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An Overview of the U.S. Population
(Based on Census 2006 data unless otherwise
noted.)
- Total Resident Pop. (Apr. 2008 est.): 303,763,031
- Population density: 79.6 people per sq mi (2000)
- Mean center of population: 3 mi east of Edgar Springs in Phelps
County, Mo. (2000)
- Males: 147,434,940 (49.2% of pop.)
- Females: 151,963,545 (50.8% of pop.)
- White: 221,331,507 (73.9% of pop.)
- Black: 37,051,483 (12.4% of pop.)
- Asian: 13,100,095 (4.4% of pop.)
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 2,369,431 (0.8% of pop.)
- Hispanic/Latino1: 44,252,278 (14.8% of
pop.)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 426,194 (0.1% of
pop.)
- Median age: 36.4
- Metropolitan population: 225,981,679 (2000)
- Nonmetropolitan population: 55,440,227 (2000)
- Families: 74,564,066
- Average family size: 3.2
- Homeownership (2005): 68.9% of pop.
- Married couples: 55,521,868
- Never married: 72,787,209
- Divorced: 25,044,234
- Widowed: 15,182,891
1. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may
be of any race.
See also Population.
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