people in the us.pdf

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SOME BASICS


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Demography. The United States has a

population of over 280 million (2000 census).

2012 statistics show the number: nearly 313

Mill io n Peop le, (o r exact ly 312,780,968 peop le,

i f you want to be pedant ic), accord ing to the

U.S. Census Bureau's end-o f-2011 estim ate.

In addition, net immigration is expected to add

one person to the population every 46 seconds.

Between births, deaths, and net immigration, the

population is expected to tick up by another

person every 17 seconds. That's a slight decline

from the start of 2011 (one every 15 seconds)

and the start of 2010 (one every 14 seconds).


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The most populous state, California, with 33,871,648

inhabitants, contrasts with Wyoming, which has only

493,782 residents.

Latinos are expected to become the largest minority

group early in the twenty-first century.

The Asian population (including Pacific Islanders) is

defined as people of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese,

Indian, Korean, and Vietnamese origin.

It is estimated that there are eleven million Asians,

making up about 4 percent of the population.


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The Native American population, which

includes natives of Alaska such as the Inuit

and Aleuts, is estimated to consist of over two

million people, slightly over 1 percent of the

population.

Roughly a third of Native Americans live on

reservations, trust lands, territories, and

mother lands under Native American

jurisdiction.


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Age structure

0-14 years: 20% (male 32,050,686/female30,719,945)

15-24 years:13.8% (male 22,112,002/female

21,174,050)

25-54 years:40.6% (male 63,713,761/female63,556,345)

55-64 years:12.1% (male 18,331,065/female

19,711,907)

65 years and over:13.5% (male18,424,785/female 24,052,919) (2012 est.)


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Median age

total: 37.1 years

male:35.8 years

female:38.5 years (2012 est.)

Population growth

rate

0.9% (2012 est.)


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Birth rate

13.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

8.4 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

3.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)


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Urbanization

urban population: 82% of total population (2010)

rate of urbanization:1.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

New York-Newark 19.3 million; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa

Ana 12.675 million; Chicago 9.134 million; Miami 5.699 million;

WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) 4.421 million (2009)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/femaleunder 15 years:1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years:1 male(s)/female

65 years and over:0.77 male(s)/female

total population:0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.)


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Infant mortality rate

total: 6 deaths/1,000 live births

male:6.6 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale:5.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 78.49 years

male:76.05 years

female:81.05 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.06 children born/woman (2012 est.)


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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.6% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

1.2 million (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

17,000 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:

urban: 100% of population

rural: 99% of populationtotal: 100% of population

unimproved:

urban: 0% of population

rural: 1% of population

total: 0% of population


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Ethnic groups

White 79.96%, Black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian

and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other

Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% (July

2007 estimate)

Note:a separate listing for Hispanic is not included

because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to

mean persons of Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin

including those of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican,

Dominican Republic, Spanish, and Central or SouthAmerican origin living in the US who may be of any race

or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.); about 15.1%

of the total US population is Hispanic


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Religions

Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%,other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim

0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none

4% (2007 est.)

Languages

English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%,

Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)

note:the US has no official national language, but Englishhas acquired official status in 28 of the 50 states;

Hawaiianis an official language in the state of Hawaii


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Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population:99%male:99%

female:99% (2003 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 16 years

male:15 years

female:17 years (2008)

Education expenditures

5.5% of GDP (2007)


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Maternal mortality rate

21 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

1.3% (2002)

Health expenditures

16.2% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

2.672 physicians/1,000 population (2004)

Hospital bed density

3.1 beds/1,000 population (2008)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

33 9% (2006)

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