13.3% | |
1980 | 226,545,805 | 11.5% | |
1990 | 248,709,873 | 9.8% | |
2000 | 281,421,906 | 13.2% | |
2010 | 308,745,531 | 9.7% | |
2014 (est.) | 317,493,212 | 2.8% | |
Sources: United States Census Bureau[23][24][25] |
History
In 1900, when the U.S. population was 76 million, there were 66.8 million Whites in the United States, representing 88% of the total population,[26] 8.8 million African Americans, with about 90% of them still living in Southern states,[27] and slightly more than 500,000 Hispanics.[28]
Under the law, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,[29] the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States has quadrupled,[30] from 9.6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007.[31] During the 1950s, 250,000 legal immigrants entered the country annually; by the 1990s, the number was almost one million, and the vast majority of new immigrants have come from Latin America and Asia. In 2009, 37% of immigrants originated in Asia, 42% in the Americas, and 11% in Africa.[32] Almost 97% of residents of the 10 largest American cities in 1900 were non-Hispanic whites.[33] In 2006, non-Hispanic whites were the minority in thirty-five of the fifty largest cities.[34] The Census Bureau reported that minorities accounted for 50.4% of the children born in the U.S. between July 2010 and July 2011,[35] compared to 37% in 1990.[36]
In 2010 the state with the lowest fertility rate was Rhode Island, with 1,630.5 children per thousand women, while Utah had the greatest rate with 2,449.0 children per thousand women.[37] This correlates with the ages of the states' populations: Rhode Island has the ninth-oldest median age in the US—39.2—while Utah has the youngest—29.0.[38]
Vital statistics
Source: National Vital statistics report based on 2010 US Census data[22]
The U.S. total fertility rate as of 2010 is 1.931:
- 1.948 for White Americans (including White Hispanics)
- 1.791 for non-Hispanic Whites
- 1.958 for Black Americans (including Black Hispanics)
- 1.972 for non-Hispanic Blacks
- 1.404 for Native Americans (including Hispanics)
- 1.689 for Asian Americans (including Hispanics)
Other:
- 2.350 for Hispanics (of all racial groups)
(Note that ~95% of Hispanics are included as "white Hispanics" by CDC, which does not recognize the Census' "Some other race" category and counts people in that category as white.)
The U.S. total fertility rate for 2012 is 1.881:[39]
- 1.762 for non-Hispanic Whites
- 1.899 for non-Hispanic Blacks
- 1.350 for Native Americans (including Hispanics)
- 1.770 for Asian Americans (including Hispanics)
- 2.189 for Hispanics (of all racial groups)
Average population (x 1,000)[40] | Live births | Deaths | Natural change | Crude birth rate (per 1,000) | Crude death rate (per 1,000)[41] | Natural change (per 1,000) | Total fertility rate | |
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1935 | 127,362 | 2,377,000 | 1,392,752 | 984,248 | 18.7 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 2.19 |
1936 | 128,181 | 2,355,000 | 1,479,228 | 875,772 | 18.4 | 11.5 | 6.8 | 2.15 |
1937 | 128,961 | 2,413,000 | 1,450,427 | 962,573 | 18.7 | 11.2 | 7.5 | 2.17 |
1938 | 129,969 | 2,496,000 | 1,381,391 | 1,114,609 | 19.2 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 2.22 |
1939 | 131,028 | 2,466,000 | 1,387,897 | 1,078,103 | 18.8 | 10.6 | 8.2 | 2.17 |
1940 | 132,165 | 2,559,000 | 1,417,269 | 1,142,000 | 19.4 | 10.8 | 8.6 | 2.23 |
1941 | 133,002 | 2,703,000 | 1,397,642 | 1,305,358 | 20.3 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 2.33 |
1942 | 134,464 | 2,989,000 | 1,385,187 | 1,603,813 | 22.2 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 2.55 |
1943 | 136,003 | 3,104,000 | 1,459,544 | 1,644,306 | 22.8 | 10.7 | 12.1 | 2.64 |
1944 | 138,083 | 2,939,000 | 1,411,338 | 1,644,456 | 21.2 | 10.2 | 11.0 | 2.49 |
1945 | 139,994 | 2,858,000 | 1,401,719 | 1,456,281 | 20.4 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 2.42 |
1946 | 140,008 | 3,411,000 | 1,395,617 | 2,015,383 | 24.1 | 10.0 | 14.1 | 2.86 |
1947 | 145,023 | 3,817,000 | 1,445,370 | 2,371,630 | 26.6 | 10.0 | 16.6 | 3.18 |
1948 | 148,013 | 3,637,000 | 1,444,337 | 2,192,663 | 24.9 | 9.8 | 15.1 | 3.03 |
1949 | 149,336 | 3,649,000 | 1,443,607 | 2,205,393 | 24.5 | 9.7 | 14.8 | 3.04 |
1950 | 151,861 | 3,632,000 | 1,452,454 | 2,180,000 | 24.1 | 9.6 | 14.5 | 3.03 |
1951 | 154,056 | 3,823,000 | 1,482,099 | 2,340,901 | 24.8 | 9.6 | 15.2 | 3.20 |
1952 | 156,431 | 3,913,000 | 1,496,838 | 2,416,162 | 25.0 | 9.6 | 15.4 | 3.30 |
1953 | 159,047 | 3,965,000 | 1,447,459 | 2,142,000 | 25.2 | 9.1 | 16.1 | 3.36 |
1954 | 161,948 | 4,078,000 | 1,481,091 | 2,596,909 | 24.8 | 9.3 | 15.5 | 3.48 |
1955 | 163,476 | 4,097,000 | 1,528,717 | 2,568,283 | 25.0 | 9.3 | 14.3 | 3.52 |
1956 | 166,578 | 4,218,000 | 1,564,476 | 2,653,524 | 25.1 | 9.3 | 15.8 | 3.63 |
1957 | 169,637 | 4,308,000 | 1,633,128 | 2,666,872 | 25.3 | 9.5 | 15.8 | 3.71 |
1958 | 172,668 | 4,255,000 | 1,647,886 | 2,607,114 | 24.4 | 9.5 | 14.9 | 3.65 |
1959 | 175,642 | 4,244,796 | 1,656,814 | 2,587,982 | 24.0 | 9.4 | 14.7 | 3.66 |
1960 | 179,979 | 4,257,850 | 1,711,982 | 2,545,868 | 23.7 | 9.5 | 14.1 | 3.65 |
1961 | 182,992 | 4,268,326 | 1,701,522 | 2,566,804 | 23.3 | 9.3 | 14.0 | 3.62 |
1962 | 185,771 | 4,167,362 | 1,756,720 | 2,410,642 | 22.4 | 9.5 | 12.9 | 3.46 |
1963 | 188,483 | 4,098,020 | 1,813,549 | 2,284,471 | 21.7 | 9.6 | 12.1 | 3.32 |
1964 | 191,141 | 4,027,490 | 1,798,051 | 2,229,439 | 21.1 | 9.4 | 11.7 | 3.19 |
1965 | 193,526 | 3,760,358 | 1,828,136 | 1,932,222 | 19.4 | 9.5 | 9.9 | 2.91 |
1966 | 195,576 | 3,606,274 | 1,863,149 | 1,743,125 | 18.4 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 2.72 |
1967 | 197,457 | 3,520,959 | 1,851,323 | 1,669,636 | 17.8 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 2.56 |
1968 | 199,399 | 3,501,564 | 1,930,082 | 1,571,482 | 17.6 | 9.7 | 7.9 | 2.46 |
1969 | 201,385 | 3,600,206 | 1,921,990 | 1,678,216 | 17.9 | 9.5 | 8.4 | 2.46 |
1970 | 203,984 | 3,731,386 | 1,921,031 | 1,810,355 | 18.4 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 2.480 |
1971 | 206,827 | 3,555,970 | 1,927,542 | 1,628,428 | 17.2 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 2.266 |
1972 | 209,284 | 3,258,411 | 1,963,944 | 1,294,467 | 15.6 | 9.4 | 6.2 | 2.010 |
1973 | 211,357 | 3,136,965 | 1,973,003 | 1,163,962 | 14.8 | 9.5 | 5.3 | 1.879 |
1974 | 213,342 | 3,159,958 | 1,934,388 | 1,225,570 | 14.8 | 9.1 | 5.7 | 1.835 |
1975 | 215,465 | 3,144,198 | 1,892,879 | 1,251,319 | 14.6 | 8.8 | 5.8 | 1.774 |
1976 | 217,563 | 3,167,788 | 1,909,440 | 1,258,348 | 14.6 | 8.8 | 5.8 | 1.738 |
1977 | 219,760 | 3,326,632 | 1,899,597 | 1,427,035 | 15.1 | 8.6 | 6.5 | 1.789 |
1978 | 222,095 | 3,333,279 | 1,927,788 | 1,405,491 | 15.0 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 1.760 |
1979 | 224,567 | 3,494,398 | 1,913,841 | 1,580,557 | 15.6 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 1.808 |
1980 | 227,225 | 3,612,258 | 1,989,841 | 1,622,417 | 15.9 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 1.839 |
1981 | 229,466 | 3,629,238 | 1,977,981 | 1,651,257 | 15.8 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 1.812 |
1982 | 231,664 | 3,680,537 | 1,974,797 | 1,705,740 | 15.9 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 1.827 |
1983 | 233,792 | 3,638,933 | 2,019,201 | 1,619,732 | 15.6 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 1.799 |
1984 | 235,825 | 3,669,141 | 2,039,369 | 1,629,772 | 15.6 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 1.806 |
1985 | 237,924 | 3,760,561 | 2,086,440 | 1,674,121 | 15.8 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 1.844 |
1986 | 240,133 | 3,756,547 | 2,105,361 | 1,651,186 | 15.6 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 1.837 |
1987 | 242,289 | 3,809,394 | 2,123,323 | 1,686,071 | 15.7 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 1.872 |
1988 | 244,499 | 3,909,510 | 2,167,999 | 1,741,511 | 16.0 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 1.934 |
1989 | 246,819 | 4,040,958 | 2,150,466 | 1,890,492 | 16.4 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 2.014 |
1990 | 249,623 | 4,158,212 | 2,148,463 | 2,009,749 | 16.7 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 2.081 |
1991 | 252,981 | 4,110,907 | 2,169,518 | 1,941,389 | 16.2 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 2.062 |
1992 | 256,514 | 4,065,014 | 2,175,613 | 1,889,401 | 15.8 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 2.046 |
1993 | 259,919 | 4,000,240 | 2,268,553 | 1,731,687 | 15.4 | 8.7 | 6.7 | 2.019 |
1994 | 263,126 | 3,952,767 | 2,278,994 | 1,673,773 | 15.0 | 8.7 | 6.4 | 2.001 |
1995 | 266,278 | 3,899,589 | 2,312,132 | 1,587,457 | 14.6 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 1.978 |
1996 | 269,394 | 3,891,494 | 2,314,690 | 1,576,804 | 14.4 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 1.976 |
1997 | 272,647 | 3,880,894 | 2,314,245 | 1,566,649 | 14.2 | 8.5 | 5.7 | 1.971 |
1998 | 275,854 | 3,941,553 | 2,337,256 | 1,604,297 | 14.3 | 8.5 | 5.8 | 1.999 |
1999 | 279,040 | 3,959,417 | 2,391,399 | 1,568,018 | 14.2 | 8.6 | 5.6 | 2.007 |
2000 | 282,172 | 4,058,814 | 2,403,351 | 1,655,463 | 14.4 | 8.5 | 5.9 | 2.056 |
2001 | 285,082 | 4,025,933 | 2,416,425 | 1,609,508 | 14.1 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 2.030 |
2002 | 287,804 | 4,021,726 | 2,443,387 | 1,578,339 | 14.0 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 2.020 |
2003 | 290,326 | 4,089,950 | 2,448,288 | 1,641,662 | 14.1 | 8.4 | 5.5 | 2.047 |
2004 | 293,046 | 4,112,052 | 2,397,615 | 1,714,437 | 14.0 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 2.051 |
2005 | 295,753 | 4,138,349 | 2,448,017 | 1,690,332 | 14.0 | 8.3 | 5.7 | 2.057 |
2006 | 298,593 | 4,265,555 | 2,426,264 | 1,839,291 | 14.3 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 2.108 |
2007 | 301,580 | 4,316,233 | 2,423,712 | 1,892,521 | 14.3 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 2.120 |
2008 | 304,375 | 4,247,694 | 2,471,984 | 1,775,710 | 14.0 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 2.072 |
2009 | 307,007 | 4,130,665 | 2,437,163 | 1,693,502 | 13.5 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 2.002 |
2010 | 309,330 | 3,999,386 | 2,465,936 | 1,534,343 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 1.931 |
2011 | 3,953,593 | 2,513,171 | 1,440,422 | 12.7 | 8.1 | 4.6 | 1.894 | |
2012 [42] | 3,952,937 | 2,539,000 | 1,413,937 | 12.6 | 8.1 | 4.5 | 1.880 |
Population density
The most densely populated state is New Jersey (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" or "nighttime" map showing population distribution at a resolution of 7,500 people,[43] as well as complete listings of population density by place name.[44]
Cities
The United States has dozens of major cities, including 9 of the 66 "global cities"[45] of all types, with 10 in the "alpha" group of global cities: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, DC, Boston, San Francisco, Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, and Philadelphia.[46] As of 2011[update], the United States had 51 metropolitan areas with a population of over 1,000,000 people each. (See Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas.)
As of 2011[update], about 250 million Americans live in or around urban areas. That means more than three-quarters of the U.S. population shares just about three percent of the U.S. land area.[47]
The following table shows the populations of the top twenty metropolitan areas, at the time of the 2010 Census.
Largest metropolitan areas in the United States
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Rank | Name | Region | Pop. | Rank | Name | Region | Pop. | ||
New York Los Angeles |
1 | New York | Northeast | 19,498,249 | 11 | Boston | Northeast | 4,919,179 | Chicago Dallas–Fort Worth |
2 | Los Angeles | West | 12,799,100 | 12 | Riverside–San Bernardino | West | 4,688,053 | ||
3 | Chicago | Midwest | 9,262,825 | 13 | San Francisco | West | 4,566,961 | ||
4 | Dallas–Fort Worth | South | 8,100,037 | 14 | Detroit | Midwest | 4,342,304 | ||
5 | Houston | South | 7,510,253 | 15 | Seattle | West | 4,044,837 | ||
6 | Atlanta | South | 6,307,261 | 16 | Minneapolis–Saint Paul | Midwest | 3,712,020 | ||
7 | Washington, D.C. | South | 6,304,975 | 17 | Tampa–St. Petersburg | South | 3,342,963 | ||
8 | Philadelphia | Northeast | 6,246,160 | 18 | San Diego | West | 3,269,973 | ||
9 | Miami | South | 6,183,199 | 19 | Denver | West | 3,005,131 | ||
10 | Phoenix | West | 5,070,110 | 20 | Baltimore | South | 2,834,316 |
Race and ethnicity
The U.S. population's distribution by race and ethnicity in 2010 was as follows; due to rounding, figures may not add up to the totals shown.[49]
Hispanic or Latino origin
Each of the racial categories includes people who identify their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino.[50] 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"—Mexican", "Puerto Rican", or "Cuban"—as well as those who indicate that they are "other Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino.""[51]
Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
The total population of Hispanic and Latino Americans comprised 50.5 million or 16.3% of the national total in 2010.
Breakdown by state
State or District | Population | Non-Hispanic White | Hispanic/Latino | Black | American Indian or Alaskan Native | Asian | Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | Mixed race |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | 4,822,023 | 67.0 | 3.9 | 26.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0 | 1.5 |
Alaska | 731,449 | 64.1 | 5.5 | 3.3 | 14.8 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 7.3 |
Arizona | 6,553,255 | 57.8 | 29.6 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 3.4 |
Arkansas | 2,949,131 | 74.5 | 6.4 | 15.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
California | 38,041,430 | 40.1 | 37.6 | 6.2 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 0.4 | 4.9 |
Colorado | 5,187,582 | 70.0 | 20.7 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 3.4 |
Connecticut | 3,590,347 | 71.2 | 13.4 | 10.1 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 0 | 2.6 |
Delaware | 917,092 | 65.3 | 8.2 | 21.4 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 0 | 2.7 |
District of Columbia | 632,323 | 35.5 | 9.9 | 50.1 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 2.5 |
Florida | 19,317,568 | 57.9 | 22.5 | 16.0 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
Georgia | 9,919,945 | 55.9 | 8.8 | 30.5 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
Hawaii | 1,392,313 | 22.7 | 8.9 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 38.6 | 10.0 | 23.6 |
Idaho | 1,595,728 | 84.0 | 11.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
Illinois | 12,875,255 | 63.7 | 15.8 | 14.5 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 0 | 2.3 |
Indiana | 6,537,334 | 81.5 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0 | 2.0 |
Iowa | 3,074,186 | 88.7 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.8 |
Kansas | 2,885,905 | 78.2 | 10.5 | 5.9 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 3.0 |
Kentucky | 4,380,415 | 86.3 | 3.1 | 7.8 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
Louisiana | 4,601,893 | 60.3 | 4.2 | 32.0 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.6 |
Maine | 1,329,192 | 94.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0 | 1.6 |
Maryland | 5,884,563 | 54.7 | 8.2 | 29.4 | 0.4 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
Massachusetts | 6,646,144 | 76.1 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
Michigan | 9,883,360 | 76.6 | 4.4 | 14.2 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 0 | 2.3 |
Minnesota | 5,379,139 | 83.1 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 0 | 2.4 |
Mississippi | 2,984,926 | 58.0 | 2.7 | 37.0 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0 | 1.1 |
Missouri | 6,021,988 | 81.0 | 3.5 | 11.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
Montana | 1,005,141 | 87.8 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 6.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.5 |
Nebraska | 1,855,525 | 82.1 | 9.2 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
Nevada | 2,758,931 | 54.1 | 26.5 | 8.1 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 0.2 | 4.7 |
New Hampshire | 1,320,718 | 92.3 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0 | 1.6 |
New Jersey | 8,864,590 | 59.3 | 17.7 | 13.7 | 0.3 | 8.3 | 0 | 2.7 |
New Mexico | 2,085,538 | 40.5 | 46.3 | 2.1 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 3.7 |
New York | 19,570,261 | 58.3 | 17.6 | 15.9 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 0 | 3.0 |
North Carolina | 9,656,401 | 65.3 | 8.4 | 21.5 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
North Dakota | 699,628 | 88.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 0 | 1.8 |
Ohio | 11,544,225 | 81.1 | 3.1 | 12.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0 | 2.1 |
Oklahoma | 3,814,820 | 68.7 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 5.9 |
Oregon | 3,899,353 | 78.5 | 11.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 3.8 |
Pennsylvania | 12,763,536 | 79.5 | 5.7 | 10.8 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 0 | 1.9 |
Rhode Island | 1,050,292 | 76.4 | 12.4 | 5.7 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 3.3 |
South Carolina | 4,723,723 | 64.1 | 5.1 | 27.9 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
South Dakota | 833,354 | 84.7 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 8.8 | 0.9 | 0 | 2.1 |
Tennessee | 6,456,243 | 75.6 | 4.6 | 16.7 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
Texas | 26,059,203 | 45.3 | 37.6 | 11.8 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
Utah | 2,855,287 | 80.4 | 13.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 2.7 |
Vermont | 626,011 | 94.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0 | 1.7 |
Virginia | 8,185,867 | 64.8 | 7.9 | 19.4 | 0.4 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 2.9 |
Washington | 6,897,012 | 72.5 | 11.2 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 7.2 | 0.6 | 4.7 |
West Virginia | 1,855,413 | 93.2 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0 | 1.5 |
Wisconsin | 5,726,386 | 83.3 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0 | 1.8 |
Wyoming | 576,412 | 85.9 | 8.9 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 2.2 |
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- All Data from 2010 U.S. Census Bureau[52]
Other groups
There were 22.1 million veterans in 2009.[53]
In 2010, the Washington Post estimated that there were 11 million illegal immigrants in the country.[54]
There were about 2 million people in prison in 2010.[55]
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.[56] 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[57]
A 2011 report by the Institute estimated that 4 million adults identify as gay or lesbian, representing 1.7% of the population over 18. A spokesperson said that, until recently, few studies have tried to eliminate people who had occasionally undertaken homosexual behavior or entertained homosexual thoughts, from people who identified as lesbian or gay.[58] (Older 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.[57]
Less than 1% of Americans serve in the Armed Forces.[59]
Projections
2015 | 2060 | |
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Whites1 | 77.4% | 68.9% |
Non-Hispanic Whites | 61.8% | 42.6% |
African Americans2 | 13.2% | 14.7% |
Asian Americans2 | 5.3% | 8.2% |
Multiracial Americans2 | 2.6% | 6.4% |
Hispanics/Latinos (of any race) | 17.8% | 30.6% |
Non-Hispanics/Latinos (of any race) | 82.2% | 69.4% |
1 Including Hispanics and Some other race 2 Including Hispanics |
A report by the U.S. Census Bureau projects a decrease in the ratio of Whites between 2010 and 2050, from 79.5% to 74.0%.[61] At the same time, Non-Hispanic Whites are projected to no longer make up a majority of the population by 2042, but will remain the largest single ethnic group. In 2050 they will compose 46.3% of the population. Non-Hispanic whites made up 85% of the population in 1960.[62]
The report foresees the Hispanic or Latino population rising from 16% today to 30% by 2050, the African American percentage barely rising from 12.9% to 13.0%, and Asian Americans upping their 4.6% share to 7.8%. The U.S. had a population of 310 million people in October 2010, and is projected to reach 400 million by 2039 and 439 million in 2050.[20][63][64][65] It is further projected that 82% of the increase in population from 2005 to 2050 will be due to immigrants and their children.[66]
Of the nation's children in 2050, 62% are expected to be of a minority ethnicity, up from 44% today. Approximately 39% are projected to be Hispanic or Latino (up from 22% in 2008), and 38% are projected to be single-race, non-Hispanic Whites (down from 56% in 2008).[67]
In 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau projected future censuses as follows:[20]
Year | Projection | Actual result |
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2010 | 310,232,863 | 308,745,538 |
2020 | 341,386,665 | |
2030 | 373,503,674 | |
2040 | 405,655,295 | |
2050 | 439,010,253 |
Religion
Membership
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 750,000 or more. The definition of a member is determined by each religious body.[68] In 2004[update], the US census bureau reported that about 13% of the population did not identify itself as a member of any religion.[69][clarification needed]
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Plurality religion by state, 2001. Data is unavailable for Alaska and Hawaii.
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Religious affiliation within each state that has the largest deviation compared to the national average, 2001.
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Percentage of state populations that identify with a religion rather than "no religion", 2001.
Religions of American adults
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[72]
Figures are not adjusted for refusals to reply; investigators suspect refusals are possibly more representative of "no religion" than any other group.
Group |
1990 adults × 1,000 |
2001 adults × 1,000 |
2008 adults × 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 |
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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 Protestant | 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% |
Jehovah's Witness | 1,381 | 1,331 | 1,914 | 38.6% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.1% |
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 Denomination | 4,630 | 5,949 | 7,131 | 54.0% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 0.5% |
Seventh-Day Adventist | 668 | 724 | 938 | 40.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.0% |
Churches of Christ | 1,769 | 2,593 | 1,921 | 8.6% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.8% | –0.2% |
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% |
Marriage
In 2010, the median age for marriage for men was 27; for women, 26.[73]
Income
In 2006, the median household income in the United States was around $46,326. Household and personal income depends on variables such as race, number of income earners, educational attainment and marital status.
Type of household | Race and Hispanic origin | Region | ||||||||
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All households | Family households |
Nonfamily households |
Asian | Non-Hispanic White | Hispanic (of any race) |
Black | Northeast | Midwest | South | West |
$70,784 | $91,162 | $41,797 | $101,418 | $77,999 | $57,981 | $48,297 | $77,422 | $71,129 | $63,368 | $79,430 |
Age of Householder | Nativity of Householder | Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Status | Educational Attainment of Householder* | ||||||
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Under 65 years | 65 years and older | Native-born | Foreign-born | Inside MSA | Outside MSA | No high school diploma | High school, no college | Some college | Bachelor's degree or higher |
$80,734 | $47,620 | $71,522 | $66,043 | $73,823 | $53,750 | $30,378 | $50,401 | $64,378 | $115,456 |
*Householders aged 25 and older. In 2021, the median household income for this group was $72,046. |
Total workers | Full-Time, year-round workers | ||||
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Both sexes | Male | Female | Both sexes | Male | Female |
$45,470 | $50,983 | $39,201 | $56,473 | $61,180 | $51,226 |
Measure | Overall | Less than 9th grade | Some High School | High school graduate | Some college | Associate's degree | Bachelor's degree or higher | Bachelor's degree | Master's degree | Professional degree | Doctorate degree |
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Persons, age 25+ w/ earnings* | $46,985 | $25,162 | $26,092 | $34,540 | $39,362 | $42,391 | $66,423 | $60,705 | $71,851 | $102,741 | $101,526 |
Male, age 25+ w/ earnings* | $52,298 | $30,089 | $31,097 | $40,852 | $47,706 | $52,450 | $80,192 | $71,666 | $91,141 | $126,584 | $121,956 |
Female, age 25+ w/ earnings* | $40,392 | $18,588 | $19,504 | $27,320 | $31,837 | $36,298 | $57,355 | $51,154 | $62,522 | $92,780 | $85,551 |
Persons, age 25+, employed full-time | $59,371 | $33,945 | $34,897 | $42,417 | $50,640 | $52,285 | $77,105 | $71,283 | $82,183 | $130,466 | $119,552 |
Household | $69,228 | $29,609 | $29,520 | $47,405 | $60,392 | $68,769 | $106,936 | $100,128 | $114,900 | $151,560 | $142,493 |
*Total work experience |
10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | 95th percentile |
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≤ $15,700 | ≤ $28,000 | ≤ $40,500 | ≤ $55,000 | $70,800 | ≤ $89,700 | ≤ $113,200 | ≤ $149,100 | ≤ $212,100 | ≤ $286,300 |
Source: US Census Bureau, 2021; income statistics for the year 2021 |
Social class
Social classes in the United States lack distinct boundaries and may overlap. Even their existence (when distinguished from economic strata) is controversial. The following table provides a summary of some prominent academic theories on the stratification of American society:
Dennis Gilbert, 2002 | William Thompson & Joseph Hickey, 2005 | Leonard Beeghley, 2004 | |||
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Class | Typical characteristics | Class | Typical characteristics | Class | Typical characteristics |
Capitalist class (1%) | Top-level executives, high-rung politicians, heirs. Ivy League education common. | Upper class (1%) | Top-level executives, celebrities, heirs; income of $500,000+ common. Ivy league education common. | The super-rich (0.9%) | Multi-millionaires whose incomes commonly exceed $3.5 million or more; includes celebrities and powerful executives/politicians. Ivy League education common. |
Upper middle class[1] (15%) | Highly-educated (often with graduate degrees), most commonly salaried, professionals and middle management with large work autonomy. | Upper middle class[1] (15%) | Highly-educated (often with graduate degrees) professionals & managers with household incomes varying from the high 5-figure range to commonly above $100,000. | The rich (5%) | Households with net worth of $1 million or more; largely in the form of home equity. Generally have college degrees. |
Middle class (plurality/ majority?; ca. 46%) |
College-educated workers with considerably higher-than-average incomes and compensation; a man making $57,000 and a woman making $40,000 may be typical. | ||||
Lower middle class (30%) | Semi-professionals and craftsmen with a roughly average standard of living. Most have some college education and are white-collar. | Lower middle class (32%) | Semi-professionals and craftsmen with some work autonomy; household incomes commonly range from $35,000 to $75,000. Typically, some college education. | ||
Working class (30%) | Clerical and most blue-collar workers whose work is highly routinized. Standard of living varies depending on number of income earners, but is commonly just adequate. High school education. | ||||
Working class (32%) | Clerical, pink- and blue-collar workers with often low job security; common household incomes range from $16,000 to $30,000. High school education. | Working class (ca. 40–45%) |
Blue-collar workers and those whose jobs are highly routinized with low economic security; a man making $40,000 and a woman making $26,000 may be typical. High school education. | ||
Working poor (13%) | Service, low-rung clerical and some blue-collar workers. High economic insecurity and risk of poverty. Some high school education. | ||||
Lower class (ca. 14–20%) | Those who occupy poorly-paid positions or rely on government transfers. Some high school education. | ||||
Underclass (12%) | Those with limited or no participation in the labor force. Reliant on government transfers. Some high school education. | The poor (ca. 12%) | Those living below the poverty line with limited to no participation in the labor force; a household income of $18,000 may be typical. Some high school education. | ||
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Health
In 2010, the average man weighed 194.7 pounds (88.3 kg); the average woman 164.7 pounds (74.7 kg).[77][dead link] The height of an American man was 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m)[78] and woman 5 feet 3.8 inches (1.621 m)[79] The average BMI is 27.3 for males (overweight) and 28.5 for females (overweight).[80]
As of 2012, an estimated 26% of the population is obese,[81] 21% smoke,[82] and 11% have diabetes.[83]
A nationwide study in 2010 indicated that 19.5% of teens, aged 12–19, have developed "slight" hearing loss. "Slight" was defined as an inability to hear at 16 to 24 decibels.[84]
In 2011, an estimated 1.2 million people were living with HIV/AIDS in the United States.[85]
Generational cohorts
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A study by William Strauss and Neil Howe, in their books Generations and Fourth Turning, looked at generational similarities and differences going back to the 15th century and concluded that over 80 year spans, generations proceed through 4 stages of about 20 years each.
A definitive recent study of US generational cohorts was done by Schuman and Scott (2012) in which a broad sample of adults of all ages were asked, "What world events are especially important to you?"[86] They found that 33 events were mentioned with great frequency. When the ages of the respondents were correlated with the expressed importance rankings, seven (some put 8 or 9) distinct cohorts became evident.
Today the following descriptors are frequently used for these cohorts (Alive in 2000–10):
- G.I. Generation born from approximately 1901 to 1924 (depression cohort who fought and won World War II).
- Distinction: They represent the largest number of Nonagenarians and Centenarians alive in any time of US history.
- Memorable events: The Great Depression, high levels of unemployment, poverty, lack of creature comforts, financial uncertainty, peak of European immigration (though started from 1840 to ended by 1920), grew up during World War I, prohibitionism, radical politics, not too religious but mostly morally conservative, shorter life spans, and stressed Americanization or acculturation into a common mainstream U.S. culture.
- Key characteristics: strive for financial security, risk averse, waste-not-want-not attitude, strive for comfort, social cooperative, can be reactionary or hostile towards change, but are idealistic or progressive in improvements of quality of life.
- Silent Generation born from approximately 1925–1942[87] during the Great Depression and World War II.[88] The label was originally applied to people in North America but has also been applied to those in Western Europe, Australasia and South America. It includes most of those who fought during the Korean War.
- Distinction: Second smallest generation born in US history.[citation needed] The birth rate peaked low due to the Depression.
- Memorable events: sustained economic growth, social tranquility, The Cold War, McCarthyism, anti-communism, drug culture, conformity, the rise and peak of jazz music (1940s), early rock n' roll (1950s), fear of a nuclear war, and avoidance of discomfort with high emphasis on optimism.
- Key characteristics: conformity, social conservatism, patriotism, comparatively chaste or emphasized traditional values (i.e. manners or taboos) than younger cohorts (who disagreed with them), traditional family values, but had the nuclear family replaced the multi-generational kind, known as the "Silent" majority/generation, and had the appearance of sameness or "cookie cutter" type of sameness.
- Baby Boomer—cohort number one—born from approximately 1945 to 1954
- Distinction: One of two largest generations in size in US history.[citation needed]
- Memorable events: assassinations of JFK, Robert Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Liberalism, political unrest, walk on the moon, Vietnam War, anti-war protests, social experimentation, sexual freedom, civil rights movement, environmental movement, women's movement, protests and riots, rise and peak of rock and roll, and experimentation with various intoxicating recreational substances.[citation needed]
- Key characteristics: idealistic, experimental, progressive, individualism, free spirited, social cause oriented, activism, social change, "Live and let live", "Do your own thing", Pacifism, Spiritualism, alternative lifestyles, deeply against racism as well sexism and ethnic prejudice, and first generation thought to demand an eradication of poverty by government programs (War on Poverty).
- Baby Boomer—cohort number 2—or "Generation Jones" born from approximately 1955–1964.[citation needed]
- Distinction: The Peak years due to being children or teenagers when American power peaked in the global scene.
- Memorable events: Watergate, Nixon resigns, the cold war, the oil embargo, raging inflation, Disco, gasoline shortages, the American hostage crisis of Iran (1979–81), the U.S. Bicentennial celebrations in the 1970s, and cultural shift from McCarthyist conformity to hippie idealism to Yuppie fiscal conservative and/or social liberal phases.[citation needed]
- Key characteristics: less optimistic, fatalistic, principled, general cynicism, somewhat reactionary, easily bored, impatient, an urgent desire that things must change, born again Christian movement, yuppie social trends, challenged gender roles and racial stereotypes, and used drugs illegal since the early 20th century[89][90][91] thereby precipitating the modern War on Drugs in the 1970s and 1980s; yet often conservative & reactionary in later age.
- Generation X—commentators use beginning birth dates from 1961 to 1981.[92]
- In the U.S., some called Generation Xers the "baby bust" generation because of the drop in the birth rate following the baby boom.[93] The drop in fertility rates in America began in the late 1950s. But according to authors and demographers William Strauss and Neil Howe (who use 1961 to 1981 for Gen X birth years), there are approximately 88.5 million Gen Xers in the U.S. today.[94][95]
- Memorable events: Challenger explosion, Iran-Contra, Reaganomics, AIDS, Star Wars, MTV, home computers, video games, safe sex, divorce, single-parent families, end of Cold War-fall of Berlin Wall, Gulf War, 1992 L.A. Riots, 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, the 1998 Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky sex scandal, and the arrival of the year 2000: new century (21st)/ new millennium (3rd).
- Key characteristics: pragmatic; independent, informal; entrepreneurial; many grew up in single-parent households.[citation needed]
- Generation Y also known as the Millennial generation—commentators use beginning birth dates from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.[96][97]
- Distinction: Echo Boom they are second highest birth rate generation in US history.[citation needed]
- Memorable events: rise of the Internet, iPods, social network services, war on crime (reduced crime rates), cultural diversity, September 11 attacks, the Death of Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan War and Iraq War, and affected by the 2008–09 global financial crisis or "Great Recession".
- Key characteristics: acceptance of change, technically savvy, environmental issues, globally minded, more socially liberal than previous generations, stricter laws on minors, high tech surveillance of public places, political correctness, no expectation of military service, and increased local volunteerism or community service.
- Generation Z—also known as the Homeland Generation or "digital natives". Sources use beginning birth dates starting at the mid or late 1990s [96] or from the mid 2000s [98] to the present day. This is the generation which is being born.
U.S. Demographic birth cohorts
Subdivided groups are present when peak boom years or inverted peak bust years are present, and may be represented by a normal or inverted bell-shaped curve (rather than a straight curve). The boom subdivided cohorts may be considered as "pre-peak" (including peak year) and "post-peak". The year 1957 was the baby boom peak with 4.3 million births and 122.7 fertility rate. Although post-peak births (such as trailing edge boomers) are in decline, and sometimes referred to as a "bust", there are still a relative large number of births. The dearth-in-birth bust cohorts include those up to the valley birth year, and those including and beyond, leading up to the subsequent normal birth rate. The Baby boom began around 1943 to 1946.[citation needed]
From the decline in U.S. birth rates starting in 1958 and the introduction of the birth control pill in 1960, the Baby Boomer normal distribution curve is negatively skewed. The trend in birth rates from 1958 to 1961 show a tendency to end late in the decade at approximately 1969, thus returning to pre-WWII levels, with 12 years of rising and 12 years of declining birth rates. Pre-war birth rates were defined as anywhere between 1939 and 1941 by demographers such as the Taeuber's, Philip M. Hauser and William Fielding Ogburn.[99]
Demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[100]
Ages
Median ages are 36.8 years; males are 35.5 years; females are 38.1 years estimated as of 2010.
As of 2010, people are distributed by age as follows:
- 0–14 years: 20.2% (male 31,639,127/female 30,305,704)
- 15–64 years: 67% (male 102,665,043/female 103,129,321)
- 65 years and over: 12.8% (male 16,901,232/female 22,571,696) (2010 est.)
Birth, growth, and death rates
The growth rate is 0.739% as estimated from 2013-2010 by the US Census
The birth rate is 13.5 births/1,000 population, estimated as of 2010. This was the lowest in a century. There were 4,136,000 births in 2009.[101]
- 13.9 births/1,000 population/year (Provisional Data for 2008)
- 14.3 births/1,000 population/year (Provisional Data for 2007)[102]
In 2009, Time magazine reported that 40% of births were to unmarried women.[103] The following is a breakdown by race for unwed births: 17% Asian, 29% White, 53% Hispanics, 66% Native Americans, and 72% African American.[104]
The drop in the birth rate from 2007 to 2009 is believed to be associated with the Late-2000s recession.[105]
A study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) found that more than half (51 percent) of live hospital births in 2008 and 2011 were male.[106]
Death rate
As of July 2010, it was estimated that there were 8.38 deaths/1,000 population.[citation needed]
Immigration and emigration
Country | 2011 | Region | 2011 |
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Mexico | 143,446 | Latin America | 451,593 |
China | 87,016 | Asia | 419,996 |
India | 69,013 | Asia | 100,336 |
Philippines | 57,011 | Asia | 83,635 |
Dominican Rep. | 46,019 | Caribbean | 1,062,040 |
13% of the population was foreign-born in 2009,[108]including 11.2 million undocumented aliens,[109] 80% of which come from Latin America.[110] Hence, Latin America is the largest region-of-birth group, accounting for over half (53%) of all foreign born population in US,[111] and thus is also the largest source of both legal and illegal immigration to US.[112] In 2011, there are 18.1 million naturalized citizens in USA, accounting for 45% of the foreign-born population (40.4 million) and 6 percent of the total US population at the time,[113] and around 680,000 legal immigrants are naturalized annually.[114]
4.32 people migrate per 1,000 population, estimated in 2010.[citation needed]
Sex ratios
- at birth: 1.048 male(s)/female
- under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
- 15–64 years: 1 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
- total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Infant mortality rate
- total: 6.22 deaths/1,000 live births
- male: 6.9 deaths/1,000 live births
- female: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
- total population: 78.11 years
- male: 75.65 years
- female: 80.69 years (2010 est.)
≤4.5% ≤5.5% ≤6.5% | ≤7.5% ≤8.5% ≤9.5% | ≤10.5% ≤11.5% >11.5% |
Total fertility rate
- 1.88 children born/woman (2012).
- Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - National Vital Statistics System.
Unemployment rate
As of November 2013[update], the U.S. unemployment rate was 7.0 percent (U3 Rate).[116]
As of February 2014[update], the U6 unemployment rate is 14.9 percent.[117] The U6 unemployment rate counts not only people without work seeking full-time employment (the more familiar U-3 rate), but also counts "marginally attached workers and those working part-time for economic reasons." Note that some of these part-time workers counted as employed by U-3 could be working as little as an hour a week. And the "marginally attached workers" include those who have gotten discouraged and stopped looking, but still want to work. The age considered for this calculation is 16 years and over.[118]
Mobility
In 2013, about 15% of Americans moved. Most of these, 67%, moved within the same county. Of the 33% who moved beyond local county boundaries, 13% of those moved more than 200 miles (320 km).[119]
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