An Overview of the U.S. Population
(Based on Census 2000 data unless otherwise
noted.)
- Total Resident Pop. (Oct. 2006 est.): 300,000,000
- Population density: 79.6 people per sq mi
- Mean center of population: 3 mi east of Edgar Springs in Phelps
County, Mo.
- Males: 138,053,563 (49.1% of pop.)
- Females: 143,368,343 (50.9% of pop.)
- White: 211,460,626 (75.1% of pop.)
- Black: 34,658,190 (12.3% of pop.)
- Asian: 10,242,998 (3.6% of pop.)
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 2,475,956 (0.9% of pop.)
- Hispanic/Latino1: 35,305,818 (12.5% of
pop.)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 398,835 (0.1% of
pop.)
- Median age: 35.3
- Metropolitan population: 225,981,679
- Nonmetropolitan population: 55,440,227
- Families: 71,787,347
- Average family size: 3.14
- Homeownership (2005): 68.9% of pop.
- Married couples (2003): 57,320,000
- Never married: 48,200,000
- Divorced: 19,800,000
- Widowed: 13,700,000
1. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may
be of any race.
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