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Demographics of the United States

The United States had an official estimated resident population of 333,287,557 on July 1, 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.[12] This figure includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia but excludes the population of five unincorporated U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands) as well as several minor island possessions. The United States is the third most populous country in the world.[13] The Census Bureau showed a population increase of 0.4% for the twelve-month period ending in July 2022,[12] below the world average annual rate of 0.9%.[14] The total fertility rate in the United States estimated for 2022 is 1.665 children per woman,[3] which is below the replacement fertility rate of approximately 2.1.

Demographics of the United States
Population pyramid of the United States as of July 1, 2022
Population 340,458,130 (est. 2023)[1]
Density86.16/sq mi (33.27/km2)
Growth rate 0.4% (2022)
Birth rate 11.0 births/1,000 population (2021)
Death rate10.4 deaths/1,000 population (2021)
Life expectancy 76.1 years (2021)[2]
 • male 73.2 years (2021)[2]
 • female 79.1 years (2021)[2]
Fertility rate 1.665 children born/woman (2022)[3]
Infant mortality rate5.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2020)[4]
Net migration rate3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2020)[5]
Age structure
Under 18 years22.2% (2021)[6]
18–44 years35.9% (2021)[6]
45–64 years25.2% (2021)[6]
65 and over16.8% (2021)[6]
Language
OfficialNo official language at national level. English is designated official in 32 of 50 states (and in all 5 U.S. territories). Hawaiian is official in Hawaii, 20 Native languages are official in Alaska, and Sioux is official in South Dakota.[7] Samoan is an official language in American Samoa,[8] Chamorro is an official language in Guam,[9] Chamorro and Carolinian are official languages in the Northern Mariana Islands,[10] and Spanish is an official language in Puerto Rico.[11]
Spoken
Source: The World Factbook[5]

The U.S. 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.[15] It is estimated to have reached the 200 million mark in 1967, and the 300 million mark on October 17, 2006.[15][16] Foreign-born immigration caused the U.S. population to continue its rapid increase, with the foreign-born population doubling from almost 20 million in 1990 to over 45 million in 2015,[17] representing one-third of the population increase.[18] The U.S. population grew by 1.6 million from 2018 to 2019, with 38% of growth from immigration.[19] Population growth is fastest among minorities as a whole, and according to the Census Bureau's 2020 estimation, 50% of U.S. children under the age of 18 are members of ethnic minority groups.[20] As of 2020, white people numbered 235,411,507 or 71% of the population, including people who identified as white in combination with another race. People who identified as white alone (including Hispanic whites) numbered 204,277,273 or 61.6% of the population and Non-Latino whites made up 57.8% of the country's population.[21]

Latino Americans accounted for 51.1% of the total national population growth between 2010 and 2020, increasing from 50.5 million in 2010 to 62.1 million in 2020.[22] The Hispanic or Latino population increased by 23% between 2010 and 2020, an increase of more than 11.6 million.[22] Immigrants and their U.S.-born descendants are expected to provide most of the U.S. population gains in the decades ahead.[23]

Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group in America, with a growth rate of 35%. However, multi-racial Asian Americans are the fastest growing group in the country, with a growth rate of 55%, reflecting the increase of mixed-race marriages in the United States.[24][25]

As of 2022, births to White American mothers remain around 50% of the US total, reflecting a decline of 3% compared to 2021.[26] In the same time period, births to Asian American and Hispanic women increased by 2% and 6%, respectively.[27]

The 12 month ending general fertility rate increased from 56.6 to 57.0 in 2022 Q1 compared to 2021 Q4.[28]

Population Edit

On April 1, 2020, the United States had a population of 331,449,281, according to the 2020 United States census.[29]

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook estimated as of 2018,[5] unless otherwise indicated.

Note: Population estimate of United States excluding overseas armed forces.[30][31]

 
Population pyramid by race of the United States over time from 1900 to 2020

Age and sex distribution Edit

 
Proportion of Americans under the age of 18 in each county of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States Census
 
Proportion of Americans under the age of 5 in each county of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States Census
Age and sex distribution as of 2021[32]
age (years) total (in thousands) % of US pop. males (in thousands) females (in thousands) % male % female sex ratio: male/female
0 3,564 1.1% 1,822 1,743 51.1% 48.9% 1.05
< 5 18,827 5.7% 9,624 9,203 51.1% 48.9% 1.05
< 15 60,467 18.2% 30,989 29,578 51.2% 48.8% 1.05
15-24 43,089 13.0% 21,996 21,092 51.0% 49.0% 1.04
25-34 45,495 13.7% 23,053 22,442 50.7% 49.3% 1.03
35-44 43,404 13.1% 21,858 21,546 50.4% 49.6% 1.01
45-54 40,688 12.3% 20,312 20,376 49.9% 50.1% 0.99
55-64 42,803 12.9% 20,963 21,840 49.0% 51.0% 0.96
65+ 55,848 16.8% 25,214 30,634 45.1% 54.9% 0.82
75+ 22,182 6.7% 9,344 12,837 42.1% 57.9% 0.73
85+ 5,976 1.8% 2,176 3,800 36.4% 63.6% 0.57
100+ 98 0.03% 25 73 25.5% 74.5% 0.34
all 331,894 100% 164,385 167,509 49.5% 50.5% 0.98

Age distribution by selected age groups.[32]

  • 0 – 14 years: 18.2%
  • 15 – 24 years: 13.0%
  • 25 – 54 years: 39.0%
  • 55 – 64 years: 12.9%
  • 65 years and over: 16.8%

The median age of the total population as of 2021 is 38.8 years; the male median age is 37.7 years; the female median age is 39.8 years.[32]

Birth rate Edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
17903,929,326
18005,308,48335.1%
18107,239,88136.4%
18209,638,45333.1%
183012,866,02033.5%
184017,069,45332.7%
185023,191,87635.9%
186031,443,32135.6%
187038,925,59823.8%
188050,189,20928.9%
189062,979,76625.5%
190076,212,16821.0%
191092,228,49621.0%
1920106,021,53715.0%
1930122,775,04615.8%
1940132,164,5697.6%
1950150,697,36114.0%
1960179,323,17519.0%
1970203,392,03113.4%
1980226,545,80511.4%
1990248,709,8739.8%
2000281,421,90613.2%
2010308,745,5389.7%
2020331,449,2817.4%
2022 (est.)333,287,557[33]0.6%
U.S. Decennial Census
  • 12.023 births/1,000 population (2023)[3] Country comparison to the world: 151st[34]

Death rate Edit

  • 10.45 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)[35] Country comparison to the world: 78th[34]
  • 8.81 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est)*[36] *age-adjusted death rate

Total fertility rate (TFR) Edit

 
TFR of the United States overtime from 1820 to 2016

In 1800 the average U.S. woman had 7.04 children;[37] by the first decade of the 1900s, this number had already decreased to 3.56.[38] Since the early 1970s the birth rate has been below the replacement rate of 2.1 with 1.72 children per woman in 2018.[39]

The drop in the U.S. fertility rate from 2.08 per woman in 2007 to 1.76 in 2017 was mostly due to the declining birth rate of Hispanics, teenagers, and young women, although the birth rate for older women rose.[40]

  • 1.664 children born/woman (2021).[41]

Mother's mean age at first birth Edit

 
Percentage of women childless by age cohort in the US over time
  • 27.1 years (2020 est.)[41]

Dependency ratio Edit

The dependency ratio is the age-population ratio of people who are normally not in the labor force (the dependent population, which includes those aged 0 to 14 and 65 and older) to those who are (the productive part, ages 15 to 64). It is used to gauge the strain on the populace that is productive. The support ratio is the ratio of the working-age population to the elderly population, that is, the reciprocal of the aged dependency ratio.

  • Total dependency ratio: 54.03% (2021)[32] Country comparison to the world*: 110th[42]
  • Child dependency ratio: 28.11% (2021) Country comparison to the world*: 138th
  • Aged dependency ratio: 25.92% (2021) Country comparison to the world*: 42nd
  • Potential support ratio: 3.86 (2021) Country comparison to the world*: 160th

*Ratios are ranked from highest to lowest by country

 
Life expectancy in the United States since 1880
 
Life expectancy in the United States since 1960 by gender

Life expectancy Edit

  • Total population: 76.1 years for a child born in 2021, decreasing from 77.0 years in 2020.[43]
  • Male: 73.2 years (2021), 74.2 years (2020)
  • Female: 79.9 years (2021), 79.9 years (2020)

The average life expectancy in the United States has been on a decline since 2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cites three main reasons: a 72% increase in overdoses in the last decade (including a 30% increase in opioid overdoses from July 2016 to September 2017, but did not differentiate between accidental overdose with a legal prescription and overdose with opioids obtained illegally and/or combined with illegal drugs i.e., heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, etc.), a ten-year increase in liver disease (the rate for men age 25 to 34 increased by 8% per year; for women, by 11% per year), and a 33% increase in suicide rates since 1999.[44]

From 2019 to 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to approximately 61% of the decrease in life expectancy in the United States.[45] While increases in mortality from unintentional injuries, heart disease, homicide, and diabetes contributed to 11.7%, 5.8%, 2.9%, and 2.8% of the decrease in life expectancy from 2019 to 2020, respectively.[45] Life expectancy has also varied by racial and ethnic group, with Non-Hispanic Asians having the highest life expectancy and Non-Hispanic American Indians having the lowest.[45] In 2021, life expectancy at birth in the United States fell for the second year in a row, the first two-year drop since 1961–1963.[46]

 
Number of persons per square kilometer in the United States in 2010
 
States and territories in the United States by population per square mile, according to the 2020 United States census
 
Counties in the United States by population growth since 2010 according to the U.S. Census Bureau 2018 Annual Estimate of the Resident Population.[47] Counties with population growth greater than the United States as a whole are in dark green, counties with population growth slower than the United States in light green, and counties with declining populations in light red.
 
States in the United States by population growth since 2010 according to the U.S. Census Bureau 2018 Annual Estimate of the Resident Population.[47] States with population growth greater than the United States as a whole are in dark green, states with population growth slower than the United States in light green, and states with declining populations in light red.
Life expectancy by Hispanic origin and race, and sex: United States, 2019, 2020 & 2021[43]
Race Male LEB

in 2021

Female LEB

in 2021

Total LEB

in 2021*

Total LEB

in 2020

Total LEB

in 2019

2019 - 2021

 
 

NH White 73.7 79.2 76.4 77.4 78.8   2.4
NH Black 66.7 74.8 70.8 71.5 74.8   4.0
NH Asian 81.2 85.6 83.5 83.6 85.6   2.1
NH American Indian or Alaska Native 61.5 69.2 65.2 67.1 71.8   6.6
Hispanic 74.4 81.0 77.7 77.9 81.9   4.2
All origins and races 73.2 79.1 76.1 77.0 78.8   2.7

NOTE: Life expectancy at birth data for 2021 are provisional.*

  • NH = Non-Hispanic.
  • LEB = Life expectancy at birth
  • Growth arrows ( / ) indicate an increase or decrease in total life expectancy compared to years before.

Life tables Edit

Life table of the United States, 2020[45]
Females Males Total
Age Cohort Life expectancy Cohort Life expectancy Cohort Life expectancy
0 100,000 79.9 100,000 74.2 100,000 77.0
1 99,508 79.3 99,415 73.6 99,461 76.4
5 99,429 75.3 99,313 69.7 99,377 72.5
10 99,381 70.4 99,254 64.7 99,323 67.5
15 99,317 65.4 99,155 59.8 99,242 62.6
20 99,157 60.5 98,741 55.0 98,952 57.7
25 98,876 55.7 97,961 50.5 98,415 53.0
30 98,479 50.9 96,994 45.9 97,725 48.4
35 97,933 46.2 95,815 41.5 96,856 43.8
40 97,215 41.5 94,420 37.0 95,794 39.3
45 96,266 36.9 92,731 32.7 94,471 34.8
50 94,928 32.4 90,497 28.4 92,680 30.4
55 92,979 28.0 87,332 24.3 90,115 26.2
60 90,111 23.8 82,736 20.5 86,376 22.2
65 86,039 19.8 76,439 17.0 81,181 18.5
70 80,547 15.9 68,491 13.7 74,466 14.9
75 72,737 12.4 58,588 10.6 65,565 11.6
80 61,298 9.2 45,661 7.8 53,346 8.6
85 45,424 6.5 30,276 5.5 37,700 6.1
90 26,271 4.4 14,824 3.7 20,477 4.2
95 9,599 2.9 4,216 2.5 6,889 2.8
100 1,727 2.0 549 1.8 1,142 2.0

Density Edit

The most densely populated state is New Jersey (1,263/mi2 or 488/km2).

The population is highly urbanized, with 82.3% of the population residing in cities and suburbs.[5] Large urban clusters are spread throughout the eastern half of the United States (particularly the Great Lakes area, northeast, east, and southeast) and the western tier states; mountainous areas, principally the Rocky Mountains and Appalachian chain, deserts in the southwest, the dense boreal forests in the extreme north, and the central prairie states are less densely populated; Alaska's population is concentrated along its southern coast – with particular emphasis on the city of Anchorage – and Hawaii's is centered on the island of Oahu.[5] California and Texas are the most populous states, as the mean center of U.S. population has consistently shifted westward and southward.[48][49] New York City is the most populous city in the United States[50] and has been since at least 1790.

In the U.S. territories, population centers include the San Juan metro area in Puerto Rico,[51] Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands,[52] and the island of Tutuila in American Samoa.[53]

Growth rate Edit

  • Population growth rate: 0.12%.[32] Country comparison to the world: 130th

Births and fertility by race Edit

A total of 3,659,289 babies were born in 2021, a 1% increase from 2020. Additionally, researchers also looked at births by race and found that White and Hispanic women each saw the number of births increase by about 2% from 2020 to 2021. Meanwhile, Black and Asian women saw the number of births decline by 2.4% and 2.5%, respectively, over the same period, while American Indian/Alaskan Native women saw their numbers fall by 3.2%.[54] It also marks the first rise in births since 2014. Prior to this report, the total number of births had been decreasing by an average of 2% per year.[54] However, the total fertility rate (the number of births a hypothetical group of 1,000 people would have over their lifetimes) was 1,663.5 births per 1,000 women. This is still below the replacement level, the level a population needs to replace itself, which is 2,100 births per 1,000 women.[54]

Quarterlies of years, Recent estimates. Race and Hispanic origin refers to the mother.[55]
General Fertility Rate:
15–44 years
2020 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2021 Q1 2021 Q2 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3
All races and origins 58.1 57.6 56.8 56.0 55.0 55.2 55.6 56.3 56.6 56.4 56.2
Hispanic 65.2 64.7 63.9 63.1 61.5 61.7 62.2 63.4 64.8 65.1 65.7
Non-Hispanic Black 61.3 61.0 60.1 59.2 57.7 57.3 57.3 57.4 57.5 57.2 56.6
Non-Hispanic White 55.2 54.7 54.0 53.2 52.7 53.1 53.6 54.4 54.3 53.7 53.2
Number of Births and Total Fertility Rate (number of births/mother) by race and origin[56][57][58]
Year Total Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Hispanic Non-Hispanic Asian Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaskan Native Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian Multiracial
2021 3,664,292 (TFR: 1.664) 1,887,656 (TFR: 1.598) 517,889 (TFR: 1.675) 885,916 (TFR: 1.899) 213,813 (TFR: 1.351) 26,124 (TFR: 1.477) 9,531 (TFR: 2.131) 86,982 (TFR: 1.52)
2020 3,613,647 (TFR: 1.641) 1,843,432 (TFR: 1.551) 529,811 (TFR: 1.713) 866,713 (TFR: 1.879) 219,068 (TFR: 1.379) 26,813 (TFR: 1.520) 9,626 (TFR: 2.134)
2019 3,747,540(TRF: 1.706 1,915,912 (TFR: 1.610) 548,075 (TFR: 1.775) 886,467 (TFR: 1.940) 238,769 (TFR: 1.511) 28,450 (TFR: 1.611) 9.770 (TFR: 2,178)
Number of Births, by race and Hispanic origin of the mother and month of birth: United States, January–June, final 2019 and 2020, and provisional 2021 (Provisional 2021 data is based on 99.92% of births)[59]
Race and Hispanic origin of mother and year January–June January February March April May June Total pop.'s percent (January–June)
Non-Hispanic White (2019) 937,741 156,819 142,992 157,502 156,516 165,587 158,325 51.67%
Non-Hispanic White (2020) 916,986 152,519 138,756 155,981 150,953 156,888 156,933 51.43%
Non-Hispanic White (2021) 914,813 142,083 138,803 159,055 153,980 156,969 163,923 52.32%
Non-Hispanic Black (2019) 262,114 47,486 41,497 43,583 42,151 44,584 42,813 14.45%
Non-Hispanic Black (2020) 259,759 46,356 40,587 43,591 41,395 42,999 43,381 14.57%
Non-Hispanic Black (2021) 245,753 41,310 38,628 41,952 39,810 40,936 43,117 14.05%
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska native (2019) 14,013 2,525 2,182 2,332 2,293 2,382 2,299 0.77%
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska native (2020) 13,234 2,292 1,977 2,213 2,195 2,240 2,246 0.74%
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska native (2021) 12,498 2,135 1,932 2,181 2,098 1,961 2,191 0.69%
Non-Hispanic Asian (2019) 116,289 19,628 17,975 19,910 19,261 20,168 19,347 6.41%
Non-Hispanic Asian (2020) 110,811 19,303 17,068 19,268 17,986 18,696 17,880 6.21%
Non-Hispanic Asian (2021) 102,279 15,658 15,410 18,019 17,482 17,552 18,158 5.85%
Non-Hispanic Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (2019) 4,695 790 762 814 738 847 744 0.26%
Non-Hispanic Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (2020) 4,665 803 759 794 705 820 757 0.26%
Non-Hispanic Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (2021) 4,413 799 616 753 731 806 708 0.25%
Hispanic (of any race) (2019) 421,991 73,742 65,667 70,442 68,517 72,747 70,876 23.26%
Hispanic (of any race) (2020) 420,563 73,601 65,140 70,361 68,000 70,085 71,050 23.59%
Hispanic (of any race) (2021) 409,941 65,687 61,961 70,060 68,202 70,722 73,309 23.44%
All races and origins (2019) 1,814,497 310,872 279,963 304,237 298,947 316,386 304,092
All races and origins (2020) 1,783,124 304,722 272,907 301,625 290,478 301,481 302,164
All races and origins (2021) 1,748,768 276,980 266,107 302,137 292,454 299,308 311,782
Percent change in births from 2019 to 2020 and 2020–2021[59]
Race and Hispanic origin of mother and year January–June January February March April May June
Non-Hispanic White (2019-2020) -2 -3 -3 -1 -4 -5 -1
Non-Hispanic White (2020-2021) †0 -7 †0 2 2 †0 4
Non-Hispanic Black (2019-2020) -1 -2 -2 †0 -2 -4 †1
Non-Hispanic Black (2020-2021) -5 -11 -5 -4 -4 -5 †-1
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska native (2019-2020) -6 -9 -9 †-5 †-4 -6 †-2
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska native (2020-2021) -6 -7 †-2 †-1 †-4 -12 †-2
Non-Hispanic Asian (2019-2020) -5 †-2 -5 -3 -7 -7 -8
Non-Hispanic Asian (2020-2021) -8 -19 -10 -6 -3 -6 †2
Non-Hispanic Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (2019-2020) †-1 †2 †0 †-2 †-4 †-3 †2
Non-Hispanic Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (2020-2021) 5 †0 -19 †-5 †4 †-2 †-6
Hispanic (of any race) (2019-2020) †0 †0 †-1 †0 †-1 -4 †0
Hispanic (of any race) (2020-2021) -3 -11 -5 †0 †0 †1 3
All races and origins (2019-2020) -2 -2 -3 -1 -3 -5 -1
All races and origins (2020-2021) -2 -9 -2 †0 1 -1 3

U.S.-born people Edit

Note: Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race, giving a higher overall number. Also note that growth arrows indicate an increase or decrease in the number of births, not in the fertility rate.[60][61][62][63]

Race of mother Number of births
in 2016
% of all
born
TFR
(2016)
Number of births
in 2017
% of all
born
TFR
(2017)
Number of births
in 2018
% of all
born
TFR
(2018)
Number of births
in 2019
% of all
born
TFR
(2019)
Number of births
in 2020
% of all
born
TFR
(2020)
2020-2016

 
 

White 2,900,933 73.5% 1.77 2,812,267 72.9% 1.76 2,788,439 73.5% 1.75
> NH White 2,056,332 52.1% 1.719 1,992,461 51.7% 1.666 1,956,413 51.6% 1.640 1,915,912 51.1% 1.611 1,843,432 51.0% 1.552  10.35%
Black 623,886 15.8% 1.90 626,027 16.2% 1.92 600,933 15.8% 1.87
> NH Black 558,622 14.2% 1.832 560,715 14.5% 1.824 552,029 14.6% 1.792 548,075 14.6% 1.776 529,811 14.7% 1.714  5.16%
NH Asian 254,471 6.5% 1.690 249,250 6.5% 1.597 240,798 6.4% 1.525 238,769 6.4% 1.511 219,068 6.1% 1.385  13.9%
NH American Indian or Alaska native 31,452 0.8% 1.794 29,957 0.8% 1.702 29,092 0.8% 1.651 28,450 0.76% 1.612 26,813 0.74% 1.517  14.75%
NH Hawaiian (incl. other Pacific Islander) 9,342 0.2% 2.076 9,426 0.2% 2.085 9,476 0.3% 2.106 9,770 0.26% 2.178 9,626 0.26% 2.142  3.04%
Total 3,945,875 100% 1.820 3,855,500 100% 1.765 3,791,712 100% 1.729 3,747,540 100% 1.706 3,613,647 100% 1.641  9.84%

NOTE:

  • NH = Non-Hispanic.
  • TFR = Total fertility rate (number of children born per woman).
  • Growth arrows ( / ) indicate an increase or decrease in the number of births, not in the fertility rate, comparing to the previous year.
Ethnicity of mother Number of births
in 2016
% of all
born
TFR
(2016)
Number of births
in 2017
% of all
born
TFR
(2017)
Number of births
in 2018
% of all
born
TFR
(2018)
Number of births
in 2019
% of all
born
TFR
(2019)
Number of births
in 2020
% of all
born
TFR
(2020)
2020-2016

 
 

Non-Hispanic (of any race) 3,027,428 2,956,736 2,905,502 2,861,073 2,746,933  
Hispanic (of any race) 918,447 23.3% 2.093 898,764 23.3% 2.007 886,210 23.4% 1.959 886,467 23.7% 1.940 866,714 24.0% 1.876  5.63%
Foreign-born total fertility rate by race
and those of Hispanic origin[64]
Race 2008 2011 2013
White 2.29 2.01 1.94
Black 2.51 2.57 2.35
Asian 2.25 2.02 1.93
Other 1.80 2.04 2.06
Hispanic (of any race) 3.15 2.77 2.46
Total 2.75 2.45 2.22

Percent of births to White Non-Hispanic women that were their 8th+ child, by US state, in 2021 Edit

New York: 2.21%, New Jersey: 1.7%, Wisconsin: 1.04%, Arkansas: 1.02%, Montana: 0.86%, Ohio: 0.85%, Iowa: 0.84%, Pennsylvania: 0.82%, Kansas: 0.76%, Kentucky: 0.76%, Utah: 0.75%, Minnesota: 0.75%, Indiana: 0.72%, Wyoming: 0.72%, Mississippi: 0.7%, Michigan: 0.7%, Idaho 0.65%, West Virginia: 0.64%, Arizona: 0.62%, North Dakota 0.59%, South Dakota 0.54%, Arkansas 0.51%, New Mexico: 0.50%, Maryland: 0.49%, Oregon: 0.46%, Michigan: 0.44%, Oklahoma: 0.44%, Florida: 0.43%, Tennessee: 0.42%, Virginia: 0.41%, Illinois: 0.40%, Nevada: 0.40%, West Virginia: 0.39%, Delaware: 0.38%, Georgia: 0.36%, Nebraska: 0.36%, Texas: 0.33%, Alabama: 0.33%, Missouri: 0.32%, Vermont: 0.31%, South Carolina: 0.30%, California: 0.29%, Colorado: 0.29%, North Carolina: 0.25%, Alaska: 0.25%, Connecticut: 0.20%, New Hampshire: 0.19%, Massachusetts: 0.17%.

Immigration Edit

Immigrants in the   United States[65]
Country Immigrants
  Mexico 10,853,000+
  India 2,724,000+
  China 2,184,000+
  Philippines 2,061,000+
  Puerto Rico 1,829,000+
  El Salvador 1,411,000+
  Vietnam 1,403,000+
  Cuba 1,376,000+
  Guatemala 1,227,000+
  Dominican Republic 1,168,000+
  South Korea 1,039,000+
 
Foreign born population percentage in the US over time from 1850 to 2020

In 2017, out of the U.S. foreign-born population, some 45% (20.7 million) were naturalized citizens, 27% (12.3 million) were lawful permanent residents (including many eligible to become citizens), 6% (2.2 million) were temporary lawful residents, and 23% (10.5 million) were unauthorized immigrants.[66] Among current living immigrants to the U.S., the top five countries of birth are Mexico (25% of immigrants), China (6%), India (6%), the Philippines (5%) and El Salvador (3%). Some 13% of current living immigrants come from Europe and Canada, and 10% from the Caribbean.[66] Among new arrivals, Asian immigrants have been more numerous than Hispanic immigrants since 2010; in 2017, 37.4% of immigrant arrivals were Asian, and 26.6% were Hispanic.[66] Until 2017 and 2018, the United States led the world in refugee resettlement for decades, admitting more refugees than the rest of the world combined.[67] From fiscal year 1980 until 2017, 55% of refugees came from Asia, 27% from Europe, 13% from Africa, and 4% from Latin America, fleeing war and persecution.[67]

  • Net migration rate (2022): 3.02 migrants/1,000 population.[34] Country comparison to the world: 35th[34]
  • Net migration rate* (2020-2021): 0.73 migrants/1,000 population.[68]

*(mid-year estimates)

As of 2017, 13.6% (44.4 million) of the population was foreign born – an increase from 4.7% in 1970 but less than the 1890 record of 14.8%. 45% of the foreign born population were naturalized US citizens. 23% (10.3 million) of the foreign born community is undocumented, accounting for 3.2% of the total population.[66] According to the 2010 census, Latin America and the Caribbean is the largest region-of-birth group, accounting for 53% of the foreign born population. As of 2018 this region is still the largest source of immigrants to the United States[69][70][71] In 2018, there were almost 90 million immigrants and U.S. born children of immigrants (second-generation Americans) in the United States, accounting for 28% of the overall U.S. population.[72] In 2018, 1,096,611 immigrants were granted either permanent or temporary legal residence in the United States[73]

Inflow of New Legal Permanent Residents, Top 15 Sending Countries, 2021[74]
Country 2021
  Mexico 107,230
  India 93,450
  China 49,847
  Philippines 27,511
  Dominican Republic 24,553
  Cuba 23,077
  El Salvador 18,668
  Brazil 18,351
  Vietnam 16,312
  Colombia 15,293
  Venezuela 14,412
  Jamaica 13,357
  Nigeria 13,100
  South Korea 12,351
  Haiti 11,456
Inflow of New Legal Permanent Residents by Region, 2021[75]
Region 2021
Americas 311,806
Asia 295,306
Africa 66,211
Europe 61,521
Oceania 4,147
Not Specified 1,011
Total 707,362
Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Type and Major Class of Admission[76]
Class of Admission (Adjustments of Status and New Arrivals) 2021
Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens 385,396
Family-sponsored preferences 65,690
Employment-based preferences 193,338
Diversity 15,145
Refugees 35,847
Asylees 20,550
Parolees 13
Children born abroad to alien residents 75
Certain Iraqis and Afghans employed by U.S. Government and their spouses and children 8,303
Cancellation of removal 5,017
Victims of human trafficking 942
Victims of crimes and their spouses and children 9,257
Other 429

Vital statistics Edit

Births, deaths and natural increase in the United States 1935–2021
 
Marriages, Families & Intimate Relationships in the US, 1970–2000
 
Median age at first marriage in the US

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2021, the population of the United States grew at a slower rate than in any other year since the country's founding.[77] The U.S. population grew only 0.1% from the previous year before.[77] The United States' population has grown by less than one million people for the first time since 1937, with the lowest numeric growth since at least 1900, when the Census Bureau began yearly population estimates.[77] Apart from the previous few years, when population growth plummeted to historically low levels, the slowest pace of increase in the twentieth century occurred between 1918 and 1919, when the influenza epidemic and World War I were both in full swing.[77] Slower population growth has been the norm in the United States for some years, owing to lower fertility and net international migration, as well as rising mortality from an aging population.[77]

To put it another way, since the mid-2010s, births and net international migration have been dropping while deaths have risen. These trends have a cumulative effect of reduced population increase.[77]

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this trend, resulting in a historically slow population increase in 2021.

The growth rate is 0.1% as estimated for 2021.[77]

The birth rate is 11.0 births/1,000 population, as of 2020.[41] This was the lowest birth rate since records began. There were 3,613,647 births in 2020, this was the lowest number of births since 1980.[41]

11.0 births/1,000 population per year (final data for 2020).
11.4 births/1,000 population per year (final data for 2019).[41]

In 2020, the CDC reported that there were 1,676,911 marriages in 2020, compared to 2019, there were 2,015,603 marriages.[78] Marriage rates varied significantly by state, ranging from 3.2 marriages/1,000 population in California to 21.0 marriages/1,000 population in Nevada.*[79]

  • 5.1 marriages/1,000 population per year (provisional data for 2020).[78]
  • 6.1 marriages/1,000 population per year (provisional data for 2019).[78]

*Rates are based on provisional counts of marriages by state of occurrence

In 2009, Time magazine reported that 40% of births were to unmarried women.[80] The following is a breakdown by race for unwed births: 17% Asian, 29% White, 53% Hispanics (of any race), 66% Native Americans, and 72% Black American.[81]

According to the CDC, in 2020, there were at least, 1,461,121 births to unmarried women. In 2020, 40.5% of births were to unmarried women. The following is breakdown by race for unwed births: 28.4% Non-Hispanic White, 70.4% Non-Hispanic Black, and 52.8% Hispanic (of any race).[82]

The drop in the birth rate from 2007 to 2009 is believed to be associated with the Great Recession.[83]

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.[84]

Per U.S. federal government data released in March 2011, births fell 4% from 2007 to 2009, the largest drop in the U.S. for any two-year period since the 1970s.[85] Births have declined for three consecutive years, and are now 7% below the peak in 2007.[86] This drop has continued through 2010, according to data released by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics in June 2011.[86] Numerous experts have suggested that this decline is largely a reflection of unfavorable economic conditions.[87] This connection between birth rates and economic downturns partly stems from the fact that American birth rates have now fallen to levels that are comparable to the Great Depression of the 1930s.[88] Teen birth rates in the U.S. are at the lowest level in U.S. history.[89] In fact, teen birth rates in the U.S. have consistently decreased since 1991 through 2011, except for a brief increase between 2005 and 2007.[89] The other aberration from this otherwise steady decline in teen birth rates is the 6% decrease in birth rates for 15- to 19-year-olds between 2008 and 2009.[89] Despite these years of decrease, U.S. teen birth rates are still higher than in other developed nations.[89] Racial differences prevail with teen birth and pregnancy rates as well. The American Indian/Alaska Native, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic Black teen pregnancy rates are more than double the non-Hispanic white teen birth rate.[90]

Age group (2010) Total
(of population)
White alone
(of race/age group)
Black alone
(of race/age group)
Mixed and/or Some Other Race
(of race/age group)
Asian alone
(of race/age group)
Either American Indian or Alaska Native
(of race/age group)
Either Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
(of race/age group)
Total 308745538
(100%)
223553265
(72.4%)
38929319
(12.6%)
28116441
(9.1%)
14674252
(4.9%)
2932248
(1.0%)
540013
(0.2%)
0–4 20201362
(6.5%)
12795675
(5.7%/63.3%)
2902590
(7.5%/14.4%)
3315480
(11.8%/16.4%)
898011
(6.1%/4.5%)
244615
(8.3%/1.2%)
44991
(8.3%/0.2%)
5–9 20348657
(6.6%)
13293799
(5.9%/65.3%)
2882597
(7.4%/14.2%)
2957487
(10.5%/14.5%)
928248
(6.3%/4.6%)
243259
(8.3%/1.2%)
43267
(8.0%/0.0%)
10–14 20677194
(6.7%)
13737332
(6.1%/66.4%)
3034266
(7.8%/14.7%)
2736570
(9.7%/13.2%)
881590
(6.0%/4.3%)
245049
(8.4%/1.19%)
42387
(7.8%/0.2%)
15–19 22040343
(7.1%)
14620638
(6.5%/66.4%)
3448051
(8.9%/15.6%)
2704571
(9.6%/12.3%)
956028
(6.5%/4.3%)
263805
(9.0%/1.2%)
47250
(8.7%/0.2%)
20–24 21585999
(7.0%)
14535947
(6.5%/67.3%)
3111397
(8.0%/14.4%)
2538967
(9.0%/11.8%)
1106222
(7.5%/5.1%)
240716
(8.2%/1.1%)
52750
(9.8%/0.2%)
25–29 21101849
(6.8%)
14345364
(6.4%/68.0%)
2786254
(7.2%/13.2%)
2464343
(8.8%/11.7%)
1234322
(8.4%/5.9%)
221654
(7.6%/1.1%)
49912
(9.2%/0.2%)
30–34 19962099
(6.5%)
13573270
(6.1%/68.0%)
2627925
(6.8%/13.2%)
2273322
(8.1%/11.4%)
1240906
(8.5%/6.2%)
202928
(6.9%/1.0%)
43748
(8.1%/0.2%)
35–39 20179642
(6.5%)
13996797
(6.3%/69.36%)
2613389
(6.7%/13.0%)
2038408
(7.2%/10.1%)
1296301
(8.8%/6.4%)
196017
(6.7%/1.0%)
38730
(7.2%/0.2%)
40–44 20890964
(6.8%)
15052798
(6.7%/72.1%)
2669034
(6.9%/12.8%)
1782463
(6.3%/8.5%)
1155565
(7.9%/5.5%)
194713
(6.6%/0.9%)
36391
(6.7%/0.2%)
45–49 22708591
(7.4%)
17028255
(7.6%/75.0%)
2828657
(7.3%/12.5%)
1532117
(5.4%/6.8%)
1076060
(7.3%/4.7%)
207857
(7.1%/0.9%)
35645
(6.6%/0.2%)
50–54 22298125
(7.2%)
17178632
(7.7%/77.0%)
2694247
(6.9%/12.1%)
1222175
(4.3%/5.5%)
980282
(6.7%/4.4%)
191893
(6.5%/0.9%)
30896
(5.7%/0.1%)
55–59 19664805
(6.4%)
15562187
(7.0%/79.1%)
2205820
(5.7%/11.2%)
873943
(3.1%/4.4%)
844490
(5.8%/4.3%)
154320
(5.3%/0.8%)
24045
(4.5%/0.1%)
60–64 16817924
(5.4%)
13693334
(6.1%/81.4%)
1686695
(4.3%/10.0%)
611144
(2.2%/3.6%)
689601
(4.7%/4.1%)
118362
(4.0%/0.7%)
18788
(3.5%/0.1%)
65–69 12435263
(4.0%)
10313002
(4.6%/82.9%)
1162577
(3.0%/9.4%)
394208
(1.4%/3.2%)
474327
(3.2%/3.8%)
79079
(2.7%/0.6%)
12070
(2.2%/0.1%)
70–74 9278166
(3.0%)
7740932
(3.5%/83.4%)
852317
(2.2%/9.2%)
268574
(1.0%/2.9%)
354268
(2.4%/3.8%)
53926
(1.8%/0.6%)
8149
(1.5%/0.1%)
75–79 7317795
(2.4%)
6224569
(2.8%/85.1%)
616789
(1.6%/8.4%)
184596
(0.7%/2.5%)
251210
(1.7%/3.4%)
35268
(1.2%/0.5%)
5363
(1.0%/0.1%)
80–84 5743327
(1.9%)
5002427
(2.2%/87.1%)
424592
(1.1%/7.4%)
122249
(0.4%/2.1%)
168879
(1.2%/2.9%)
21963
(0.7%/0.4%)
3217
(0.6%/0.1%)
85+ 5493433
(1.8%)
4858307
(2.2%/88.4%)
382122
(1.0%/7.0%)
95824
(0.3%/1.7%)
137942
(0.9%/2.5%)
16824
(0.6%/0.3%)
2414
(0.4%/0.0%)

U.S. demographic table, 1935–2022 Edit

[91][30][31]

Average population Live births[92] Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1,000) Crude death rate (per 1,000)[93] Natural change (per 1,000) Crude migration change (per 1,000) Total fertility rate[fn 1][94]
1935 127,250,000 2,377,000 1,392,752 984,248 18.7 10.9 7.7 2.19
1936 128,053,000 2,355,000 1,479,228 875,772 18.4 11.5 6.8 -0.5 2.15
1937 128,825,000 2,413,000 1,450,427 962,573 18.7 11.2 7.5 -1.5 2.17
1938 129,825,000 2,496,000 1,381,391 1,114,609 19.2 10.6 8.6 -0.9 2.22
1939 130,880,000 2,466,000 1,387,897 1,078,103 18.8 10.6 8.2 -0.1 2.17
1940 131,930,000 2,559,000 1,417,269 1,142,000 19.4 10.8 8.7 -0.7 2.301
1941 133,058,000 2,703,000 1,397,642 1,305,358 20.3 10.5 9.8 -1.3 2.399
1942 133,752,000 2,989,000 1,385,187 1,603,813 22.2 10.3 12 -6.8 2.628
1943 133,971,000 3,104,000 1,459,544 1,644,306 22.8 10.7 12.3 -10.7 2.718
1944 132,622,000 2,939,000 1,411,338 1,644,456 21.2 10.2 12.4 -22.6 2.568
1945 132,137,000 2,858,000 1,401,719 1,456,281 20.4 11 11 -14.7 2.491
1946 139,893,000 3,411,000 1,395,617 2,015,383 24.1 10.0 14.4 41.0 2.943
1947 143,375,000 3,817,000 1,445,370 2,371,630 26.6 10.0 16.5 7.8 3.274
1948 146,045,000 3,637,000 1,444,337 2,192,663 24.9 9.8 15 3.3 3.109
1949 148,558,000 3,649,000 1,443,607 2,205,393 24.5 9.7 14.8 2.1 3.110
1950 151,240,000 3,632,000 1,452,454 2,180,000 24.1 9.6 14.4 3.3 3.091
1951 153,384,000 3,823,000 1,482,099 2,340,901 24.8 9.6 15.3 -1.3 3.269
1952 155,761,000 3,913,000 1,496,838 2,416,162 25.0 9.6 15.5 -0.2 3.358
1953 158,313,000 3,965,000 1,447,459 2,517,541 25.2 9.1 15.9 0.2 3.424
1954 161,191,000 4,078,000 1,481,091 2,596,909 24.8 9.3 16.1 1.8 3.543
1955 164,302,000 4,097,000 1,528,717 2,568,283 25.0 9.3 15.6 3.3 3.580
1956 167,261,000 4,218,000 1,564,476 2,653,524 25.1 9.3 15.9 1.8 3.689
1957 170,295,000 4,308,000 1,633,128 2,666,872 25.3 9.5 15.7 2.1 3.767
1958 173,239,000 4,255,000 1,647,886 2,607,114 24.4 9.5 15 2.0 3.701
1959 176,511,000 4,244,796 1,656,814 2,587,982 24.0 9.4 14.7 3.8 3.670
1960 179,977,000 4,257,850 1,711,982 2,545,868 23.7 9.5 14.1 5.2 3.654
1961 182,953,000 4,268,326 1,701,522 2,566,804 23.3 9.3 14.0 2.3 3.629
1962 185,771,000 4,167,362 1,756,720 2,410,642 22.4 9.5 13 2.2 3.474
1963 188,483,000 4,098,020 1,813,549 2,284,471 21.7 9.6 12.1 2.3 3.333
1964 191,141,000 4,027,490 1,798,051 2,229,439 21.1 9.4 11.7 2.2 3.208
1965 193,526,000 3,760,358 1,828,136 1,932,222 19.4 9.5 9.9 2.4 2.928
1966 195,576,000 3,606,274 1,863,149 1,743,125 18.4 9.5 8.9 1.6 2.736
1967 197,457,000 3,520,959 1,851,323 1,669,636 17.8 9.4 8.4 1.1 2.578
1968 199,399,000 3,501,564 1,930,082 1,571,482 17.6 9.7 7.9 1.8 2.477
1969 201,385,000 3,600,206 1,921,990 1,678,216 17.9 9.5 8.4 1.5 2.465
1970 203,984,000 3,731,386 1,921,031 1,810,355 18.4 9.4 9.0 3.7 2.480
1971 206,827,000 3,555,970 1,927,542 1,628,428 17.2 9.3 7.9 5.8 2.266
1972 209,284,000 3,258,411 1,963,944 1,294,467 15.6 9.4 6.2 5.5 2.010
1973 211,357,000 3,136,965 1,973,003 1,163,962 14.8 9.5 5.3 4.5 1.879
1974 213,342,000 3,159,958 1,934,388 1,225,570 14.8 9.1 5.7 3.6 1.835
1975 215,465,000 3,144,198 1,892,879 1,251,319 14.6 8.8 5.8 4.1 1.774
1976 217,563,000 3,167,788 1,909,440 1,258,348 14.6 8.8 5.8 3.8 1.738
1977 219,760,000 3,326,632 1,899,597 1,427,035 15.1 8.6 6.5 3.5 1.789
1978 222,095,000 3,333,279 1,927,788 1,405,491 15.0 8.7 6.3 4.2 1.760
1979 224,567,000 3,494,398 1,913,841 1,580,557 15.6 8.5 7.1 3.9 1.808
1980 227,225,000 3,612,258 1,989,841 1,622,417 15.9 8.8 7.1 4.6 1.839
1981 229,466,000 3,629,238 1,977,981 1,651,257 15.8 8.6 7.2 2.6 1.812
1982 231,664,000 3,680,537 1,974,797 1,705,740 15.9 8.5 7.4 2.1 1.827
1983 233,792,000 3,638,933 2,019,201 1,619,732 15.6 8.6 6.9 2.2 1.799
1984 235,825,000 3,669,141 2,039,369 1,629,772 15.6 8.6 6.9 1.7 1.806
1985 237,924,000 3,760,561 2,086,440 1,674,121 15.8 8.8 7.0 1.8 1.844
1986 240,133,000 3,756,547 2,105,361 1,651,186 15.6 8.8 6.9 2.3 1.837
1987 242,289,000 3,809,394 2,123,323 1,686,071 15.7 8.8 7.0 1.9 1.872
1988 244,499,000 3,909,510 2,167,999 1,741,511 16.0 8.9 7.1 1.9 1.934
1989 246,819,000 4,040,958 2,150,466 1,890,492 16.4 8.7 7.7 1.7 2.014
1990 249,623,000 4,158,212 2,148,463 2,009,749 16.7 8.6 8.1 3.1 2.081
1991 252,981,000 4,110,907 2,169,518 1,941,389 16.2 8.6 7.7 5.6 2.062
1992 256,514,000 4,065,014 2,175,613 1,889,401 15.8 8.5 7.4 6.4 2.046
1993 259,919,000 4,000,240 2,268,553 1,731,687 15.4 8.7 6.7 6.4 2.019
1994 263,126,000 3,952,767 2,278,994 1,673,773 15.0 8.7 6.4 5.8 2.001
1995 266,278,000 3,899,589 2,312,132 1,587,457 14.6 8.7 6.0 5.8 1.978
1996 269,394,000 3,891,494 2,314,690 1,576,804 14.4 8.6 5.9 5.7 1.976
1997 272,647,000 3,880,894 2,314,245 1,566,649 14.2 8.5 5.7 6.2 1.971
1998 275,854,000 3,941,553 2,337,256 1,604,297 14.3 8.5 5.8 5.8 1.999
1999 279,040,000 3,959,417 2,391,399 1,568,018 14.2 8.6 5.6 5.8 2.007
2000 282,162,411 4,058,814 2,403,351 1,655,463 14.4 8.5 5.9 5.2 2.056
2001 284,968,955 4,025,933 2,416,425 1,609,508 14.1 8.5 5.6 4.2 2.030
2002 287,625,193 4,021,726 2,443,387 1,578,339 14.0 8.5 5.5 3.7 2.020
2003 290,107,933 4,089,950 2,448,288 1,641,662 14.1 8.4 5.6 3.0 2.047
2004 292,805,298 4,112,052 2,397,615 1,714,437 14.0 8.2 5.9 3.3 2.051
2005 295,516,599 4,138,349 2,448,017 1,690,332 14.0 8.3 5.7 3.5 2.057
2006 298,379,912 4,265,555 2,426,264 1,839,291 14.3 8.1 6.2 3.4 2.108
2007 301,231,207 4,316,234 2,423,712 1,892,522 14.3 8.0 6.3 3.2 2.120
2008 304,093,966 4,247,694 2,471,984 1,775,710 14.0 8.1 5.9 3.5 2.072
2009 306,771,529 4,130,665 2,437,163 1,693,502 13.5 7.9 5.6 3.1 2.002
2010 309,327,143 3,999,386 2,468,435 1,530,951 13.0 8.0 5.0 3.3 1.931
2011 311,583,481 3,953,590 2,515,458 1,438,412 12.7 8.1 4.6 2.6 1.894
2012 313,877,862 3,952,841 2,543,279 1,409,562 12.6 8.1 4.5 2.8 1.880
2013 316,059,947 3,932,181 2,596,993 1,336,183 12.4 8.2 4.2 2.7 1.857
2014 318,386,329 3,988,076 2,626,418 1,361,658 12.5 8.2 4.3 3.0 1.862
2015 320,738,994 3,978,497 2,712,630 1,265,867 12.4 8.4 4.0 3.3 1.843
2016 323,071,755 3,945,875 2,744,248 1,201,627 12.2 8.5 3.7 3.5 1.820
2017[95][96] 325,122,128 3,855,500 2,813,503 1,041,997 11.8 8.7 3.1 3.2 1.765
2018[97][98] 326,838,199 3,791,712 2,839,205 952,507 11.6 8.7 2.9 2.4 1.729
2019 328,329,953 3,747,540 2,854,858 892,682 11.4 8.7 2.7 1.8 1.706
2020[99][100] 331,501,080 3,613,647 3,383,729 229,918 10.9 10.3 0.6 8.9 1.641
2021[101][102] 331,893,745 3,664,292 3,464,231 200,061 11.0 10.4 0.5 0.7 1.664
2022[103][104] 333,287,557 3,699,491 3,273,705 425,786 11.1 9.8 1.2 3.0 1.665[105]

Current vital statistics Edit

[106]

Period Live births Deaths Natural increase
January — August 2022 2,426,758 2,195,349 +231,409
January — August 2023 2,374,232 2,034,653 +339,579
Difference   -52,526 (-2.16%)   -160,696 (-7.32%)   +108,170

U.S. projected population table, 2017–2060 Edit

The United States Census Bureau's 2017 projections were produced using the cohort-component method. In the cohort-component method, the components of population change (fertility, mortality, and net migration) are projected separately for each birth cohort (persons born in a given year). The base population is advanced each year by using projected survival rates and net international migration. Each year, a new birth cohort is added to the population by applying the projected fertility rates to the female population.

US population projections (resident population as of July 1 & numbers in thousands)[107]
Year Population
2017 325,511
2018 327,892
2019 330,269
2020 332,639
2021 334,998
2022 337,342
2023 339,665
2024 341,963
2025 344,234
2026 346,481
2027 348,695
2028 350,872
2029 353,008
2030 355,101
2031 357,147
2032 359,147
2033 361,099
2034 363,003
2035 364,862
2036 366,676
2037 368,448
2038 370,179
2039 371,871
2040 373,528
2041 375,152
2042 376,746
2043 378,314
2044 379,861
2045 381,390
2046 382,907
2047 384,415
2048 385,918
2049 387,419
2050 388,922
2051 390,431
2052 391,947
2053 393,473
2054 395,009
2055 396,557
2056 398,118
2057 399,691
2058 401,277
2059 402,874
2060 404,483

Since 1790 Edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
17903,929,214
18005,236,63133.3%
18107,239,88138.3%
18209,638,45333.1%
183012,866,02033.5%
184017,069,45332.7%
185023,191,87635.9%
186031,443,32135.6%
187038,558,37122.6%
188049,371,34028.0%
189062,979,76627.6%
190076,212,16821.0%
191092,228,53121.0%
1920106,021,56815.0%
1930123,202,66016.2%
1940132,165,1297.3%
1950151,325,79814.5%
1960179,323,17518.5%
1970203,211,92613.3%
1980226,545,80511.5%
1990248,709,8739.8%
2000281,421,90613.2%
2010308,745,5389.7%
2020331,449,2817.4%
Sources: United States Census Bureau[108][109][110][111]
2020 data (as of population clock)[13]
Note that the census numbers do not
include American natives before 1860.

In 1900, when the U.S. population was 76 million, there were 66.8 million white Americans in the United States, representing 88% of the total population,[112] 8.8 million Black Americans, with about 90% of them still living in Southern states,[113] and slightly more than 500,000 Hispanics.[114]

Under the law, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,[115] the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States has increased,[116] from 9.6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007.[117] Around a million people legally immigrated to the United States per year in the 1990s, up from 250,000 per year in the 1950s.[118]

In 1900, non-Hispanic whites comprised almost 97% of the population of the 10 largest U.S. cities.[119] The Census Bureau reported that minorities (including Hispanic whites) made up 50.4% of the children born in the U.S. between July 2010 and July 2011,[120] compared to 37% in 1990.[121]

In 2014, the state with the lowest fertility rate was Rhode Island, with a rate of 1.56, while Utah had the greatest rate with a rate of 2.33.[60] 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.[122]

In 2017, the U.S. birth rate remains well below the replacement level needed – at least 2.1 children per woman so as not to experience population decreases – as white American births fell in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Among non-Hispanic white women, no states had a fertility rate above the replacement level. Among non-Hispanic Black women, 12 states reached above the replacement level needed. Among Hispanic women, 29 states did.[123] For non-Hispanic white women, the highest total fertility rate was in Utah, at 2.099, and the lowest in the District of Columbia, at 1.012. Among non-Hispanic Black women, the highest total fertility rate was in Maine, at 4.003, and the lowest in Wyoming, at 1.146. For Hispanic women, the highest total fertility rate was in Alabama, at 3.085, and the lowest in Vermont, at 1.200, and Maine, at 1.281.[123][124] Due to the aging and low birth rates among white people, deaths now outnumber births among white people (non-Hispanic) in more than half the states in the country.[125]

In 2018, U.S. births fell to the lowest level in 32 years.[126]

Median age of the population Edit

Median age of the U.S. population through history. Source: U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Census, United States Census Bureau and The World Factbook.[94][127]

Years 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900
Median age of the total population 16.7 17.2 17.8 18.9 19.4 20.2 20.9 22.0 22.9
Median age of males 16.6 17.2 17.9 19.2 19.8 20.2 21.2 22.3 23.3
Median age of females 16.8 17.3 17.8 18.6 19.1 20.1 20.7 21.6 22.4
Years 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2018 2021
Median age of the total population 24.1 25.3 26.5 29.0 30.2 29.6 28.1 30.0 32.9 35.3 37.2 38.2 38.8
Median age of males 24.6 25.8 26.7 29.1 29.9 28.7 26.8 28.8 31.7 34.0 35.8 36.9 37.7
Median age of females 23.5 24.7 25.2 29.0 30.5 30.4 29.8 31.2 34.1 36.5 38.5 39.5 39.8

Vital statistics Edit

 
States in the US shown with population change 2010 to 2020 census[128]
  -2.00% or less
  -0.01% to -1.99%
  0% to 0.99%
  1% to 2.49%
  2.5% to 4.99%
  5% to 8.99%
  9% to 11.99%
  12% or more
 
One person households in the US over time

The U.S. total fertility rate as of 2020 is 1.641[41]

Other:[60]

(Note that ≈95% of Hispanics are included as "white Hispanics" by CDC, which does not recognize the Census's "Some other race" category and counts people in that category as white.)

Source: National Vital statistics report based on 2010 US Census data[129]

Total Fertility Rates from 1800 to 2010 Edit

The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. Sources: Ansley J. Coale, Zelnik and National Center for Health Statistics.[130]

Years 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900[130]
Total Fertility Rate in the United States 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.1 5.4 5.2 4.6 4.2 3.9 3.6
Years 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010[130] 2020
Total Fertility Rate in the United States 3.4 3.2 2.5 2.2 3.0 3.5 2.5 1.8 2.08 2.06 1.93 1.64

Life expectancy at birth from 1901 to 2015 Edit

Life expectancy in the United States from 1901 to 2015. Source: Our World In Data and the United Nations.

1901–1950

Years 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910[131]
Life expectancy in the United States 49.3 50.5 50.6 49.6 50.3 50.2 50.1 51.9 52.8 51.8
Years 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920[131]
Life expectancy in the United States 53.4 54.1 53.5 54.6 55.1 54.2 54.0 47.0 55.3 55.4
Years 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930[131]
Life expectancy in the United States 58.2 58.1 57.5 58.5 58.5 57.9 59.4 58.3 58.5 59.6
Years 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940[131]
Life expectancy in the United States 60.3 61.0 60.9 60.2 60.9 60.4 61.1 62.4 63.1 63.2
Years 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950[131]
Life expectancy in the United States 63.8 64.6 64.3 65.1 65.6 66.3 66.7 67.3 67.6 68.1

1901–2015

Period Life expectancy
in Years
1901–1909 49.3 – 52.8
1910–1919 53.5 – 55.3[132]
1920–1929 55.4 – 59.4
1930–1939 60.2 – 63.1
1940–1949 63.8 – 67.6
1950–1955 68.7
1955–1960 69.7
1960–1965 70.1
1965–1970 70.4
1970–1975 71.4
1975–1980 73.3
1980–1985 74.4
1985–1990 74.9
1990–1995 75.7
1995–2000 76.5
2000–2005 77.2
2005–2010 78.2
2010–2015 78.9
2015–2020 78.8

Source: UN World Population Prospects[133]

Percent distribution of the total population by age: 1900 to 2015 Edit

 
Population pyramid of United States in 1950

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, United Nations medium variant projections.[134][135]

Ages 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015
0–14 years 34.5 32.1 31.8 29.4 25.0 26.9 31.1 28.5 22.6 21.5 21.4 20.2 19.8
15–24 years 19.6 19.7 17.7 18.3 18.2 14.7 13.4 17.4 18.8 14.8 13.9
25–44 years 28.1 29.2 29.6 29.5 30.1 30.0 26.2 23.6 27.7 32.5 30.2
45–64 years 13.7 14.6 16.1 17.5 19.8 20.3 20.1 20.6 19.6 18.6 22.0
65 years and over 4.1 4.3 4.7 5.4 6.8 8.1 9.2 9.9 11.3 12.6 12.4 13.0 14.3
Total (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 33.2 34.1

Population centers Edit

The United States has dozens of major cities, including 31 "global cities"[136] of all types, with 10 in the "alpha" group of global cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Boston, San Francisco, Miami, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Atlanta.[137] As of 2021, the United States had 56 metropolitan areas with 1 million or more inhabitants. (The U.S. Census Bureau ranked Urban Honolulu as the 56th most populous area, with just over 1 million residents. See Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas.)

As of 2011, 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.[138]

The following table shows the populations of the top twenty metropolitan areas. Note Denver and Baltimore have over 2.5 million residents in their metro areas, and the San Juan (Puerto Rico) metro area has more than 2 million residents.[139]

 
Largest metropolitan areas in the United States
Rank Name Region Pop. Rank Name Region Pop.
 
New York
 
Los Angeles
1 New York Northeast 19,768,458 11 Boston Northeast 4,899,932  
Chicago
 
Dallas–Fort Worth
2 Los Angeles West 12,997,353 12 Riverside–San Bernardino West 4,653,105
3 Chicago Midwest 9,509,934 13 San Francisco West 4,623,264
4 Dallas–Fort Worth South 7,759,615 14 Detroit Midwest 4,365,205
5 Houston South 7,206,841 15 Seattle West 4,011,553
6 Washington, D.C. South 6,356,434 16 Minneapolis–Saint Paul Midwest 3,690,512
7 Philadelphia Northeast 6,228,601 17 San Diego West 3,286,069
8 Atlanta South 6,144,050 18 Tampa–St. Petersburg South 3,219,514
9 Miami South 6,091,747 19 Denver West 2,972,566
10 Phoenix West 4,946,145 20 Baltimore South 2,838,327


Race and ethnicity Edit

Racial and ethnic groups in the United States (2020 census)[140]

  White Americans* (57.8%)
  Latino Americans** (18.7%)
  Black Americans* (12.1%)
  Asian Americans* (5.9%)
  Two or more races* (4.1%)
  Native Americans* (0.7%)
  Some other race* (0.5%)

*NHL
**OAR

Racial groups in the United States (2020 census) including racial identification of Latinos[141]

  White Americans (61.6%)
  Black Americans (12.4%)
  Two or more races (10.2%)
  Some other race (8.4%)
  Asian Americans (6.0%)
  Native Americans (1.1%)
 
U.S. race by Hispanic origin demographics from 1940 to 2020
 
Ethnic origins in the United States
 
Ethno-racial makeup of the United States by single year ages from 1990 to 2020
 
Ethno-racial makeup of the United States by single year ages in 2020
 
Counties in the United States by percentage of the population which is non-Hispanic or Latino and/or non-white according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates.[142] Counties with larger populations of Hispanic/Latino and/or non-white than the United States as a whole are in full purple.
 
States in the United States by Hispanic/Latino and/or non-white population according to the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013–2017 5-Year Estimates.[142] States with larger Hispanic/Latino and/or non-white populations than the United States as a whole are in full purple.

Race Edit

 
Population pyramid by race/ethnicity in 2020

The United States Census Bureau collects racial data in accordance with guidelines provided by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and these data are based on self-identification. Many other countries count multiple races based on origin while America compiles multiple dozens of ethnicity groups into skin color grouping them together.[citation needed][relevant?] The racial classifications and definitions used by the U.S. Census Bureau are:[143]

  • White: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.[144] It includes people who indicate their race as "White" or report entries such as English, Iranian, Irish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Lebanese, Arab, Moroccan, or Caucasian.
  • Black or African American: a person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.[144] It includes people who indicate their race as "Black, African Am." or report entries such as African American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian.
  • American Indian or Alaska Native: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.[144] This category includes people who indicate their race as "American Indian or Alaska Native" or report entries such as Navajo, Blackfeet, Inupiat, Yup'ik, Central American Indian groups, or South American Indian groups.
  • Asian: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.[144]
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.[144]
  • Some other race: includes all other responses not included in the "White," "Black or African American," "American Indian or Alaska Native," "Asian," and "Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander" racial categories described above includes Asians from Western Asia or Russia (non European Russia) and White Africans
  • Two or more races: people may choose to provide two or more races either by checking two or more race response check boxes, providing multiple responses, or some combination of check boxes and other responses.

Data about race and ethnicity are self-reported to the Census Bureau. Since the 2000 census, Congress has authorized people to identify themselves according to more than one racial classification by selecting more than one category. Only one ethnicity may be selected, however, because the U.S. Census recognizes only two ethnicities – Hispanic and Non-Hispanic – which are mutually exclusive since you can be one or the other, but not both. The Census Bureau defines "Hispanic" as any person who has an ancestral connection to Latin America.

According to the United States Census Bureau website, the racial composition of the United States in 2021 was:[145]

Race (2021) Population Share of population
Total 323,175,700 100.0%
(Non-Hispanic) White, percent 187,925,100 58.2%
Black or African American, percent 37,520,800 11.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent 61,241,900 19.0%
Asian, percent 18,558,600 5.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native, percent 1,667,100 0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 541,200 0.2%
Two or more Races, percent 15,711,100 4.9%

According to the 2013–2017 American Community Survey, the racial composition of the United States in 2017 was:[146]

Race Population (2017 est.) Share of total
population
Total 321,004,407 100%
One race 310,923,363 96.9%
  White 234,370,202 73.0%
  Black or African American 40,610,815 12.7%
  American Indian and Alaska Native 2,632,102 0.8%
  Asian 17,186,320 5.4%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 570,116 0.2%
  Other races 15,553,808 4.8%
Two or more races 10,081,044 3.1%
  White and Black or African American 2,657,560 0.8%
  White and American Indian and Alaska Native 1,905,946 0.6%
  White and Asian 2,057,321 0.6%
  Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native 319,097 0.1%
  Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 56,510,571 17.6%
  Mexican 35,709,528 11.1%
  Puerto Rican 5,418,521 1.7%
  Cuban 2,158,962 0.7%
  Other Hispanic or Latino 13,223,560 4.1%
  Not Hispanic or Latino 264,493,836 82.4%
  White (non-Hispanic) 197,277,789 61.5%
  Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 39,445,495 12.3%
  American Indian and Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2,098,763 0.7%
  Asian (non-Hispanic) 16,989,540 5.3%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 515,522 0.2%
  Some other race (non-Hispanic) 715,432 0.2%
  Two or more races 7,451,295 2.3%
Distribution of Total Population by Race, 1900 to 2020 (in %)

Hispanic are shown like part of the races. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.[134][127]

Years 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000* 2010* 2020*
White 87.9 88.9 89.7 89.8 89.8 89.5 88.6 87.5 83.0 80.3 75.1 72.4 61.6
Black or African American 11.6 10.7 9.9 9.7 9.8 10.0 10.5 11.1 11.7 12.1 12.3 12.6 12.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
and other Pacific Islander
1.5 2.9 3.8 5.0 6.2
Some other race 3.0 3.9 5.5 6.2 8.4
Two or more races 2.4 2.9 10.2
Sum (%) 99.5 99.6 99.6 99.5 99.6 99.5 99.1 98.6 100 100 100 100 100

*Data are shown for the White, Black or African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and Some other race alone populations.

Median age by each race alone & ethnicity, 2021

Source: United States Census Bureau.[147]

Race Median age (both sexes) (years) Median age (male) (years) Median age (female) (years)
Total Population 38.8 37.7 39.8
White (Non-Hispanic) 43.8 42.6 45.0
Black or African American 34.5 32.9 36.1
American Indian and Alaska Native 32.1 31.8 32.5
Asian 37.7 36.5 38.9
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 32.7 32.5 32.9
Two or More Races 21.1 20.4 21.8
Hispanic alone 30.5 30.2 30.8
Not Hispanic 41.0 39.8 42.1
Median age by race alone or in combination & ethnicity, 2021

Source: United States Census Bureau.[147]

Race Median age (both sexes) (years) Median age (male) (years) Median age (female) (years)
White 39.8 38.9 40.8
Black or African American 32.7 31.2 34.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 31.6 30.9 32.2
Asian 35.4 34.1 36.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 29.8 29.3 30.3
White (Non-Hispanic) 42.8 41.7 44.0
Most common age by race/ethnicity, 2018[148]
Race/ethnicity White Black or
African American
Hispanic Asian American Indian and
Alaska Native
Native Hawaiian and
Pacific Islander
Multiracial
Most common age 58 yo 27 yo 11 yo 29 yo 26 yo 28 yo 3 yo
Racial breakdown of population by state (plus D.C. and Puerto Rico), 2015[146]
State or territory Population
(2015 est.)
White Black or
African American
American Indian
and Alaska Native
Asian Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander
Some other race Two or more races
Alabama 4,830,620 68.8% 26.4% 0.5% 1.2% 0.1% 1.3% 1.7%
Alaska 733,375 66.0% 3.4% 13.8% 5.9% 1.2% 1.3% 8.4%
Arizona 6,641,928 78.4% 4.2% 4.4% 3.0% 0.2% 6.5% 3.2%
Arkansas 2,958,208 78.0% 15.5% 0.6% 1.4% 0.2% 2.1% 2.1%
California 38,421,464 61.8% 5.9% 0.7% 13.7% 0.4% 12.9% 4.5%
Colorado 5,278,906 84.2% 4.0% 0.9% 2.9% 0.1% 4.3% 3.5%
Connecticut 3,593,222 77.3% 10.3% 0.2% 4.2% 0.0% 5.1% 2.8%
Delaware 926,454 69.4% 21.6% 0.3% 3.6% 0.0% 2.3% 2.7%
District of Columbia 647,484 40.2% 48.9% 0.3% 3.7% 0.0% 4.2% 2.7%
Florida 19,645,772 76.0% 16.1% 0.3% 2.6% 0.1% 2.5% 2.4%
Georgia 10,006,693 60.2% 30.9% 0.3% 3.6% 0.0% 2.8% 2.1%
Hawaii 1,406,299 25.4% 2.0% 0.2% 37.7% 9.9% 1.1% 23.7%
Idaho 1,616,547 91.7% 0.6% 1.3% 1.3% 0.1% 2.4% 2.6%
Illinois 12,873,761 72.3% 14.3% 0.2% 5.0% 0.0% 5.8% 2.2%
Indiana 6,568,645 84.2% 9.2% 0.2% 1.9% 0.0% 2.3% 2.2%
Iowa 3,093,526 91.2% 3.2% 0.3% 2.0% 0.1% 1.3% 2.0%
Kansas 2,892,987 85.2% 5.8% 0.8% 2.6% 0.1% 2.2% 3.3%
Kentucky 4,397,353 87.6% 7.9% 0.2% 1.3% 0.0% 0.9% 2.1%
Louisiana 4,625,253 62.8% 32.1% 0.6% 1.7% 0.0% 1.0% 1.8%
Maine 1,329,100 95.0% 1.1% 0.6% 1.1% 0.0% 0.2% 2.0%
Maryland 5,930,538 57.6% 29.5% 0.3% 6.0% 0.0% 3.6% 3.0%
Massachusetts 6,705,586 79.6% 7.1% 0.2% 6.0% 0.0% 4.2% 2.9%
Michigan 9,900,571 79.0% 14.0% 0.5% 2.7% 0.0% 1.1% 2.6%
Minnesota 5,419,171 84.8% 5.5% 1.0% 4.4% 0.0% 1.5% 2.7%
Mississippi 2,988,081 59.2% 37.4% 0.4% 1.0% 0.0% 0.9% 1.2%
Missouri 6,045,448 82.6% 11.5% 0.4% 1.8% 0.1% 1.1% 2.4%
Montana 1,014,699 89.2% 0.5% 6.5% 0.7% 0.1% 0.5% 2.5%
Nebraska 1,869,365 88.1% 4.7% 0.9% 2.0% 0.1% 1.9% 2.2%
Nevada 2,798,636 69.0% 8.4% 1.1% 7.7% 0.6% 8.8% 4.4%
New Hampshire 1,324,201 93.7% 1.3% 0.2% 2.4% 0.0% 0.5% 1.8%
New Jersey 8,904,413 68.3% 13.5% 0.2% 9.0% 0.0% 6.4% 2.5%
New Mexico 2,084,117 73.2% 2.1% 9.1% 1.4% 0.1% 10.9% 3.3%
New York 19,673,174 64.6% 15.6% 0.4% 8.0% 0.0% 8.6% 2.9%
North Carolina 9,845,333 69.5% 21.5% 1.2% 2.5% 0.1% 3.0% 2.4%
North Dakota 721,640 88.7% 1.6% 5.3% 1.2% 0.0% 0.8% 2.2%
Ohio 11,575,977 82.4% 12.2% 0.2% 1.9% 0.0% 0.8% 2.5%
Oklahoma 3,849,733 73.1% 7.2% 7.3% 1.9% 0.1% 2.6% 7.8%
Oregon 3,939,233 85.1% 1.8% 1.2% 4.0% 0.4% 3.4% 4.1%
Pennsylvania 12,779,559 81.6% 11.0% 0.2% 3.1% 0.0% 2.0% 2.1%
Puerto Rico 3,583,073 69.7% 8.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.0% 12.0% 9.3%
Rhode Island 1,053,661 81.1% 6.5% 0.5% 3.2% 0.0% 5.8% 2.8%
South Carolina 4,777,576 67.2% 27.5% 0.3% 1.4% 0.1% 1.5% 2.0%
South Dakota 843,190 85.0% 1.6% 8.6% 1.2% 0.0% 0.9% 2.6%
Tennessee 6,499,615 77.8% 16.8% 0.3% 1.6% 0.1% 1.5% 2.0%
Texas 26,538,614 74.9% 11.9% 0.5% 4.2% 0.1% 6.0% 2.5%
Utah 2,903,379 87.6% 1.1% 1.1% 2.2% 0.9% 4.5% 2.6%
Vermont 626,604 94.9% 1.1% 0.3% 1.4% 0.0% 0.3% 1.9%
Virginia 8,256,630 69.0% 19.2% 0.3% 6.0% 0.1% 2.2% 3.2%
Washington 6,985,464 77.8% 3.6% 1.3% 7.7% 0.6% 3.8% 5.2%
West Virginia 1,851,420 93.6% 3.3% 0.2% 0.7% 0.0% 0.2% 2.0%
Wisconsin 5,742,117 86.5% 6.3% 0.9% 2.5% 0.0% 1.7% 2.1%
Wyoming 579,679 91.0% 1.1% 2.2% 0.9% 0.1% 2.1% 2.7%
Racial breakdown of population in the Insular Areas, 2010[149][150][151][152]
Territory Population
(2010 est.)
White Black or
African American
American Indian
and Alaska Native
Asian Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander
Some other race Two or more races
American Samoa 55,519 0.9% 0.0% 3.6% 92.6% 0.1% 2.7%
Guam 159,358 7.1% 1.0% 32.2% 49.3% 0.3% 9.4%
Northern Mariana Islands 53,883 2.1% 0.1% 49.9% 34.9% 0.2% 12.7%
U.S. Virgin Islands 106,405 15.6% 76.0% 1.4% 0.0% 4.9% 2.1%
U.S. Births by race/ethnicity in 2018[126]
Year White Alone Black Alone Hispanic Native American Alone Asian Alone Pacific Islander Alone
2018 51.6% 14.6% 23.4% 0.8% 6.4% 0.3%
Percentage distribution of the U.S. resident population 5 to 17 years old, by race/ethnicity: 2000 and 2017[153]
Year White Black or
African American
Hispanic Asian Pacific Islander American Indian
Alaska Native
Two or more races
2000 60% 15% 16% 3% 1% 2%
2017 51% 14% 25% 5% 1% 4%
Percentage distribution of the U.S. resident population 18 to 24 years old, by race/ethnicity: 2000 and 2017[153]
Year White Black or
African American
Hispanic Asian Pacific Islander American Indian
Alaska Native
Two or more races
2000 62% 14% 18% 4% 1% 1%
2017 54% 14% 22% 6% 1% 3%
Percentage of population between non-Hispanic whites and Minority by age group, 2013[154]
Age group 85+ 80–84 75–79 70–74 65–69 60–64 55–59 50–54 45–49 40–44 35–39 30–34 25–29 20–24 15–19 10–14 5–9 <5
non-Hispanic white 83% 81% 79% 78% 77% 74% 72% 69% 65% 61% 58% 57% 57% 56% 55% 54% 52% 50%
Minority 17% 19% 21% 22% 23% 26% 28% 31% 35% 39% 42% 43% 43% 44% 45% 46% 48% 50%

Hispanic or Latino origin Edit

 
CensusViewer US 2010 Census Latino Population as a heatmap by census tract

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines "Hispanic or Latino" as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. People who identify with the terms "Hispanic" or "Latino" are those who classify themselves in one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the decennial census questionnaire and various Census Bureau survey questionnaires – "Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano" or "Puerto Rican" or "Cuban" – as well as those who indicate that they are "another Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin."[155] People who identify their origin as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.[143]

Hispanic or Latino and Race Population (2015 est.) Percentage of total
population
United States population 316,515,021 100%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 54,232,205 17.1%
  White 35,684,777 11.3%
  Black or African American 1,122,369 0.3%
  American Indian and Alaska Native 490,557 0.1%
  Asian 181,231 0.0%
  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 46,724 0.0%
  Some other race 14,226,829 4.5%
  Two or more races 2,479,718 0.8%
Not Hispanic or Latino 262,282,816 82.9%
Population distribution by Hispanic origin 1970–2020 (in %)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census of population, 1970 (5-percent sample), 1980 to 2020.[127]

Years 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
Not Hispanic or Latino 95.5 93.6 91.0 87.5 83.7 81.3
Hispanic or Latino 4.5 6.4 9.0 12.5 16.3 18.7
Total (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100
Median age of each race alone, 2021 (Hispanic)

Source: United States Census Bureau.[147]

Race Median age (both sex) (years) Median age (male) (years) Median age (female) (years)
Total (Hispanic) 30.5 30.2 30.8
White 31.2 30.9 31.5
Black or African American 27.1 26.1 28.2
American Indian and Alaska Native 28.4 29.0 27.8
Asian 26.9 26.2 27.7
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 27.8 28.3 27.2
Two or More Races 21.5 21.1 22.0
Median age of each race alone or in combination, 2021 (Hispanic)

Source: United States Census Bureau.[147]

Race Median age (both sex) (years) Median age (male) (years) Median age (female) (years)
White 30.9 30.6 31.1
Black or African American 25.3 24.3 26.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 27.6 27.8 27.3
Asian 23.0 22.3 23.7
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 24.8 24.9 24.7

Note: Hispanic origin is considered an ethnicity, not a race. Hispanics may be of any race.

Indigenous peoples Edit

As of 2017, there are 2,098,763 American Indian and Alaska Native people in the United States,[146] representing 0.7% of the U.S. population. There are 573 federally recognized tribal governments[156] in the United States. As of 2000, the largest groups in the United States by population were Navajo, Cherokee, Choctaw, Sioux, Chippewa, Apache, Blackfeet, Iroquois, and Pueblo.

Other groups Edit

There were 22.1 million veterans in 2009,[157] meaning that less than 10% of Americans served in the Armed Forces.[158]

In 2010, The Washington Post estimated that there were 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country.[159] As of 2017, Pew Research reported that there an estimated 10.5 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.[160]

There were about 2 million people in prison in 2010.[161]

Projections Edit

U.S. Census Population projections (2012)[162]
2015 2050
White Americans1 77.4% 70.8%
> Non-Hispanic Whites 61.8% 46.6%
Black Americans1 13.2% 14.4%
Asian Americans1 5.3% 7.7%
Multiracial Americans1 2.6% 5.4%
Hispanics/Latinos (of any race) 17.8% 28.0%
1 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%.[163] At the same time, Non-Hispanic Whites are projected to no longer make up a majority of the population by 2045, 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.[164] However, white Americans overall are still projected to make up over 70% of the population in 2050.

The report foresees the Hispanic or Latino population rising from 16% today to 30% by 2050, the Black percentage barely rising from 13.2% to 14.4%, and Asian Americans upping their 4.6% share to 7.8%. The United States had a population of 310 million people in October 2010, and is projected to reach 400 million by 2039 and 439 million in 2050.[165][166][167][168] It is further projected that 82% of the increase in population from 2005 to 2050 will be due to immigrants and their children.[169]

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).[170] Racial and ethnic minorities surpassed non-Hispanic whites as the largest group of U.S. children under 5 years old in 2015.[171]

The fastest growing racial group in America is Asian Americans with a growth rate of 35%, however the multi-racial mixed Asian group is growing even faster, with a growth rate of 55%. Multi-racial Asians are therefore the fastest growing demographic group in America.[25][24]

In 2020, it was reported that 51.0% of births were to non-Hispanic white mothers.[129] In 2021, the percentage increased to 51.5%.[129][172] However, by 2022 the rate of births to white mothers had declined by 3%, dropping to 50% of all total births. In the same period, the rate of births to Asian and Hispanic women increased by 2% and 6%, respectively.[27][26]

Pew Research Center projections

The United Nations projects a population of just over 400 million in 2060.[173]

Pew Research Center projections (2008)[174]
1960 2005 2050
White Americans 85% 67% 47%
Hispanic Americans 3.5% 14% 29%
Black Americans 11% 13% 14%
Asian Americans 0.6% 5% 9%
Note: All races modified and not Hispanic; American Indian/Alaska Native not shown.

The country's racial profile will be vastly different, and although whites will remain the single largest ethnic group in the U.S., they will no longer be a majority excluding White Hispanics by 2055 according to Pew Research Center. Growth in the Hispanic and Asian populations is predicted to almost triple over the next 40 years. By 2055, the breakdown is estimated to be 48% non-Hispanic white, 24% Hispanic, 16% Black, and 14% Asian.[173]

As of 2015, 14% of the United States' population is foreign born, compared to just 5% in 1965. Nearly 39 million immigrants have come to the U.S. since 1965, with most coming from Asia and Latin America. The 2015 Census Report predicts that the percentage of the U.S. population that is foreign-born will continue to increase, reaching 19% by 2060. This increase in the foreign-born population will account for a large share of the overall population growth.[173]

The average person in the U.S. of 2060 is likely to be older than the average person of 2018 today, and almost one in four people will be 65 or older.[173]

U.S. Census Census Bureau projections Edit

Percent minority 1970–2042 (2008 projections)
[127]
Years 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2042
Percent minority (%) 16.5 20.4 24.4 30.9 36.3 39.9 44.5 49.2 50.1

Note: "Minority" refers to people who reported their ethnicity and race as something other than non-Hispanic White alone in the decennial census.

Total US population
Year Projection (Census Bureau)[165]

(thousands)

Projection (UN)[175]

(thousands)

Actual result
2010 310,233 309,011 308,745,538
2020 332,639 331,003 331,449,281
2030 373,504 349,642
2040 405,655 366,572
2050 439,010 379,419

Religion Edit

Religious affiliations Edit

Religion in the United States (2023)[176]

  Protestantism (41%)
  Catholicism (18%)
  Unaffiliated (31%)
  Jewish (2%)
  Muslim (1%)
  Buddhist (1%)
  Hindu (1%)

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.[177] In 2004, the US census bureau reported that about 13% of the population did not identify themselves as a member of any religion.[178][clarification needed]

In a Pew Research Survey performed in 2012, Americans without a religion (atheists, agnostics, nothing in particular, etc.) approached the numbers of Evangelical Protestant Americans with almost 20% of Americans being nonreligious (compared to just over 26% being Evangelical Protestant). If this current growth rate continues, by 2050, around 51% of Americans will not have a religion.[179]

Surveys conducted in 2014 and 2019 by Pew indicated that the percentage of Americans unaffiliated with a religion increased from 16% in 2007 to 23% in 2014 and 26% of the population in 2019.[180][181]

According to statistical data made by the Pew Research Center in 2021 about 63% of the US population is Christian, 28% is Unaffiliated, 2% is Jewish, 1% follows Buddhism, 1% follows Hinduism, 1% follows Islam and 2% follow traditional religions and others. Currently, the United States has the largest Christian population in the world (approximately 230-250 million) and the largest Protestant Christian population (approximately 150-160 million). The country also has the second largest Jewish community in the world (after Israel) and the largest Buddhist and Hindu communities in the West, as well as the largest number of followers of Islam in North America. The country has about 64 million non-affiliates (only China and Japan have more).[citation needed][182]

Religious body Year
reported
Places of
worship
Membership
(thousands)
Clergy
!a 0000 −9999 −9999 −9999
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1999 no data 2,500 7,741
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2002 3,226 1,431 3,252
American Baptist Association 2009 1,600[183] 100[183] 1,740
Amish, Old Order 1993 898 227 3,592
American Baptist Churches USA 2017 5,057 1,146[184] 4,145
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America 1998 220 65 263
Armenian Apostolic Church 2010 153 1,000 200
Armenian Catholic Church 2010 36
Assemblies of God 2018 13,017[185] 1,857[185] 38,199[185]
Baptist Bible Fellowship International 2010 4,000[186] 1,100[186] 4,190[186]
Baptist General Conference 1998 876 141 no data
Baptist Missionary Association of America 2010 1,272[187] 138[187] 1,525
Buddhism 2001 no data 1,082 no data
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The 1998 1,964 346 1,629
Christian Brethren (Plymouth Brethren) 1997 1,150 100 no data
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 2018 3,624 382[188] 2,066
Christian churches and churches of Christ 1998 5,579 1,072 5,525
Christian Congregation, Inc., The 1998 1,438 117 1,436
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 1983 2,340 719 no data
Christian Reformed Church in North America 1998 733 199 655
Church of God in Christ 1991 15,300 5,500 28,988
Church of God of Prophecy 1997 1,908 77 2,000
Church of God (Anderson, IN) 1998 2,353 234 3,034
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) 1995 6,060 753 3,121
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2014 14,018 6,466 38,259
Church of the Brethren 2019 978[189] 99[189] 827
Church of the Nazarene 1998 5,101 627 4,598
Churches of Christ 2019 11,989[190] 1,116[190] 14,500
Conservative Baptist Association of America 1998 1,200 200 no data
Community of Christ 1998 1,236 140 19,319
Coptic Orthodox Church 2003 200 1,000 200
Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians 2012 383 130 500
Cumberland Presbyterian Church 1998 774 87 630
Episcopal Church 2018 6,423[191] 1,676[191] 8,131
Evangelical Covenant Church, The 1998 628 97 607
Evangelical Free Church of America, The 1995 1,224 243 1,936
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 2018 9,091[192] 3,363[192] 9,646
Evangelical Presbyterian Church 1998 187 145[193] 262
Free Methodist Church of North America 1998 990 73 no data
Full Gospel Fellowship 1999 896 275 2,070
General Association of General Baptists 1997 790 72 1,085
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches 1998 1,415 102 no data
U.S. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches 1996 368 82 590
Grace Gospel Fellowship 1992 128 60 160
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 2006 560[194] 1,500[194] 840[194]
Hinduism 2001 no data 766 no data
Independent Fundamental Churches of America 1999 659 62 no data
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel 1998 1,851 238 4,900
International Council of Community Churches 1998 150 250 182
International Pentecostal Holiness Church 1998 1,716 177 1507
Islam 2011 no data 2,600 no data
Jainism no data no data 50 no data
Jehovah's Witnesses 2014 13,871 1,243 no data
Judaism 2006 3,727 6,588 no data
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, The 2017 6,046[195] 1,969[195] 6,055[195]
Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric 2010 19 50 no data
Mennonite Church USA 2005 943 114 no data
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches 1998 416 67 534
National Association of Free Will Baptists 2007 2,369[196] 186[196] 3,915[196]
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. 1987 2,500 3,500 8,000
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. 1992 33,000 8,200 32,832
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America 2004 300[197] 400[197] no data
Orthodox Church in America 2010 750[198] 131[198] 970[198]
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. 1998 1,750 1,500 4,500
Pentecostal Church of God 1998 1,237 104 no data
Pentecostal Church International, United 2008 28,351 4,037 22,881
Presbyterian Church in America 1997 1,340 385[199] 1,642
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 2018 9,161[200] 1,245[201] 19,243[200]
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. 2017 1,200[197] 1,500[197] no data
Reformed Church in America 2018 902 200[202] 915
Religious Society of Friends 1994 1,200 104 no data
Roman Catholic Church 2002 19,484 66,404 50,017 (1997)[203]
Romanian Orthodox Episcopate 1996 37 65 37
Salvation Army, The 1998 1,388 471 2,920
Scientology 2005 1,300 55[204] 1
Serbian Orthodox Church 1986 68 67 60
Seventh-day Adventist Church 1998 4,405 840 2,454
Sikhism 1999 244 80 no data
Southern Baptist Convention 2019 47,530[205] 14,525[205] 71,520
Unitarian Universalism 2001 no data 629 no data
United Church of Christ 2016 5,000 880 5,868
United House of Prayer for All People no data 100 25 no data
United Methodist Church, The 2018 36,170 6,672[206] no data
Wesleyan Church, The 1998 1,590 120 1,806
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 2018 1,281[207] 359[207] 1,222
Zoroastrianism 2006 no data 11 no data
~z 9999 99999999 99999999 99999999

According to Pew Research Center study released in 2018, by 2040, Islam will surpass Judaism to become the second largest religion in the US due to higher immigration and birth rates.[208]

Religions of U.S. adults Edit

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[209]
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[209]
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
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%

LGBT population Edit

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. Community Marketing & Insights, an 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 1.0% and 1.1% of U.S. couples in 2000.[211] 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.[citation needed] A 2006 UCLA study reported that 4.1% of Americans aged 18–45 identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual.[212]

A 2011 report by the Williams Institute estimated that nine million adults identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, representing 3.5% of the population over 18.[213] A spokesperson said that, until recently, few studies have tried to distinguish people who had occasionally undertaken homosexual behavior or entertained homosexual thoughts, from people who identified as lesbian or gay.[214] (Older estimates have varied depending on methodology and timing; see Demographics of sexual orientation for a list of studies.)

Foreign-born population Edit

As of 2017, an estimated 44,525,458 residents of the United States were foreign-born,[215] 13.5% of the country's total population. This demographic includes recent as well as longstanding immigrants; statistically Europeans have resided in the US longer than those from other regions with approximately 66% having arrived prior to 2000.[216]

Place of birth of the foreign-born population in the United States, 2017[215]
Place of birth Estimate Percentage of total foreign-born people
Americas 23,241,959 52.2%
Caribbean 4,414,943 9.9%
> Cuba 1,311,803 3.0%
> Dominican Republic 1,162,568 2.6%
Central America (including Mexico) 14,796,926 33.2%
> Mexico 11,269,913 25.3%
> El Salvador 1,401,832 3.2%
South America 3,213,187 7.2%
> Canada 809,267 1.8%
Europe 4,818,662 10.8%
Northern Europe 941,796 2.1%
Western Europe 949,591 2.1%
Southern Europe 761,390 1.7%
Eastern Europe 2,153,855 4.8%
Asia 13,907,844 31.2%
Eastern Asia 4,267,303 9.6%
> China 2,639,365 5.9%
> Korea 1,064,960 2.4%
South Central Asia 4,113,013 9.2%
> India 2,348,687 5.3%
South Eastern Asia 4,318,647 6.7%
> Philippines 1,945,345 4.4%
> Vietnam 1,314,927 3.0%
Western Asia 1,159,835 2.6%
Africa 2,293,028 5.2%
Eastern Africa 693,784 1.6%
Middle Africa 163,364 0.4%
Northern Africa 359,559 0.8%
Southern Africa 116,297 0.2%
Western Africa 837,290 1.9%
Oceania 263,965 0.6%
Australia and New Zealand Subregion 123,080 0.3%

Citizens living abroad Edit

As of April 2015, the U.S. State Department estimated that 8.7 million American citizens live overseas. Americans living abroad are not counted in the U.S. Census unless they are a federal government employees or dependents of a federal employee.[217] A 2010 paper estimated the number of civilian Americans living abroad to be around 4 million.[218] So-called "accidental Americans" are citizens of a country other than the United States who may also be considered U.S. citizens or be eligible for U.S. citizenship under specific laws but are not aware of having such status (or became aware of it only recently).[219]

As of 2022, 1.6 million U.S. Americans live in Mexico, according to the State Department.[220]

Economics Edit

Income Edit

In 2020, the median household income in the United States was around $67,521, 2.9 percent less than the 2019 median of $69,560[221] Household and personal income depends on variables such as race, number of income earners, educational attainment and marital status.

Median household income by selected characteristics [222]
Type of household Race and Hispanic origin Region
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
Median household income by selected characteristics cont.
Age of Householder Nativity of Householder Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Status Educational Attainment of Householder*
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.
Median earnings by work status and sex (Persons, aged 15 years and older with earnings)
Total workers Full-Time, year-round workers
Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female
$45,470 $50,983 $39,201 $56,473 $61,180 $51,226
2020 Median earnings & household income by educational attainment [223] [224]
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
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
Household income distribution
10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile 95th percentile
≤ $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

Economic class Edit

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:

Academic class models
Dennis Gilbert, 2002 William Thompson & Joseph Hickey, 2005 Leonard Beeghley, 2004
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.
References: Gilbert, D. (2002) The American Class Structure: In An Age of Growing Inequality. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, ISBN 0534541100. (see also Gilbert Model);
Thompson, W. & Hickey, J. (2005). Society in Focus. Boston, MA: Pearson, Allyn & Bacon; Beeghley, L. (2004). The Structure of Social Stratification in the United States. Boston, MA: Pearson, Allyn & Bacon.
1 The upper middle class may also be referred to as "Professional class" Ehrenreich, B. (1989). The Inner Life of the Middle Class. NY, NY: Harper-Collins.

Unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) Edit

 
U.S. unemployment by state in December 2015 (official, or U3 rate)[227]
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  <6.0%
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As of July 2020, the U.S. unemployment rate was 10.2 percent (U3 rate).

As of July 2019, the U.S. unemployment rate was 3.7 percent (U3 rate).

As of July 2018, the U.S. unemployment rate was 3.7 percent (U3 rate).

As of July 2017, the U.S. unemployment rate was 4.3 percent (U3 rate).[228]

As of July 2016, the U.S. unemployment rate was 4.9 percent (U3 rate).[228]

As of July 2015, the U.S. unemployment rate was 5.3 percent (U3 rate).[229]

As of July 2014, the U.S. unemployment rate was 6.2 percent (U3 rate).[228]

The U6 unemployment rate as of April 2017 was 8.6 percent.[230] The U6 unemployment rate counts not only people without work seeking full-time employment (the more familiar U3 rate), but also counts "marginally attached workers and those working part-time for economic reasons." Some of these part-time workers counted as employed by U6 could be working as little as an hour a week. And the "marginally attached workers" include those who have become discouraged and stopped looking, but still want to work. The age considered for this calculation is 16 years and over.

Urban Americans have more job opportunities than those in more rural areas. From 2008 to 2018, 72% of the nation's employment growth occurred in cities with more than one million residents, which account for 56% of the overall population.[231]

Generational cohorts Edit

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 was asked, "What world events are especially important to you?"[232] 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:

U.S. demographic birth cohorts Edit

Birth rate, death rate and natural increase rate in the United States 1935–2021

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 relatively 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.[239]

Mobility Edit

In 2021, 27.1 million Americans said they were living in a different place than a year before, compared to 29.8 million in 2020. This reflects an 8.4% mover rate, the lowest recorded in more than 70 years.[240]

Education Edit

See also Edit

Lists Edit

Income Edit

Population Edit

Notes Edit

  1. ^ In fertility rates, 2.1 and above is a stable population and has been marked blue, 2 and below leads to an aging population and the result is that the population decreases.

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The United States had an official estimated resident population of 333 287 557 on July 1 2022 according to the U S Census Bureau 12 This figure includes the 50 states and the District of Columbia but excludes the population of five unincorporated U S territories Puerto Rico Guam the U S Virgin Islands American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands as well as several minor island possessions The United States is the third most populous country in the world 13 The Census Bureau showed a population increase of 0 4 for the twelve month period ending in July 2022 12 below the world average annual rate of 0 9 14 The total fertility rate in the United States estimated for 2022 is 1 665 children per woman 3 which is below the replacement fertility rate of approximately 2 1 Demographics of the United StatesPopulation pyramid of the United States as of July 1 2022Population340 458 130 est 2023 1 Density86 16 sq mi 33 27 km2 Growth rate0 4 2022 Birth rate11 0 births 1 000 population 2021 Death rate10 4 deaths 1 000 population 2021 Life expectancy76 1 years 2021 2 male73 2 years 2021 2 female79 1 years 2021 2 Fertility rate1 665 children born woman 2022 3 Infant mortality rate5 4 deaths 1 000 live births 2020 4 Net migration rate3 migrant s 1 000 population 2020 5 Age structureUnder 18 years22 2 2021 6 18 44 years35 9 2021 6 45 64 years25 2 2021 6 65 and over16 8 2021 6 LanguageOfficialNo official language at national level English is designated official in 32 of 50 states and in all 5 U S territories Hawaiian is official in Hawaii 20 Native languages are official in Alaska and Sioux is official in South Dakota 7 Samoan is an official language in American Samoa 8 Chamorro is an official language in Guam 9 Chamorro and Carolinian are official languages in the Northern Mariana Islands 10 and Spanish is an official language in Puerto Rico 11 Spoken primary language at home English 78 5 Spanish 13 2 Other Indo European 3 7 Asian and Pacific Islander 3 3 Other 0 8 Source The World Factbook 5 The U S 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 15 It is estimated to have reached the 200 million mark in 1967 and the 300 million mark on October 17 2006 15 16 Foreign born immigration caused the U S population to continue its rapid increase with the foreign born population doubling from almost 20 million in 1990 to over 45 million in 2015 17 representing one third of the population increase 18 The U S population grew by 1 6 million from 2018 to 2019 with 38 of growth from immigration 19 Population growth is fastest among minorities as a whole and according to the Census Bureau s 2020 estimation 50 of U S children under the age of 18 are members of ethnic minority groups 20 As of 2020 white people numbered 235 411 507 or 71 of the population including people who identified as white in combination with another race People who identified as white alone including Hispanic whites numbered 204 277 273 or 61 6 of the population and Non Latino whites made up 57 8 of the country s population 21 Latino Americans accounted for 51 1 of the total national population growth between 2010 and 2020 increasing from 50 5 million in 2010 to 62 1 million in 2020 22 The Hispanic or Latino population increased by 23 between 2010 and 2020 an increase of more than 11 6 million 22 Immigrants and their U S born descendants are expected to provide most of the U S population gains in the decades ahead 23 Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group in America with a growth rate of 35 However multi racial Asian Americans are the fastest growing group in the country with a growth rate of 55 reflecting the increase of mixed race marriages in the United States 24 25 As of 2022 births to White American mothers remain around 50 of the US total reflecting a decline of 3 compared to 2021 26 In the same time period births to Asian American and Hispanic women increased by 2 and 6 respectively 27 The 12 month ending general fertility rate increased from 56 6 to 57 0 in 2022 Q1 compared to 2021 Q4 28 Contents 1 Population 1 1 Age and sex distribution 1 2 Birth rate 1 3 Death rate 1 4 Total fertility rate TFR 1 5 Mother s mean age at first birth 1 6 Dependency ratio 1 7 Life expectancy 1 8 Life tables 1 9 Density 1 10 Growth rate 1 11 Births and fertility by race 1 11 1 U S born people 1 11 2 Percent of births to White Non Hispanic women that were their 8th child by US state in 2021 1 12 Immigration 2 Vital statistics 2 1 U S demographic table 1935 2022 2 2 Current vital statistics 3 U S projected population table 2017 2060 4 Since 1790 4 1 Median age of the population 4 2 Vital statistics 4 2 1 Total Fertility Rates from 1800 to 2010 4 2 2 Life expectancy at birth from 1901 to 2015 4 2 3 Percent distribution of the total population by age 1900 to 2015 5 Population centers 6 Race and ethnicity 6 1 Race 6 2 Hispanic or Latino origin 6 3 Indigenous peoples 6 4 Other groups 6 5 Projections 6 5 1 U S Census Census Bureau projections 7 Religion 7 1 Religious affiliations 7 2 Religions of U S adults 8 LGBT population 9 Foreign born population 10 Citizens living abroad 11 Economics 11 1 Income 11 2 Economic class 11 3 Unemployment rate seasonally adjusted 12 Generational cohorts 12 1 U S demographic birth cohorts 13 Mobility 14 Education 15 See also 15 1 Lists 15 1 1 Income 15 1 2 Population 16 Notes 17 References 18 External linksPopulation EditOn April 1 2020 the United States had a population of 331 449 281 according to the 2020 United States census 29 The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook estimated as of 2018 update 5 unless otherwise indicated Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Note Population estimate of United States excluding overseas armed forces 30 31 Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues nbsp Population pyramid by race of the United States over time from 1900 to 2020Age and sex distribution Edit nbsp Proportion of Americans under the age of 18 in each county of the fifty states the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States Census nbsp Proportion of Americans under the age of 5 in each county of the fifty states the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico as of the 2020 United States CensusAge and sex distribution as of 2021 32 age years total in thousands of US pop males in thousands females in thousands male female sex ratio male female0 3 564 1 1 1 822 1 743 51 1 48 9 1 05 lt 5 18 827 5 7 9 624 9 203 51 1 48 9 1 05 lt 15 60 467 18 2 30 989 29 578 51 2 48 8 1 0515 24 43 089 13 0 21 996 21 092 51 0 49 0 1 0425 34 45 495 13 7 23 053 22 442 50 7 49 3 1 0335 44 43 404 13 1 21 858 21 546 50 4 49 6 1 0145 54 40 688 12 3 20 312 20 376 49 9 50 1 0 9955 64 42 803 12 9 20 963 21 840 49 0 51 0 0 9665 55 848 16 8 25 214 30 634 45 1 54 9 0 8275 22 182 6 7 9 344 12 837 42 1 57 9 0 7385 5 976 1 8 2 176 3 800 36 4 63 6 0 57100 98 0 03 25 73 25 5 74 5 0 34all 331 894 100 164 385 167 509 49 5 50 5 0 98Age distribution by selected age groups 32 0 14 years 18 2 15 24 years 13 0 25 54 years 39 0 55 64 years 12 9 65 years and over 16 8 The median age of the total population as of 2021 is 38 8 years the male median age is 37 7 years the female median age is 39 8 years 32 Birth rate Edit Historical population CensusPop Note 17903 929 326 18005 308 48335 1 18107 239 88136 4 18209 638 45333 1 183012 866 02033 5 184017 069 45332 7 185023 191 87635 9 186031 443 32135 6 187038 925 59823 8 188050 189 20928 9 189062 979 76625 5 190076 212 16821 0 191092 228 49621 0 1920106 021 53715 0 1930122 775 04615 8 1940132 164 5697 6 1950150 697 36114 0 1960179 323 17519 0 1970203 392 03113 4 1980226 545 80511 4 1990248 709 8739 8 2000281 421 90613 2 2010308 745 5389 7 2020331 449 2817 4 2022 est 333 287 557 33 0 6 U S Decennial Census12 023 births 1 000 population 2023 3 Country comparison to the world 151st 34 Death rate Edit 10 45 deaths 1 000 population 2021 est 35 Country comparison to the world 78th 34 8 81 deaths 1 000 population 2021 est 36 age adjusted death rateTotal fertility rate TFR Edit nbsp TFR of the United States overtime from 1820 to 2016In 1800 the average U S woman had 7 04 children 37 by the first decade of the 1900s this number had already decreased to 3 56 38 Since the early 1970s the birth rate has been below the replacement rate of 2 1 with 1 72 children per woman in 2018 39 The drop in the U S fertility rate from 2 08 per woman in 2007 to 1 76 in 2017 was mostly due to the declining birth rate of Hispanics teenagers and young women although the birth rate for older women rose 40 1 664 children born woman 2021 41 Mother s mean age at first birth Edit nbsp Percentage of women childless by age cohort in the US over time27 1 years 2020 est 41 Dependency ratio Edit The dependency ratio is the age population ratio of people who are normally not in the labor force the dependent population which includes those aged 0 to 14 and 65 and older to those who are the productive part ages 15 to 64 It is used to gauge the strain on the populace that is productive The support ratio is the ratio of the working age population to the elderly population that is the reciprocal of the aged dependency ratio Total dependency ratio 54 03 2021 32 Country comparison to the world 110th 42 Child dependency ratio 28 11 2021 Country comparison to the world 138th Aged dependency ratio 25 92 2021 Country comparison to the world 42nd Potential support ratio 3 86 2021 Country comparison to the world 160th Ratios are ranked from highest to lowest by country nbsp Life expectancy in the United States since 1880 nbsp Life expectancy in the United States since 1960 by genderLife expectancy Edit See also List of U S states and territories by life expectancy Total population 76 1 years for a child born in 2021 decreasing from 77 0 years in 2020 43 Male 73 2 years 2021 74 2 years 2020 Female 79 9 years 2021 79 9 years 2020 The average life expectancy in the United States has been on a decline since 2014 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cites three main reasons a 72 increase in overdoses in the last decade including a 30 increase in opioid overdoses from July 2016 to September 2017 but did not differentiate between accidental overdose with a legal prescription and overdose with opioids obtained illegally and or combined with illegal drugs i e heroin cocaine methamphetamine etc a ten year increase in liver disease the rate for men age 25 to 34 increased by 8 per year for women by 11 per year and a 33 increase in suicide rates since 1999 44 From 2019 to 2020 the COVID 19 pandemic contributed to approximately 61 of the decrease in life expectancy in the United States 45 While increases in mortality from unintentional injuries heart disease homicide and diabetes contributed to 11 7 5 8 2 9 and 2 8 of the decrease in life expectancy from 2019 to 2020 respectively 45 Life expectancy has also varied by racial and ethnic group with Non Hispanic Asians having the highest life expectancy and Non Hispanic American Indians having the lowest 45 In 2021 life expectancy at birth in the United States fell for the second year in a row the first two year drop since 1961 1963 46 nbsp Number of persons per square kilometer in the United States in 2010 nbsp States and territories in the United States by population per square mile according to the 2020 United States census nbsp Counties in the United States by population growth since 2010 according to the U S Census Bureau 2018 Annual Estimate of the Resident Population 47 Counties with population growth greater than the United States as a whole are in dark green counties with population growth slower than the United States in light green and counties with declining populations in light red nbsp States in the United States by population growth since 2010 according to the U S Census Bureau 2018 Annual Estimate of the Resident Population 47 States with population growth greater than the United States as a whole are in dark green states with population growth slower than the United States in light green and states with declining populations in light red Life expectancy by Hispanic origin and race and sex United States 2019 2020 amp 2021 43 Race Male LEB in 2021 Female LEB in 2021 Total LEB in 2021 Total LEB in 2020 Total LEB in 2019 2019 2021 nbsp nbsp NH White 73 7 79 2 76 4 77 4 78 8 nbsp 2 4NH Black 66 7 74 8 70 8 71 5 74 8 nbsp 4 0NH Asian 81 2 85 6 83 5 83 6 85 6 nbsp 2 1NH American Indian or Alaska Native 61 5 69 2 65 2 67 1 71 8 nbsp 6 6Hispanic 74 4 81 0 77 7 77 9 81 9 nbsp 4 2All origins and races 73 2 79 1 76 1 77 0 78 8 nbsp 2 7NOTE Life expectancy at birth data for 2021 are provisional NH Non Hispanic LEB Life expectancy at birth Growth arrows nbsp nbsp indicate an increase or decrease in total life expectancy compared to years before Life tables Edit Life table of the United States 2020 45 Females Males TotalAge Cohort Life expectancy Cohort Life expectancy Cohort Life expectancy0 100 000 79 9 100 000 74 2 100 000 77 01 99 508 79 3 99 415 73 6 99 461 76 45 99 429 75 3 99 313 69 7 99 377 72 510 99 381 70 4 99 254 64 7 99 323 67 515 99 317 65 4 99 155 59 8 99 242 62 620 99 157 60 5 98 741 55 0 98 952 57 725 98 876 55 7 97 961 50 5 98 415 53 030 98 479 50 9 96 994 45 9 97 725 48 435 97 933 46 2 95 815 41 5 96 856 43 840 97 215 41 5 94 420 37 0 95 794 39 345 96 266 36 9 92 731 32 7 94 471 34 850 94 928 32 4 90 497 28 4 92 680 30 455 92 979 28 0 87 332 24 3 90 115 26 260 90 111 23 8 82 736 20 5 86 376 22 265 86 039 19 8 76 439 17 0 81 181 18 570 80 547 15 9 68 491 13 7 74 466 14 975 72 737 12 4 58 588 10 6 65 565 11 680 61 298 9 2 45 661 7 8 53 346 8 685 45 424 6 5 30 276 5 5 37 700 6 190 26 271 4 4 14 824 3 7 20 477 4 295 9 599 2 9 4 216 2 5 6 889 2 8100 1 727 2 0 549 1 8 1 142 2 0Density Edit See also List of states and territories of the United States by population density and List of United States cities by population density The most densely populated state is New Jersey 1 263 mi2 or 488 km2 The population is highly urbanized with 82 3 of the population residing in cities and suburbs 5 Large urban clusters are spread throughout the eastern half of the United States particularly the Great Lakes area northeast east and southeast and the western tier states mountainous areas principally the Rocky Mountains and Appalachian chain deserts in the southwest the dense boreal forests in the extreme north and the central prairie states are less densely populated Alaska s population is concentrated along its southern coast with particular emphasis on the city of Anchorage and Hawaii s is centered on the island of Oahu 5 California and Texas are the most populous states as the mean center of U S population has consistently shifted westward and southward 48 49 New York City is the most populous city in the United States 50 and has been since at least 1790 In the U S territories population centers include the San Juan metro area in Puerto Rico 51 Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands 52 and the island of Tutuila in American Samoa 53 Growth rate Edit Population growth rate 0 12 32 Country comparison to the world 130thBirths and fertility by race Edit A total of 3 659 289 babies were born in 2021 a 1 increase from 2020 Additionally researchers also looked at births by race and found that White and Hispanic women each saw the number of births increase by about 2 from 2020 to 2021 Meanwhile Black and Asian women saw the number of births decline by 2 4 and 2 5 respectively over the same period while American Indian Alaskan Native women saw their numbers fall by 3 2 54 It also marks the first rise in births since 2014 Prior to this report the total number of births had been decreasing by an average of 2 per year 54 However the total fertility rate the number of births a hypothetical group of 1 000 people would have over their lifetimes was 1 663 5 births per 1 000 women This is still below the replacement level the level a population needs to replace itself which is 2 100 births per 1 000 women 54 Quarterlies of years Recent estimates Race and Hispanic origin refers to the mother 55 General Fertility Rate 15 44 years 2020 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2021 Q1 2021 Q2 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3All races and origins 58 1 57 6 56 8 56 0 55 0 55 2 55 6 56 3 56 6 56 4 56 2Hispanic 65 2 64 7 63 9 63 1 61 5 61 7 62 2 63 4 64 8 65 1 65 7Non Hispanic Black 61 3 61 0 60 1 59 2 57 7 57 3 57 3 57 4 57 5 57 2 56 6Non Hispanic White 55 2 54 7 54 0 53 2 52 7 53 1 53 6 54 4 54 3 53 7 53 2Number of Births and Total Fertility Rate number of births mother by race and origin 56 57 58 Year Total Non Hispanic White Non Hispanic Black Hispanic Non Hispanic Asian Non Hispanic American Indian Alaskan Native Non Hispanic Native Hawaiian Multiracial2021 3 664 292 TFR 1 664 1 887 656 TFR 1 598 517 889 TFR 1 675 885 916 TFR 1 899 213 813 TFR 1 351 26 124 TFR 1 477 9 531 TFR 2 131 86 982 TFR 1 52 2020 3 613 647 TFR 1 641 1 843 432 TFR 1 551 529 811 TFR 1 713 866 713 TFR 1 879 219 068 TFR 1 379 26 813 TFR 1 520 9 626 TFR 2 134 2019 3 747 540 TRF 1 706 1 915 912 TFR 1 610 548 075 TFR 1 775 886 467 TFR 1 940 238 769 TFR 1 511 28 450 TFR 1 611 9 770 TFR 2 178 Number of Births by race and Hispanic origin of the mother and month of birth United States January June final 2019 and 2020 and provisional 2021 Provisional 2021 data is based on 99 92 of births 59 Race and Hispanic origin of mother and year January June January February March April May June Total pop s percent January June Non Hispanic White 2019 937 741 156 819 142 992 157 502 156 516 165 587 158 325 51 67 Non Hispanic White 2020 916 986 152 519 138 756 155 981 150 953 156 888 156 933 51 43 Non Hispanic White 2021 914 813 142 083 138 803 159 055 153 980 156 969 163 923 52 32 Non Hispanic Black 2019 262 114 47 486 41 497 43 583 42 151 44 584 42 813 14 45 Non Hispanic Black 2020 259 759 46 356 40 587 43 591 41 395 42 999 43 381 14 57 Non Hispanic Black 2021 245 753 41 310 38 628 41 952 39 810 40 936 43 117 14 05 Non Hispanic American Indian or Alaska native 2019 14 013 2 525 2 182 2 332 2 293 2 382 2 299 0 77 Non Hispanic American Indian or Alaska native 2020 13 234 2 292 1 977 2 213 2 195 2 240 2 246 0 74 Non Hispanic American Indian or Alaska native 2021 12 498 2 135 1 932 2 181 2 098 1 961 2 191 0 69 Non Hispanic Asian 2019 116 289 19 628 17 975 19 910 19 261 20 168 19 347 6 41 Non Hispanic Asian 2020 110 811 19 303 17 068 19 268 17 986 18 696 17 880 6 21 Non Hispanic Asian 2021 102 279 15 658 15 410 18 019 17 482 17 552 18 158 5 85 Non Hispanic Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 2019 4 695 790 762 814 738 847 744 0 26 Non Hispanic Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 2020 4 665 803 759 794 705 820 757 0 26 Non Hispanic Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 2021 4 413 799 616 753 731 806 708 0 25 Hispanic of any race 2019 421 991 73 742 65 667 70 442 68 517 72 747 70 876 23 26 Hispanic of any race 2020 420 563 73 601 65 140 70 361 68 000 70 085 71 050 23 59 Hispanic of any race 2021 409 941 65 687 61 961 70 060 68 202 70 722 73 309 23 44 All races and origins 2019 1 814 497 310 872 279 963 304 237 298 947 316 386 304 092All races and origins 2020 1 783 124 304 722 272 907 301 625 290 478 301 481 302 164All races and origins 2021 1 748 768 276 980 266 107 302 137 292 454 299 308 311 782Percent change in births from 2019 to 2020 and 2020 2021 59 Race and Hispanic origin of mother and year January June January February March April May JuneNon Hispanic White 2019 2020 2 3 3 1 4 5 1Non Hispanic White 2020 2021 0 7 0 2 2 0 4Non Hispanic Black 2019 2020 1 2 2 0 2 4 1Non Hispanic Black 2020 2021 5 11 5 4 4 5 1Non Hispanic American Indian or Alaska native 2019 2020 6 9 9 5 4 6 2Non Hispanic American Indian or Alaska native 2020 2021 6 7 2 1 4 12 2Non Hispanic Asian 2019 2020 5 2 5 3 7 7 8Non Hispanic Asian 2020 2021 8 19 10 6 3 6 2Non Hispanic Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 2019 2020 1 2 0 2 4 3 2Non Hispanic Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 2020 2021 5 0 19 5 4 2 6Hispanic of any race 2019 2020 0 0 1 0 1 4 0Hispanic of any race 2020 2021 3 11 5 0 0 1 3All races and origins 2019 2020 2 2 3 1 3 5 1All races and origins 2020 2021 2 9 2 0 1 1 3U S born people Edit Note Hispanics are counted both by their ethnicity and by their race giving a higher overall number Also note that growth arrows indicate an increase or decrease in the number of births not in the fertility rate 60 61 62 63 Race of mother Number of birthsin 2016 of allborn TFR 2016 Number of birthsin 2017 of allborn TFR 2017 Number of birthsin 2018 of allborn TFR 2018 Number of birthsin 2019 of allborn TFR 2019 Number of birthsin 2020 of allborn TFR 2020 2020 2016 nbsp nbsp White 2 900 933 73 5 1 77 2 812 267 72 9 1 76 2 788 439 73 5 1 75 gt NH White 2 056 332 52 1 1 719 1 992 461 51 7 1 666 1 956 413 51 6 1 640 1 915 912 51 1 1 611 1 843 432 51 0 1 552 nbsp 10 35 Black 623 886 15 8 1 90 626 027 16 2 1 92 600 933 15 8 1 87 gt NH Black 558 622 14 2 1 832 560 715 14 5 1 824 552 029 14 6 1 792 548 075 14 6 1 776 529 811 14 7 1 714 nbsp 5 16 NH Asian 254 471 6 5 1 690 249 250 6 5 1 597 240 798 6 4 1 525 238 769 6 4 1 511 219 068 6 1 1 385 nbsp 13 9 NH American Indian or Alaska native 31 452 0 8 1 794 29 957 0 8 1 702 29 092 0 8 1 651 28 450 0 76 1 612 26 813 0 74 1 517 nbsp 14 75 NH Hawaiian incl other Pacific Islander 9 342 0 2 2 076 9 426 0 2 2 085 9 476 0 3 2 106 9 770 0 26 2 178 9 626 0 26 2 142 nbsp 3 04 Total 3 945 875 100 1 820 3 855 500 100 1 765 3 791 712 100 1 729 3 747 540 100 1 706 3 613 647 100 1 641 nbsp 9 84 NOTE NH Non Hispanic TFR Total fertility rate number of children born per woman Growth arrows nbsp nbsp indicate an increase or decrease in the number of births not in the fertility rate comparing to the previous year Ethnicity of mother Number of birthsin 2016 of allborn TFR 2016 Number of birthsin 2017 of allborn TFR 2017 Number of birthsin 2018 of allborn TFR 2018 Number of birthsin 2019 of allborn TFR 2019 Number of birthsin 2020 of allborn TFR 2020 2020 2016 nbsp nbsp Non Hispanic of any race 3 027 428 2 956 736 2 905 502 2 861 073 2 746 933 nbsp Hispanic of any race 918 447 23 3 2 093 898 764 23 3 2 007 886 210 23 4 1 959 886 467 23 7 1 940 866 714 24 0 1 876 nbsp 5 63 Foreign born total fertility rate by race and those of Hispanic origin 64 Race 2008 2011 2013White 2 29 2 01 1 94Black 2 51 2 57 2 35Asian 2 25 2 02 1 93Other 1 80 2 04 2 06Hispanic of any race 3 15 2 77 2 46Total 2 75 2 45 2 22Percent of births to White Non Hispanic women that were their 8th child by US state in 2021 Edit New York 2 21 New Jersey 1 7 Wisconsin 1 04 Arkansas 1 02 Montana 0 86 Ohio 0 85 Iowa 0 84 Pennsylvania 0 82 Kansas 0 76 Kentucky 0 76 Utah 0 75 Minnesota 0 75 Indiana 0 72 Wyoming 0 72 Mississippi 0 7 Michigan 0 7 Idaho 0 65 West Virginia 0 64 Arizona 0 62 North Dakota 0 59 South Dakota 0 54 Arkansas 0 51 New Mexico 0 50 Maryland 0 49 Oregon 0 46 Michigan 0 44 Oklahoma 0 44 Florida 0 43 Tennessee 0 42 Virginia 0 41 Illinois 0 40 Nevada 0 40 West Virginia 0 39 Delaware 0 38 Georgia 0 36 Nebraska 0 36 Texas 0 33 Alabama 0 33 Missouri 0 32 Vermont 0 31 South Carolina 0 30 California 0 29 Colorado 0 29 North Carolina 0 25 Alaska 0 25 Connecticut 0 20 New Hampshire 0 19 Massachusetts 0 17 Immigration Edit Immigrants in the nbsp United States 65 Country Immigrants nbsp Mexico 10 853 000 nbsp India 2 724 000 nbsp China 2 184 000 nbsp Philippines 2 061 000 nbsp Puerto Rico 1 829 000 nbsp El Salvador 1 411 000 nbsp Vietnam 1 403 000 nbsp Cuba 1 376 000 nbsp Guatemala 1 227 000 nbsp Dominican Republic 1 168 000 nbsp South Korea 1 039 000 nbsp Foreign born population percentage in the US over time from 1850 to 2020Main article Immigration to the United States In 2017 out of the U S foreign born population some 45 20 7 million were naturalized citizens 27 12 3 million were lawful permanent residents including many eligible to become citizens 6 2 2 million were temporary lawful residents and 23 10 5 million were unauthorized immigrants 66 Among current living immigrants to the U S the top five countries of birth are Mexico 25 of immigrants China 6 India 6 the Philippines 5 and El Salvador 3 Some 13 of current living immigrants come from Europe and Canada and 10 from the Caribbean 66 Among new arrivals Asian immigrants have been more numerous than Hispanic immigrants since 2010 in 2017 37 4 of immigrant arrivals were Asian and 26 6 were Hispanic 66 Until 2017 and 2018 the United States led the world in refugee resettlement for decades admitting more refugees than the rest of the world combined 67 From fiscal year 1980 until 2017 55 of refugees came from Asia 27 from Europe 13 from Africa and 4 from Latin America fleeing war and persecution 67 Net migration rate 2022 3 02 migrants 1 000 population 34 Country comparison to the world 35th 34 Net migration rate 2020 2021 0 73 migrants 1 000 population 68 mid year estimates As of 2017 13 6 44 4 million of the population was foreign born an increase from 4 7 in 1970 but less than the 1890 record of 14 8 45 of the foreign born population were naturalized US citizens 23 10 3 million of the foreign born community is undocumented accounting for 3 2 of the total population 66 According to the 2010 census Latin America and the Caribbean is the largest region of birth group accounting for 53 of the foreign born population As of 2018 this region is still the largest source of immigrants to the United States 69 70 71 In 2018 there were almost 90 million immigrants and U S born children of immigrants second generation Americans in the United States accounting for 28 of the overall U S population 72 In 2018 1 096 611 immigrants were granted either permanent or temporary legal residence in the United States 73 Inflow of New Legal Permanent Residents Top 15 Sending Countries 2021 74 Country 2021 nbsp Mexico 107 230 nbsp India 93 450 nbsp China 49 847 nbsp Philippines 27 511 nbsp Dominican Republic 24 553 nbsp Cuba 23 077 nbsp El Salvador 18 668 nbsp Brazil 18 351 nbsp Vietnam 16 312 nbsp Colombia 15 293 nbsp Venezuela 14 412 nbsp Jamaica 13 357 nbsp Nigeria 13 100 nbsp South Korea 12 351 nbsp Haiti 11 456Inflow of New Legal Permanent Residents by Region 2021 75 Region 2021Americas 311 806Asia 295 306Africa 66 211Europe 61 521Oceania 4 147Not Specified 1 011Total 707 362Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Type and Major Class of Admission 76 Class of Admission Adjustments of Status and New Arrivals 2021Immediate relatives of U S citizens 385 396Family sponsored preferences 65 690Employment based preferences 193 338Diversity 15 145Refugees 35 847Asylees 20 550Parolees 13Children born abroad to alien residents 75Certain Iraqis and Afghans employed by U S Government and their spouses and children 8 303Cancellation of removal 5 017Victims of human trafficking 942Victims of crimes and their spouses and children 9 257Other 429Vital statistics EditThis article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia s quality standards The specific problem is Needs merging with Vital statistics section under Population above Please help improve this article if you can April 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Births deaths and natural increase in the United States 1935 2021 nbsp Marriages Families amp Intimate Relationships in the US 1970 2000 nbsp Median age at first marriage in the USSee also Birth rate United States According to the U S Census Bureau in 2021 the population of the United States grew at a slower rate than in any other year since the country s founding 77 The U S population grew only 0 1 from the previous year before 77 The United States population has grown by less than one million people for the first time since 1937 with the lowest numeric growth since at least 1900 when the Census Bureau began yearly population estimates 77 Apart from the previous few years when population growth plummeted to historically low levels the slowest pace of increase in the twentieth century occurred between 1918 and 1919 when the influenza epidemic and World War I were both in full swing 77 Slower population growth has been the norm in the United States for some years owing to lower fertility and net international migration as well as rising mortality from an aging population 77 To put it another way since the mid 2010s births and net international migration have been dropping while deaths have risen These trends have a cumulative effect of reduced population increase 77 The COVID 19 pandemic has accelerated this trend resulting in a historically slow population increase in 2021 The growth rate is 0 1 as estimated for 2021 77 The birth rate is 11 0 births 1 000 population as of 2020 41 This was the lowest birth rate since records began There were 3 613 647 births in 2020 this was the lowest number of births since 1980 41 11 0 births 1 000 population per year final data for 2020 11 4 births 1 000 population per year final data for 2019 41 In 2020 the CDC reported that there were 1 676 911 marriages in 2020 compared to 2019 there were 2 015 603 marriages 78 Marriage rates varied significantly by state ranging from 3 2 marriages 1 000 population in California to 21 0 marriages 1 000 population in Nevada 79 5 1 marriages 1 000 population per year provisional data for 2020 78 6 1 marriages 1 000 population per year provisional data for 2019 78 Rates are based on provisional counts of marriages by state of occurrenceIn 2009 Time magazine reported that 40 of births were to unmarried women 80 The following is a breakdown by race for unwed births 17 Asian 29 White 53 Hispanics of any race 66 Native Americans and 72 Black American 81 According to the CDC in 2020 there were at least 1 461 121 births to unmarried women In 2020 40 5 of births were to unmarried women The following is breakdown by race for unwed births 28 4 Non Hispanic White 70 4 Non Hispanic Black and 52 8 Hispanic of any race 82 The drop in the birth rate from 2007 to 2009 is believed to be associated with the Great Recession 83 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 84 Per U S federal government data released in March 2011 births fell 4 from 2007 to 2009 the largest drop in the U S for any two year period since the 1970s 85 Births have declined for three consecutive years and are now 7 below the peak in 2007 86 This drop has continued through 2010 according to data released by the U S National Center for Health Statistics in June 2011 86 Numerous experts have suggested that this decline is largely a reflection of unfavorable economic conditions 87 This connection between birth rates and economic downturns partly stems from the fact that American birth rates have now fallen to levels that are comparable to the Great Depression of the 1930s 88 Teen birth rates in the U S are at the lowest level in U S history 89 In fact teen birth rates in the U S have consistently decreased since 1991 through 2011 except for a brief increase between 2005 and 2007 89 The other aberration from this otherwise steady decline in teen birth rates is the 6 decrease in birth rates for 15 to 19 year olds between 2008 and 2009 89 Despite these years of decrease U S teen birth rates are still higher than in other developed nations 89 Racial differences prevail with teen birth and pregnancy rates as well The American Indian Alaska Native Hispanic and non Hispanic Black teen pregnancy rates are more than double the non Hispanic white teen birth rate 90 Age group 2010 Total of population White alone of race age group Black alone of race age group Mixed and or Some Other Race of race age group Asian alone of race age group Either American Indian or Alaska Native of race age group Either Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander of race age group Total 308745 538 100 223553 265 72 4 38929 319 12 6 28116 441 9 1 14674 252 4 9 2932 248 1 0 540013 0 2 0 4 20201 362 6 5 12795 675 5 7 63 3 2902 590 7 5 14 4 3315 480 11 8 16 4 898011 6 1 4 5 244615 8 3 1 2 44991 8 3 0 2 5 9 20348 657 6 6 13293 799 5 9 65 3 2882 597 7 4 14 2 2957 487 10 5 14 5 928248 6 3 4 6 243259 8 3 1 2 43267 8 0 0 0 10 14 20677 194 6 7 13737 332 6 1 66 4 3034 266 7 8 14 7 2736 570 9 7 13 2 881590 6 0 4 3 245049 8 4 1 19 42387 7 8 0 2 15 19 22040 343 7 1 14620 638 6 5 66 4 3448 051 8 9 15 6 2704 571 9 6 12 3 956028 6 5 4 3 263805 9 0 1 2 47250 8 7 0 2 20 24 21585 999 7 0 14535 947 6 5 67 3 3111 397 8 0 14 4 2538 967 9 0 11 8 1106 222 7 5 5 1 240716 8 2 1 1 52750 9 8 0 2 25 29 21101 849 6 8 14345 364 6 4 68 0 2786 254 7 2 13 2 2464 343 8 8 11 7 1234 322 8 4 5 9 221654 7 6 1 1 49912 9 2 0 2 30 34 19962 099 6 5 13573 270 6 1 68 0 2627 925 6 8 13 2 2273 322 8 1 11 4 1240 906 8 5 6 2 202928 6 9 1 0 43748 8 1 0 2 35 39 20179 642 6 5 13996 797 6 3 69 36 2613 389 6 7 13 0 2038 408 7 2 10 1 1296 301 8 8 6 4 196017 6 7 1 0 38730 7 2 0 2 40 44 20890 964 6 8 15052 798 6 7 72 1 2669 034 6 9 12 8 1782 463 6 3 8 5 1155 565 7 9 5 5 194713 6 6 0 9 36391 6 7 0 2 45 49 22708 591 7 4 17028 255 7 6 75 0 2828 657 7 3 12 5 1532 117 5 4 6 8 1076 060 7 3 4 7 207857 7 1 0 9 35645 6 6 0 2 50 54 22298 125 7 2 17178 632 7 7 77 0 2694 247 6 9 12 1 1222 175 4 3 5 5 980282 6 7 4 4 191893 6 5 0 9 30896 5 7 0 1 55 59 19664 805 6 4 15562 187 7 0 79 1 2205 820 5 7 11 2 873943 3 1 4 4 844490 5 8 4 3 154320 5 3 0 8 24045 4 5 0 1 60 64 16817 924 5 4 13693 334 6 1 81 4 1686 695 4 3 10 0 611144 2 2 3 6 689601 4 7 4 1 118362 4 0 0 7 18788 3 5 0 1 65 69 12435 263 4 0 10313 002 4 6 82 9 1162 577 3 0 9 4 394208 1 4 3 2 474327 3 2 3 8 79079 2 7 0 6 12070 2 2 0 1 70 74 9278 166 3 0 7740 932 3 5 83 4 852317 2 2 9 2 268574 1 0 2 9 354268 2 4 3 8 53926 1 8 0 6 8149 1 5 0 1 75 79 7317 795 2 4 6224 569 2 8 85 1 616789 1 6 8 4 184596 0 7 2 5 251210 1 7 3 4 35268 1 2 0 5 5363 1 0 0 1 80 84 5743 327 1 9 5002 427 2 2 87 1 424592 1 1 7 4 122249 0 4 2 1 168879 1 2 2 9 21963 0 7 0 4 3217 0 6 0 1 85 5493 433 1 8 4858 307 2 2 88 4 382122 1 0 7 0 95824 0 3 1 7 137942 0 9 2 5 16824 0 6 0 3 2414 0 4 0 0 U S demographic table 1935 2022 Edit 91 30 31 Average population Live births 92 Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate per 1 000 Crude death rate per 1 000 93 Natural change per 1 000 Crude migration change per 1 000 Total fertility rate fn 1 94 1935 127 250 000 2 377 000 1 392 752 984 248 18 7 10 9 7 7 2 191936 128 053 000 2 355 000 1 479 228 875 772 18 4 11 5 6 8 0 5 2 151937 128 825 000 2 413 000 1 450 427 962 573 18 7 11 2 7 5 1 5 2 171938 129 825 000 2 496 000 1 381 391 1 114 609 19 2 10 6 8 6 0 9 2 221939 130 880 000 2 466 000 1 387 897 1 078 103 18 8 10 6 8 2 0 1 2 171940 131 930 000 2 559 000 1 417 269 1 142 000 19 4 10 8 8 7 0 7 2 3011941 133 058 000 2 703 000 1 397 642 1 305 358 20 3 10 5 9 8 1 3 2 3991942 133 752 000 2 989 000 1 385 187 1 603 813 22 2 10 3 12 6 8 2 6281943 133 971 000 3 104 000 1 459 544 1 644 306 22 8 10 7 12 3 10 7 2 7181944 132 622 000 2 939 000 1 411 338 1 644 456 21 2 10 2 12 4 22 6 2 5681945 132 137 000 2 858 000 1 401 719 1 456 281 20 4 11 11 14 7 2 4911946 139 893 000 3 411 000 1 395 617 2 015 383 24 1 10 0 14 4 41 0 2 9431947 143 375 000 3 817 000 1 445 370 2 371 630 26 6 10 0 16 5 7 8 3 2741948 146 045 000 3 637 000 1 444 337 2 192 663 24 9 9 8 15 3 3 3 1091949 148 558 000 3 649 000 1 443 607 2 205 393 24 5 9 7 14 8 2 1 3 1101950 151 240 000 3 632 000 1 452 454 2 180 000 24 1 9 6 14 4 3 3 3 0911951 153 384 000 3 823 000 1 482 099 2 340 901 24 8 9 6 15 3 1 3 3 2691952 155 761 000 3 913 000 1 496 838 2 416 162 25 0 9 6 15 5 0 2 3 3581953 158 313 000 3 965 000 1 447 459 2 517 541 25 2 9 1 15 9 0 2 3 4241954 161 191 000 4 078 000 1 481 091 2 596 909 24 8 9 3 16 1 1 8 3 5431955 164 302 000 4 097 000 1 528 717 2 568 283 25 0 9 3 15 6 3 3 3 5801956 167 261 000 4 218 000 1 564 476 2 653 524 25 1 9 3 15 9 1 8 3 6891957 170 295 000 4 308 000 1 633 128 2 666 872 25 3 9 5 15 7 2 1 3 7671958 173 239 000 4 255 000 1 647 886 2 607 114 24 4 9 5 15 2 0 3 7011959 176 511 000 4 244 796 1 656 814 2 587 982 24 0 9 4 14 7 3 8 3 6701960 179 977 000 4 257 850 1 711 982 2 545 868 23 7 9 5 14 1 5 2 3 6541961 182 953 000 4 268 326 1 701 522 2 566 804 23 3 9 3 14 0 2 3 3 6291962 185 771 000 4 167 362 1 756 720 2 410 642 22 4 9 5 13 2 2 3 4741963 188 483 000 4 098 020 1 813 549 2 284 471 21 7 9 6 12 1 2 3 3 3331964 191 141 000 4 027 490 1 798 051 2 229 439 21 1 9 4 11 7 2 2 3 2081965 193 526 000 3 760 358 1 828 136 1 932 222 19 4 9 5 9 9 2 4 2 9281966 195 576 000 3 606 274 1 863 149 1 743 125 18 4 9 5 8 9 1 6 2 7361967 197 457 000 3 520 959 1 851 323 1 669 636 17 8 9 4 8 4 1 1 2 5781968 199 399 000 3 501 564 1 930 082 1 571 482 17 6 9 7 7 9 1 8 2 4771969 201 385 000 3 600 206 1 921 990 1 678 216 17 9 9 5 8 4 1 5 2 4651970 203 984 000 3 731 386 1 921 031 1 810 355 18 4 9 4 9 0 3 7 2 4801971 206 827 000 3 555 970 1 927 542 1 628 428 17 2 9 3 7 9 5 8 2 2661972 209 284 000 3 258 411 1 963 944 1 294 467 15 6 9 4 6 2 5 5 2 0101973 211 357 000 3 136 965 1 973 003 1 163 962 14 8 9 5 5 3 4 5 1 8791974 213 342 000 3 159 958 1 934 388 1 225 570 14 8 9 1 5 7 3 6 1 8351975 215 465 000 3 144 198 1 892 879 1 251 319 14 6 8 8 5 8 4 1 1 7741976 217 563 000 3 167 788 1 909 440 1 258 348 14 6 8 8 5 8 3 8 1 7381977 219 760 000 3 326 632 1 899 597 1 427 035 15 1 8 6 6 5 3 5 1 7891978 222 095 000 3 333 279 1 927 788 1 405 491 15 0 8 7 6 3 4 2 1 7601979 224 567 000 3 494 398 1 913 841 1 580 557 15 6 8 5 7 1 3 9 1 8081980 227 225 000 3 612 258 1 989 841 1 622 417 15 9 8 8 7 1 4 6 1 8391981 229 466 000 3 629 238 1 977 981 1 651 257 15 8 8 6 7 2 2 6 1 8121982 231 664 000 3 680 537 1 974 797 1 705 740 15 9 8 5 7 4 2 1 1 8271983 233 792 000 3 638 933 2 019 201 1 619 732 15 6 8 6 6 9 2 2 1 7991984 235 825 000 3 669 141 2 039 369 1 629 772 15 6 8 6 6 9 1 7 1 8061985 237 924 000 3 760 561 2 086 440 1 674 121 15 8 8 8 7 0 1 8 1 8441986 240 133 000 3 756 547 2 105 361 1 651 186 15 6 8 8 6 9 2 3 1 8371987 242 289 000 3 809 394 2 123 323 1 686 071 15 7 8 8 7 0 1 9 1 8721988 244 499 000 3 909 510 2 167 999 1 741 511 16 0 8 9 7 1 1 9 1 9341989 246 819 000 4 040 958 2 150 466 1 890 492 16 4 8 7 7 7 1 7 2 0141990 249 623 000 4 158 212 2 148 463 2 009 749 16 7 8 6 8 1 3 1 2 0811991 252 981 000 4 110 907 2 169 518 1 941 389 16 2 8 6 7 7 5 6 2 0621992 256 514 000 4 065 014 2 175 613 1 889 401 15 8 8 5 7 4 6 4 2 0461993 259 919 000 4 000 240 2 268 553 1 731 687 15 4 8 7 6 7 6 4 2 0191994 263 126 000 3 952 767 2 278 994 1 673 773 15 0 8 7 6 4 5 8 2 0011995 266 278 000 3 899 589 2 312 132 1 587 457 14 6 8 7 6 0 5 8 1 9781996 269 394 000 3 891 494 2 314 690 1 576 804 14 4 8 6 5 9 5 7 1 9761997 272 647 000 3 880 894 2 314 245 1 566 649 14 2 8 5 5 7 6 2 1 9711998 275 854 000 3 941 553 2 337 256 1 604 297 14 3 8 5 5 8 5 8 1 9991999 279 040 000 3 959 417 2 391 399 1 568 018 14 2 8 6 5 6 5 8 2 0072000 282 162 411 4 058 814 2 403 351 1 655 463 14 4 8 5 5 9 5 2 2 0562001 284 968 955 4 025 933 2 416 425 1 609 508 14 1 8 5 5 6 4 2 2 0302002 287 625 193 4 021 726 2 443 387 1 578 339 14 0 8 5 5 5 3 7 2 0202003 290 107 933 4 089 950 2 448 288 1 641 662 14 1 8 4 5 6 3 0 2 0472004 292 805 298 4 112 052 2 397 615 1 714 437 14 0 8 2 5 9 3 3 2 0512005 295 516 599 4 138 349 2 448 017 1 690 332 14 0 8 3 5 7 3 5 2 0572006 298 379 912 4 265 555 2 426 264 1 839 291 14 3 8 1 6 2 3 4 2 1082007 301 231 207 4 316 234 2 423 712 1 892 522 14 3 8 0 6 3 3 2 2 1202008 304 093 966 4 247 694 2 471 984 1 775 710 14 0 8 1 5 9 3 5 2 0722009 306 771 529 4 130 665 2 437 163 1 693 502 13 5 7 9 5 6 3 1 2 0022010 309 327 143 3 999 386 2 468 435 1 530 951 13 0 8 0 5 0 3 3 1 9312011 311 583 481 3 953 590 2 515 458 1 438 412 12 7 8 1 4 6 2 6 1 8942012 313 877 862 3 952 841 2 543 279 1 409 562 12 6 8 1 4 5 2 8 1 8802013 316 059 947 3 932 181 2 596 993 1 336 183 12 4 8 2 4 2 2 7 1 8572014 318 386 329 3 988 076 2 626 418 1 361 658 12 5 8 2 4 3 3 0 1 8622015 320 738 994 3 978 497 2 712 630 1 265 867 12 4 8 4 4 0 3 3 1 8432016 323 071 755 3 945 875 2 744 248 1 201 627 12 2 8 5 3 7 3 5 1 8202017 95 96 325 122 128 3 855 500 2 813 503 1 041 997 11 8 8 7 3 1 3 2 1 7652018 97 98 326 838 199 3 791 712 2 839 205 952 507 11 6 8 7 2 9 2 4 1 7292019 328 329 953 3 747 540 2 854 858 892 682 11 4 8 7 2 7 1 8 1 7062020 99 100 331 501 080 3 613 647 3 383 729 229 918 10 9 10 3 0 6 8 9 1 6412021 101 102 331 893 745 3 664 292 3 464 231 200 061 11 0 10 4 0 5 0 7 1 6642022 103 104 333 287 557 3 699 491 3 273 705 425 786 11 1 9 8 1 2 3 0 1 665 105 Current vital statistics Edit 106 Period Live births Deaths Natural increaseJanuary August 2022 2 426 758 2 195 349 231 409January August 2023 2 374 232 2 034 653 339 579Difference nbsp 52 526 2 16 nbsp 160 696 7 32 nbsp 108 170U S projected population table 2017 2060 EditThe United States Census Bureau s 2017 projections were produced using the cohort component method In the cohort component method the components of population change fertility mortality and net migration are projected separately for each birth cohort persons born in a given year The base population is advanced each year by using projected survival rates and net international migration Each year a new birth cohort is added to the population by applying the projected fertility rates to the female population US population projections resident population as of July 1 amp numbers in thousands 107 Year Population2017 325 5112018 327 8922019 330 2692020 332 6392021 334 9982022 337 3422023 339 6652024 341 9632025 344 2342026 346 4812027 348 6952028 350 8722029 353 0082030 355 1012031 357 1472032 359 1472033 361 0992034 363 0032035 364 8622036 366 6762037 368 4482038 370 1792039 371 8712040 373 5282041 375 1522042 376 7462043 378 3142044 379 8612045 381 3902046 382 9072047 384 4152048 385 9182049 387 4192050 388 9222051 390 4312052 391 9472053 393 4732054 395 0092055 396 5572056 398 1182057 399 6912058 401 2772059 402 8742060 404 483Since 1790 EditThis section needs to be updated The reason given is Update once 2021 Estimate Available Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information April 2021 Main articles Demographic history of the United States and History of immigration to the United States Historical population CensusPop Note 17903 929 214 18005 236 63133 3 18107 239 88138 3 18209 638 45333 1 183012 866 02033 5 184017 069 45332 7 185023 191 87635 9 186031 443 32135 6 187038 558 37122 6 188049 371 34028 0 189062 979 76627 6 190076 212 16821 0 191092 228 53121 0 1920106 021 56815 0 1930123 202 66016 2 1940132 165 1297 3 1950151 325 79814 5 1960179 323 17518 5 1970203 211 92613 3 1980226 545 80511 5 1990248 709 8739 8 2000281 421 90613 2 2010308 745 5389 7 2020331 449 2817 4 Sources United States Census Bureau 108 109 110 111 2020 data as of population clock 13 Note that the census numbers do not include American natives before 1860 In 1900 when the U S population was 76 million there were 66 8 million white Americans in the United States representing 88 of the total population 112 8 8 million Black Americans with about 90 of them still living in Southern states 113 and slightly more than 500 000 Hispanics 114 Under the law the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 115 the number of first generation immigrants living in the United States has increased 116 from 9 6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007 117 Around a million people legally immigrated to the United States per year in the 1990s up from 250 000 per year in the 1950s 118 In 1900 non Hispanic whites comprised almost 97 of the population of the 10 largest U S cities 119 The Census Bureau reported that minorities including Hispanic whites made up 50 4 of the children born in the U S between July 2010 and July 2011 120 compared to 37 in 1990 121 In 2014 the state with the lowest fertility rate was Rhode Island with a rate of 1 56 while Utah had the greatest rate with a rate of 2 33 60 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 0 122 In 2017 the U S birth rate remains well below the replacement level needed at least 2 1 children per woman so as not to experience population decreases as white American births fell in all 50 states and the District of Columbia Among non Hispanic white women no states had a fertility rate above the replacement level Among non Hispanic Black women 12 states reached above the replacement level needed Among Hispanic women 29 states did 123 For non Hispanic white women the highest total fertility rate was in Utah at 2 099 and the lowest in the District of Columbia at 1 012 Among non Hispanic Black women the highest total fertility rate was in Maine at 4 003 and the lowest in Wyoming at 1 146 For Hispanic women the highest total fertility rate was in Alabama at 3 085 and the lowest in Vermont at 1 200 and Maine at 1 281 123 124 Due to the aging and low birth rates among white people deaths now outnumber births among white people non Hispanic in more than half the states in the country 125 In 2018 U S births fell to the lowest level in 32 years 126 Median age of the population Edit Median age of the U S population through history Source U S Department of Commerce Bureau of Census United States Census Bureau and The World Factbook 94 127 Years 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900Median age of the total population 16 7 17 2 17 8 18 9 19 4 20 2 20 9 22 0 22 9Median age of males 16 6 17 2 17 9 19 2 19 8 20 2 21 2 22 3 23 3Median age of females 16 8 17 3 17 8 18 6 19 1 20 1 20 7 21 6 22 4Years 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2018 2021Median age of the total population 24 1 25 3 26 5 29 0 30 2 29 6 28 1 30 0 32 9 35 3 37 2 38 2 38 8Median age of males 24 6 25 8 26 7 29 1 29 9 28 7 26 8 28 8 31 7 34 0 35 8 36 9 37 7Median age of females 23 5 24 7 25 2 29 0 30 5 30 4 29 8 31 2 34 1 36 5 38 5 39 5 39 8Vital statistics Edit nbsp States in the US shown with population change 2010 to 2020 census 128 2 00 or less 0 01 to 1 99 0 to 0 99 1 to 2 49 2 5 to 4 99 5 to 8 99 9 to 11 99 12 or more nbsp One person households in the US over timeSee also Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United States Vital statistics of racial and ethnic Groups since 1990 The U S total fertility rate as of 2020 is 1 641 41 1 55 for non Hispanic whites 41 1 71 for non Hispanic Blacks 41 1 65 for Native Americans including Hispanics 1 53 for Asian Americans including Hispanics Other 60 1 88 for Hispanics of all racial groups 41 Note that 95 of Hispanics are included as white Hispanics by CDC which does not recognize the Census s Some other race category and counts people in that category as white Source National Vital statistics report based on 2010 US Census data 129 Total Fertility Rates from 1800 to 2010 Edit The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman Sources Ansley J Coale Zelnik and National Center for Health Statistics 130 Years 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 130 Total Fertility Rate in the United States 7 0 6 9 6 7 6 6 6 1 5 4 5 2 4 6 4 2 3 9 3 6Years 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 130 2020Total Fertility Rate in the United States 3 4 3 2 2 5 2 2 3 0 3 5 2 5 1 8 2 08 2 06 1 93 1 64Life expectancy at birth from 1901 to 2015 Edit Life expectancy in the United States from 1901 to 2015 Source Our World In Data and the United Nations 1901 1950 Years 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 131 Life expectancy in the United States 49 3 50 5 50 6 49 6 50 3 50 2 50 1 51 9 52 8 51 8Years 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 131 Life expectancy in the United States 53 4 54 1 53 5 54 6 55 1 54 2 54 0 47 0 55 3 55 4Years 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 131 Life expectancy in the United States 58 2 58 1 57 5 58 5 58 5 57 9 59 4 58 3 58 5 59 6Years 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 131 Life expectancy in the United States 60 3 61 0 60 9 60 2 60 9 60 4 61 1 62 4 63 1 63 2Years 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 131 Life expectancy in the United States 63 8 64 6 64 3 65 1 65 6 66 3 66 7 67 3 67 6 68 11901 2015 Period Life expectancy in Years1901 1909 49 3 52 81910 1919 53 5 55 3 132 1920 1929 55 4 59 41930 1939 60 2 63 11940 1949 63 8 67 61950 1955 68 71955 1960 69 71960 1965 70 11965 1970 70 41970 1975 71 41975 1980 73 31980 1985 74 41985 1990 74 91990 1995 75 71995 2000 76 52000 2005 77 22005 2010 78 22010 2015 78 92015 2020 78 8Source UN World Population Prospects 133 Percent distribution of the total population by age 1900 to 2015 Edit nbsp Population pyramid of United States in 1950Sources U S Census Bureau U S Department of Commerce United Nations medium variant projections 134 135 Ages 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 20150 14 years 34 5 32 1 31 8 29 4 25 0 26 9 31 1 28 5 22 6 21 5 21 4 20 2 19 815 24 years 19 6 19 7 17 7 18 3 18 2 14 7 13 4 17 4 18 8 14 8 13 925 44 years 28 1 29 2 29 6 29 5 30 1 30 0 26 2 23 6 27 7 32 5 30 245 64 years 13 7 14 6 16 1 17 5 19 8 20 3 20 1 20 6 19 6 18 6 22 065 years and over 4 1 4 3 4 7 5 4 6 8 8 1 9 2 9 9 11 3 12 6 12 4 13 0 14 3Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 33 2 34 1Population centers EditMain article Metropolitan statistical area See also List of United States cities by population and Cities and metropolitan areas of the United States The United States has dozens of major cities including 31 global cities 136 of all types with 10 in the alpha group of global cities New York Los Angeles Chicago Washington D C Boston San Francisco Miami Philadelphia Dallas and Atlanta 137 As of 2021 update the United States had 56 metropolitan areas with 1 million or more inhabitants The U S Census Bureau ranked Urban Honolulu as the 56th most populous area with just over 1 million residents 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 138 The following table shows the populations of the top twenty metropolitan areas Note Denver and Baltimore have over 2 5 million residents in their metro areas and the San Juan Puerto Rico metro area has more than 2 million residents 139 vte Largest metropolitan areas in the United States 2021 MSA population estimates from the U S Census BureauRank Name Region Pop Rank Name Region Pop nbsp New York nbsp Los Angeles 1 New York Northeast 19 768 458 11 Boston Northeast 4 899 932 nbsp Chicago nbsp Dallas Fort Worth2 Los Angeles West 12 997 353 12 Riverside San Bernardino West 4 653 1053 Chicago Midwest 9 509 934 13 San Francisco West 4 623 2644 Dallas Fort Worth South 7 759 615 14 Detroit Midwest 4 365 2055 Houston South 7 206 841 15 Seattle West 4 011 5536 Washington D C South 6 356 434 16 Minneapolis Saint Paul Midwest 3 690 5127 Philadelphia Northeast 6 228 601 17 San Diego West 3 286 0698 Atlanta South 6 144 050 18 Tampa St Petersburg South 3 219 5149 Miami South 6 091 747 19 Denver West 2 972 56610 Phoenix West 4 946 145 20 Baltimore South 2 838 327Race and ethnicity EditMain article Race and ethnicity in the United States Further information Americans Racism in the United States and Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United States Racial and ethnic groups in the United States 2020 census 140 White Americans 57 8 Latino Americans 18 7 Black Americans 12 1 Asian Americans 5 9 Two or more races 4 1 Native Americans 0 7 Some other race 0 5 Pacific Islander Americans 0 2 NHL OAR Racial groups in the United States 2020 census including racial identification of Latinos 141 White Americans 61 6 Black Americans 12 4 Two or more races 10 2 Some other race 8 4 Asian Americans 6 0 Native Americans 1 1 Pacific Islander Americans 0 2 nbsp U S race by Hispanic origin demographics from 1940 to 2020 nbsp Ethnic origins in the United States nbsp Ethno racial makeup of the United States by single year ages from 1990 to 2020 nbsp Ethno racial makeup of the United States by single year ages in 2020 nbsp Counties in the United States by percentage of the population which is non Hispanic or Latino and or non white according to the U S Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013 2017 5 Year Estimates 142 Counties with larger populations of Hispanic Latino and or non white than the United States as a whole are in full purple nbsp States in the United States by Hispanic Latino and or non white population according to the U S Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013 2017 5 Year Estimates 142 States with larger Hispanic Latino and or non white populations than the United States as a whole are in full purple Race Edit nbsp Population pyramid by race ethnicity in 2020The United States Census Bureau collects racial data in accordance with guidelines provided by the U S Office of Management and Budget OMB and these data are based on self identification Many other countries count multiple races based on origin while America compiles multiple dozens of ethnicity groups into skin color grouping them together citation needed relevant The racial classifications and definitions used by the U S Census Bureau are 143 White a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe the Middle East or North Africa 144 It includes people who indicate their race as White or report entries such as English Iranian Irish German Italian Portuguese Lebanese Arab Moroccan or Caucasian Black or African American a person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa 144 It includes people who indicate their race as Black African Am or report entries such as African American Kenyan Nigerian or Haitian American Indian or Alaska Native a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America including Central America and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment 144 This category includes people who indicate their race as American Indian or Alaska Native or report entries such as Navajo Blackfeet Inupiat Yup ik Central American Indian groups or South American Indian groups Asian a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East Southeast Asia or the Indian subcontinent including for example Bangladesh Cambodia China India Japan Malaysia Pakistan the Philippines South Korea Taiwan Thailand and Vietnam 144 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii Guam Samoa or other Pacific Islands 144 Some other race includes all other responses not included in the White Black or African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander racial categories described above includes Asians from Western Asia or Russia non European Russia and White Africans Two or more races people may choose to provide two or more races either by checking two or more race response check boxes providing multiple responses or some combination of check boxes and other responses Data about race and ethnicity are self reported to the Census Bureau Since the 2000 census Congress has authorized people to identify themselves according to more than one racial classification by selecting more than one category Only one ethnicity may be selected however because the U S Census recognizes only two ethnicities Hispanic and Non Hispanic which are mutually exclusive since you can be one or the other but not both The Census Bureau defines Hispanic as any person who has an ancestral connection to Latin America According to the United States Census Bureau website the racial composition of the United States in 2021 was 145 Race 2021 Population Share of populationTotal 323 175 700 100 0 Non Hispanic White percent 187 925 100 58 2 Black or African American percent 37 520 800 11 6 Hispanic or Latino percent 61 241 900 19 0 Asian percent 18 558 600 5 7 American Indian and Alaska Native percent 1 667 100 0 5 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 541 200 0 2 Two or more Races percent 15 711 100 4 9 According to the 2013 2017 American Community Survey the racial composition of the United States in 2017 was 146 Race Population 2017 est Share of total populationTotal 321 004 407 100 One race 310 923 363 96 9 White 234 370 202 73 0 Black or African American 40 610 815 12 7 American Indian and Alaska Native 2 632 102 0 8 Asian 17 186 320 5 4 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 570 116 0 2 Other races 15 553 808 4 8 Two or more races 10 081 044 3 1 White and Black or African American 2 657 560 0 8 White and American Indian and Alaska Native 1 905 946 0 6 White and Asian 2 057 321 0 6 Black or African American and American Indian and Alaska Native 319 097 0 1 Hispanic or Latino of any race 56 510 571 17 6 Mexican 35 709 528 11 1 Puerto Rican 5 418 521 1 7 Cuban 2 158 962 0 7 Other Hispanic or Latino 13 223 560 4 1 Not Hispanic or Latino 264 493 836 82 4 White non Hispanic 197 277 789 61 5 Black or African American non Hispanic 39 445 495 12 3 American Indian and Alaska Native non Hispanic 2 098 763 0 7 Asian non Hispanic 16 989 540 5 3 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander non Hispanic 515 522 0 2 Some other race non Hispanic 715 432 0 2 Two or more races 7 451 295 2 3 United States in racial and ethnic groups nbsp White Americans of one race nbsp Non Hispanic White Americans nbsp Hispanic and Latino Americans nbsp Black Americans nbsp Asian AmericansDistribution of Total Population by Race 1900 to 2020 in Hispanic are shown like part of the races Source U S Census Bureau 134 127 Years 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 White 87 9 88 9 89 7 89 8 89 8 89 5 88 6 87 5 83 0 80 3 75 1 72 4 61 6Black or African American 11 6 10 7 9 9 9 7 9 8 10 0 10 5 11 1 11 7 12 1 12 3 12 6 12 4American Indian and Alaska Native 0 8 0 8 0 9 0 9 1 1Asian and Native Hawaiianand other Pacific Islander 1 5 2 9 3 8 5 0 6 2Some other race 3 0 3 9 5 5 6 2 8 4Two or more races 2 4 2 9 10 2Sum 99 5 99 6 99 6 99 5 99 6 99 5 99 1 98 6 100 100 100 100 100 Data are shown for the White Black or African American American Indian and Alaska Native Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander and Some other race alone populations Median age by each race alone amp ethnicity 2021Source United States Census Bureau 147 Race Median age both sexes years Median age male years Median age female years Total Population 38 8 37 7 39 8White Non Hispanic 43 8 42 6 45 0Black or African American 34 5 32 9 36 1American Indian and Alaska Native 32 1 31 8 32 5Asian 37 7 36 5 38 9Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 32 7 32 5 32 9Two or More Races 21 1 20 4 21 8Hispanic alone 30 5 30 2 30 8Not Hispanic 41 0 39 8 42 1Median age by race alone or in combination amp ethnicity 2021Source United States Census Bureau 147 Race Median age both sexes years Median age male years Median age female years White 39 8 38 9 40 8Black or African American 32 7 31 2 34 2American Indian and Alaska Native 31 6 30 9 32 2Asian 35 4 34 1 36 6Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 29 8 29 3 30 3White Non Hispanic 42 8 41 7 44 0Most common age by race ethnicity 2018 148 Race ethnicity White Black orAfrican American Hispanic Asian American Indian andAlaska Native Native Hawaiian andPacific Islander MultiracialMost common age 58 yo 27 yo 11 yo 29 yo 26 yo 28 yo 3 yoRacial breakdown of population by state plus D C and Puerto Rico 2015 146 State or territory Population 2015 est White Black orAfrican American American Indianand Alaska Native Asian Native Hawaiian andOther Pacific Islander Some other race Two or more racesAlabama 4 830 620 68 8 26 4 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 3 1 7 Alaska 733 375 66 0 3 4 13 8 5 9 1 2 1 3 8 4 Arizona 6 641 928 78 4 4 2 4 4 3 0 0 2 6 5 3 2 Arkansas 2 958 208 78 0 15 5 0 6 1 4 0 2 2 1 2 1 California 38 421 464 61 8 5 9 0 7 13 7 0 4 12 9 4 5 Colorado 5 278 906 84 2 4 0 0 9 2 9 0 1 4 3 3 5 Connecticut 3 593 222 77 3 10 3 0 2 4 2 0 0 5 1 2 8 Delaware 926 454 69 4 21 6 0 3 3 6 0 0 2 3 2 7 District of Columbia 647 484 40 2 48 9 0 3 3 7 0 0 4 2 2 7 Florida 19 645 772 76 0 16 1 0 3 2 6 0 1 2 5 2 4 Georgia 10 006 693 60 2 30 9 0 3 3 6 0 0 2 8 2 1 Hawaii 1 406 299 25 4 2 0 0 2 37 7 9 9 1 1 23 7 Idaho 1 616 547 91 7 0 6 1 3 1 3 0 1 2 4 2 6 Illinois 12 873 761 72 3 14 3 0 2 5 0 0 0 5 8 2 2 Indiana 6 568 645 84 2 9 2 0 2 1 9 0 0 2 3 2 2 Iowa 3 093 526 91 2 3 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 Kansas 2 892 987 85 2 5 8 0 8 2 6 0 1 2 2 3 3 Kentucky 4 397 353 87 6 7 9 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 9 2 1 Louisiana 4 625 253 62 8 32 1 0 6 1 7 0 0 1 0 1 8 Maine 1 329 100 95 0 1 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 Maryland 5 930 538 57 6 29 5 0 3 6 0 0 0 3 6 3 0 Massachusetts 6 705 586 79 6 7 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 4 2 2 9 Michigan 9 900 571 79 0 14 0 0 5 2 7 0 0 1 1 2 6 Minnesota 5 419 171 84 8 5 5 1 0 4 4 0 0 1 5 2 7 Mississippi 2 988 081 59 2 37 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 2 Missouri 6 045 448 82 6 11 5 0 4 1 8 0 1 1 1 2 4 Montana 1 014 699 89 2 0 5 6 5 0 7 0 1 0 5 2 5 Nebraska 1 869 365 88 1 4 7 0 9 2 0 0 1 1 9 2 2 Nevada 2 798 636 69 0 8 4 1 1 7 7 0 6 8 8 4 4 New Hampshire 1 324 201 93 7 1 3 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 5 1 8 New Jersey 8 904 413 68 3 13 5 0 2 9 0 0 0 6 4 2 5 New Mexico 2 084 117 73 2 2 1 9 1 1 4 0 1 10 9 3 3 New York 19 673 174 64 6 15 6 0 4 8 0 0 0 8 6 2 9 North Carolina 9 845 333 69 5 21 5 1 2 2 5 0 1 3 0 2 4 North Dakota 721 640 88 7 1 6 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 8 2 2 Ohio 11 575 977 82 4 12 2 0 2 1 9 0 0 0 8 2 5 Oklahoma 3 849 733 73 1 7 2 7 3 1 9 0 1 2 6 7 8 Oregon 3 939 233 85 1 1 8 1 2 4 0 0 4 3 4 4 1 Pennsylvania 12 779 559 81 6 11 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 Puerto Rico 3 583 073 69 7 8 4 0 3 0 3 0 0 12 0 9 3 Rhode Island 1 053 661 81 1 6 5 0 5 3 2 0 0 5 8 2 8 South Carolina 4 777 576 67 2 27 5 0 3 1 4 0 1 1 5 2 0 South Dakota 843 190 85 0 1 6 8 6 1 2 0 0 0 9 2 6 Tennessee 6 499 615 77 8 16 8 0 3 1 6 0 1 1 5 2 0 Texas 26 538 614 74 9 11 9 0 5 4 2 0 1 6 0 2 5 Utah 2 903 379 87 6 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 9 4 5 2 6 Vermont 626 604 94 9 1 1 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 9 Virginia 8 256 630 69 0 19 2 0 3 6 0 0 1 2 2 3 2 Washington 6 985 464 77 8 3 6 1 3 7 7 0 6 3 8 5 2 West Virginia 1 851 420 93 6 3 3 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 2 0 Wisconsin 5 742 117 86 5 6 3 0 9 2 5 0 0 1 7 2 1 Wyoming 579 679 91 0 1 1 2 2 0 9 0 1 2 1 2 7 Racial breakdown of population in the Insular Areas 2010 149 150 151 152 Territory Population 2010 est White Black orAfrican American American Indianand Alaska Native Asian Native Hawaiian andOther Pacific Islander Some other race Two or more racesAmerican Samoa 55 519 0 9 0 0 3 6 92 6 0 1 2 7 Guam 159 358 7 1 1 0 32 2 49 3 0 3 9 4 Northern Mariana Islands 53 883 2 1 0 1 49 9 34 9 0 2 12 7 U S Virgin Islands 106 405 15 6 76 0 1 4 0 0 4 9 2 1 U S Births by race ethnicity in 2018 126 Year White Alone Black Alone Hispanic Native American Alone Asian Alone Pacific Islander Alone2018 51 6 14 6 23 4 0 8 6 4 0 3 Main article Births of U S states and territories by race ethnicity Percentage distribution of the U S resident population 5 to 17 years old by race ethnicity 2000 and 2017 153 Year White Black orAfrican American Hispanic Asian Pacific Islander American IndianAlaska Native Two or more races2000 60 15 16 3 1 2 2017 51 14 25 5 1 4 Percentage distribution of the U S resident population 18 to 24 years old by race ethnicity 2000 and 2017 153 Year White Black orAfrican American Hispanic Asian Pacific Islander American IndianAlaska Native Two or more races2000 62 14 18 4 1 1 2017 54 14 22 6 1 3 Percentage of population between non Hispanic whites and Minority by age group 2013 154 Age group 85 80 84 75 79 70 74 65 69 60 64 55 59 50 54 45 49 40 44 35 39 30 34 25 29 20 24 15 19 10 14 5 9 lt 5non Hispanic white 83 81 79 78 77 74 72 69 65 61 58 57 57 56 55 54 52 50 Minority 17 19 21 22 23 26 28 31 35 39 42 43 43 44 45 46 48 50 Hispanic or Latino origin Edit nbsp CensusViewer US 2010 Census Latino Population as a heatmap by census tractMain article Hispanic and Latino Americans The U S Office of Management and Budget OMB defines Hispanic or Latino as a person of Cuban Mexican Puerto Rican Dominican South or Central American or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race People who identify with the terms Hispanic or Latino are those who classify themselves in one of the specific Hispanic or Latino categories listed on the decennial census questionnaire and various Census Bureau survey questionnaires Mexican Mexican Am Chicano or Puerto Rican or Cuban as well as those who indicate that they are another Hispanic Latino or Spanish origin 155 People who identify their origin as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race 143 Hispanic or Latino and Race Population 2015 est Percentage of total populationUnited States population 316 515 021 100 Hispanic or Latino of any race 54 232 205 17 1 White 35 684 777 11 3 Black or African American 1 122 369 0 3 American Indian and Alaska Native 490 557 0 1 Asian 181 231 0 0 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 46 724 0 0 Some other race 14 226 829 4 5 Two or more races 2 479 718 0 8 Not Hispanic or Latino 262 282 816 82 9 Population distribution by Hispanic origin 1970 2020 in Source U S Census Bureau decennial census of population 1970 5 percent sample 1980 to 2020 127 Years 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020Not Hispanic or Latino 95 5 93 6 91 0 87 5 83 7 81 3Hispanic or Latino 4 5 6 4 9 0 12 5 16 3 18 7Total 100 100 100 100 100 100Median age of each race alone 2021 Hispanic Source United States Census Bureau 147 Race Median age both sex years Median age male years Median age female years Total Hispanic 30 5 30 2 30 8White 31 2 30 9 31 5Black or African American 27 1 26 1 28 2American Indian and Alaska Native 28 4 29 0 27 8Asian 26 9 26 2 27 7Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 27 8 28 3 27 2Two or More Races 21 5 21 1 22 0Median age of each race alone or in combination 2021 Hispanic Source United States Census Bureau 147 Race Median age both sex years Median age male years Median age female years White 30 9 30 6 31 1Black or African American 25 3 24 3 26 3American Indian and Alaska Native 27 6 27 8 27 3Asian 23 0 22 3 23 7Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 24 8 24 9 24 7Note Hispanic origin is considered an ethnicity not a race Hispanics may be of any race Indigenous peoples Edit Main article Native Americans in the United States As of 2017 there are 2 098 763 American Indian and Alaska Native people in the United States 146 representing 0 7 of the U S population There are 573 federally recognized tribal governments 156 in the United States As of 2000 the largest groups in the United States by population were Navajo Cherokee Choctaw Sioux Chippewa Apache Blackfeet Iroquois and Pueblo Other groups Edit There were 22 1 million veterans in 2009 157 meaning that less than 10 of Americans served in the Armed Forces 158 In 2010 The Washington Post estimated that there were 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country 159 As of 2017 Pew Research reported that there an estimated 10 5 million undocumented immigrants in the U S 160 There were about 2 million people in prison in 2010 161 Projections Edit U S Census Population projections 2012 162 2015 2050White Americans1 77 4 70 8 gt Non Hispanic Whites 61 8 46 6 Black Americans1 13 2 14 4 Asian Americans1 5 3 7 7 Multiracial Americans1 2 6 5 4 Hispanics Latinos of any race 17 8 28 0 1 Including HispanicsA report by the U S Census Bureau projects a decrease in the ratio of Whites between 2010 and 2050 from 79 5 to 74 0 163 At the same time Non Hispanic Whites are projected to no longer make up a majority of the population by 2045 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 164 However white Americans overall are still projected to make up over 70 of the population in 2050 The report foresees the Hispanic or Latino population rising from 16 today to 30 by 2050 the Black percentage barely rising from 13 2 to 14 4 and Asian Americans upping their 4 6 share to 7 8 The United States had a population of 310 million people in October 2010 and is projected to reach 400 million by 2039 and 439 million in 2050 165 166 167 168 It is further projected that 82 of the increase in population from 2005 to 2050 will be due to immigrants and their children 169 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 170 Racial and ethnic minorities surpassed non Hispanic whites as the largest group of U S children under 5 years old in 2015 171 The fastest growing racial group in America is Asian Americans with a growth rate of 35 however the multi racial mixed Asian group is growing even faster with a growth rate of 55 Multi racial Asians are therefore the fastest growing demographic group in America 25 24 In 2020 it was reported that 51 0 of births were to non Hispanic white mothers 129 In 2021 the percentage increased to 51 5 129 172 However by 2022 the rate of births to white mothers had declined by 3 dropping to 50 of all total births In the same period the rate of births to Asian and Hispanic women increased by 2 and 6 respectively 27 26 Pew Research Center projectionsThe United Nations projects a population of just over 400 million in 2060 173 Pew Research Center projections 2008 174 1960 2005 2050White Americans 85 67 47 Hispanic Americans 3 5 14 29 Black Americans 11 13 14 Asian Americans 0 6 5 9 Note All races modified and not Hispanic American Indian Alaska Native not shown The country s racial profile will be vastly different and although whites will remain the single largest ethnic group in the U S they will no longer be a majority excluding White Hispanics by 2055 according to Pew Research Center Growth in the Hispanic and Asian populations is predicted to almost triple over the next 40 years By 2055 the breakdown is estimated to be 48 non Hispanic white 24 Hispanic 16 Black and 14 Asian 173 As of 2015 update 14 of the United States population is foreign born compared to just 5 in 1965 Nearly 39 million immigrants have come to the U S since 1965 with most coming from Asia and Latin America The 2015 Census Report predicts that the percentage of the U S population that is foreign born will continue to increase reaching 19 by 2060 This increase in the foreign born population will account for a large share of the overall population growth 173 The average person in the U S of 2060 is likely to be older than the average person of 2018 today and almost one in four people will be 65 or older 173 U S Census Census Bureau projections Edit Percent minority 1970 2042 2008 projections 127 Years 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2042Percent minority 16 5 20 4 24 4 30 9 36 3 39 9 44 5 49 2 50 1Note Minority refers to people who reported their ethnicity and race as something other than non Hispanic White alone in the decennial census Total US populationYear Projection Census Bureau 165 thousands Projection UN 175 thousands Actual result2010 310 233 309 011 308 745 5382020 332 639 331 003 331 449 2812030 373 504 349 6422040 405 655 366 5722050 439 010 379 419Religion EditMain article Religion in the United States Religious affiliations Edit Religion in the United States 2023 176 Protestantism 41 Catholicism 18 Other Christian 2 Unaffiliated 31 Jewish 2 Muslim 1 Buddhist 1 Hindu 1 Other religion 2 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 177 In 2004 update the US census bureau reported that about 13 of the population did not identify themselves as a member of any religion 178 clarification needed In a Pew Research Survey performed in 2012 Americans without a religion atheists agnostics nothing in particular etc approached the numbers of Evangelical Protestant Americans with almost 20 of Americans being nonreligious compared to just over 26 being Evangelical Protestant If this current growth rate continues by 2050 around 51 of Americans will not have a religion 179 Surveys conducted in 2014 and 2019 by Pew indicated that the percentage of Americans unaffiliated with a religion increased from 16 in 2007 to 23 in 2014 and 26 of the population in 2019 180 181 According to statistical data made by the Pew Research Center in 2021 about 63 of the US population is Christian 28 is Unaffiliated 2 is Jewish 1 follows Buddhism 1 follows Hinduism 1 follows Islam and 2 follow traditional religions and others Currently the United States has the largest Christian population in the world approximately 230 250 million and the largest Protestant Christian population approximately 150 160 million The country also has the second largest Jewish community in the world after Israel and the largest Buddhist and Hindu communities in the West as well as the largest number of followers of Islam in North America The country has about 64 million non affiliates only China and Japan have more citation needed 182 Religious body Year reported Places of worship Membership thousands Clergy a 0000 9999 9999 9999African Methodist Episcopal Church 1999 no data 2 500 7 741African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 2002 3 226 1 431 3 252American Baptist Association 2009 1 600 183 100 183 1 740Amish Old Order 1993 898 227 3 592American Baptist Churches USA 2017 5 057 1 146 184 4 145Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America 1998 220 65 263Armenian Apostolic Church 2010 153 1 000 200Armenian Catholic Church 2010 36Assemblies of God 2018 13 017 185 1 857 185 38 199 185 Baptist Bible Fellowship International 2010 4 000 186 1 100 186 4 190 186 Baptist General Conference 1998 876 141 no dataBaptist Missionary Association of America 2010 1 272 187 138 187 1 525Buddhism 2001 no data 1 082 no dataChristian and Missionary Alliance The 1998 1 964 346 1 629Christian Brethren Plymouth Brethren 1997 1 150 100 no dataChristian Church Disciples of Christ 2018 3 624 382 188 2 066Christian churches and churches of Christ 1998 5 579 1 072 5 525Christian Congregation Inc The 1998 1 438 117 1 436Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 1983 2 340 719 no dataChristian Reformed Church in North America 1998 733 199 655Church of God in Christ 1991 15 300 5 500 28 988Church of God of Prophecy 1997 1 908 77 2 000Church of God Anderson IN 1998 2 353 234 3 034Church of God Cleveland Tennessee 1995 6 060 753 3 121The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints 2014 14 018 6 466 38 259Church of the Brethren 2019 978 189 99 189 827Church of the Nazarene 1998 5 101 627 4 598Churches of Christ 2019 11 989 190 1 116 190 14 500Conservative Baptist Association of America 1998 1 200 200 no dataCommunity of Christ 1998 1 236 140 19 319Coptic Orthodox Church 2003 200 1 000 200Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians 2012 383 130 500Cumberland Presbyterian Church 1998 774 87 630Episcopal Church 2018 6 423 191 1 676 191 8 131Evangelical Covenant Church The 1998 628 97 607Evangelical Free Church of America The 1995 1 224 243 1 936Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 2018 9 091 192 3 363 192 9 646Evangelical Presbyterian Church 1998 187 145 193 262Free Methodist Church of North America 1998 990 73 no dataFull Gospel Fellowship 1999 896 275 2 070General Association of General Baptists 1997 790 72 1 085General Association of Regular Baptist Churches 1998 1 415 102 no dataU S Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches 1996 368 82 590Grace Gospel Fellowship 1992 128 60 160Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 2006 560 194 1 500 194 840 194 Hinduism 2001 no data 766 no dataIndependent Fundamental Churches of America 1999 659 62 no dataInternational Church of the Foursquare Gospel 1998 1 851 238 4 900International Council of Community Churches 1998 150 250 182International Pentecostal Holiness Church 1998 1 716 177 1507Islam 2011 no data 2 600 no dataJainism no data no data 50 no dataJehovah s Witnesses 2014 13 871 1 243 no dataJudaism 2006 3 727 6 588 no dataLutheran Church Missouri Synod The 2017 6 046 195 1 969 195 6 055 195 Macedonian Orthodox Church Ohrid Archbishopric 2010 19 50 no dataMennonite Church USA 2005 943 114 no dataNational Association of Congregational Christian Churches 1998 416 67 534National Association of Free Will Baptists 2007 2 369 196 186 196 3 915 196 National Baptist Convention of America Inc 1987 2 500 3 500 8 000National Baptist Convention USA Inc 1992 33 000 8 200 32 832National Missionary Baptist Convention of America 2004 300 197 400 197 no dataOrthodox Church in America 2010 750 198 131 198 970 198 Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Inc 1998 1 750 1 500 4 500Pentecostal Church of God 1998 1 237 104 no dataPentecostal Church International United 2008 28 351 4 037 22 881Presbyterian Church in America 1997 1 340 385 199 1 642Presbyterian Church U S A 2018 9 161 200 1 245 201 19 243 200 Progressive National Baptist Convention Inc 2017 1 200 197 1 500 197 no dataReformed Church in America 2018 902 200 202 915Religious Society of Friends 1994 1 200 104 no dataRoman Catholic Church 2002 19 484 66 404 50 017 1997 203 Romanian Orthodox Episcopate 1996 37 65 37Salvation Army The 1998 1 388 471 2 920Scientology 2005 1 300 55 204 1Serbian Orthodox Church 1986 68 67 60Seventh day Adventist Church 1998 4 405 840 2 454Sikhism 1999 244 80 no dataSouthern Baptist Convention 2019 47 530 205 14 525 205 71 520Unitarian Universalism 2001 no data 629 no dataUnited Church of Christ 2016 5 000 880 5 868United House of Prayer for All People no data 100 25 no dataUnited Methodist Church The 2018 36 170 6 672 206 no dataWesleyan Church The 1998 1 590 120 1 806Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 2018 1 281 207 359 207 1 222Zoroastrianism 2006 no data 11 no data z 9999 99999999 99999999 99999999 nbsp Religious affiliation within each state that has the largest deviation compared to the national average 2001 nbsp Percentage of state populations that identify with a religion rather than no religion 2014 nbsp Plurality religion by state 2001 Data is unavailable for Alaska and Hawaii According to Pew Research Center study released in 2018 by 2040 Islam will surpass Judaism to become the second largest religion in the US due to higher immigration and birth rates 208 Religions of U S adults Edit Main article Religion in the United States 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 209 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 209 Group 1990adults 1 000 2001adults 1 000 2008adults 1 000 NumericalChange1990 2008as of 1990 1990 ofadults 2001 of adults 2008 ofadults changein oftotaladults1990 2008Adult 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 amp 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 nbsp States in the United States by Catholic population according to the Pew Research Center 2014 Religious Landscape Survey 210 States with Catholic population greater than the United States as a whole are in full red nbsp States in the United States by Evangelical Protestant population according to the Pew Research Center 2014 Religious Landscape Survey 210 States with Evangelical Protestant populations greater than the United States as a whole are in full orange nbsp States in the United States by Mainline or Black Protestant population according to the Pew Research Center 2014 Religious Landscape Survey 210 States with Mainline or Black Protestant population greater than the United States as a whole are in full purple nbsp States in the United States by non Christian e g Non religious Jewish Muslim Hindu Buddhist population according to the Pew Research Center 2014 Religious Landscape Survey 210 States with non Christian populations greater than the United States as a whole are in full blue nbsp States in the United States by non Protestant and non Catholic Christian e g Mormon Jehovah s Witness Eastern Orthodox population according to the Pew Research Center 2014 Religious Landscape Survey 210 States with non Catholic non Protestant Christian population greater than the United States as a whole are in full green LGBT population EditMain article LGBT demographics of the United States 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 Community Marketing amp Insights an 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 1 0 and 1 1 of U S couples in 2000 211 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 citation needed A 2006 UCLA study reported that 4 1 of Americans aged 18 45 identify as gay lesbian or bisexual 212 A 2011 report by the Williams Institute estimated that nine million adults identify as gay lesbian or bisexual representing 3 5 of the population over 18 213 A spokesperson said that until recently few studies have tried to distinguish people who had occasionally undertaken homosexual behavior or entertained homosexual thoughts from people who identified as lesbian or gay 214 Older estimates have varied depending on methodology and timing see Demographics of sexual orientation for a list of studies Foreign born population EditAs of 2017 an estimated 44 525 458 residents of the United States were foreign born 215 13 5 of the country s total population This demographic includes recent as well as longstanding immigrants statistically Europeans have resided in the US longer than those from other regions with approximately 66 having arrived prior to 2000 216 Place of birth of the foreign born population in the United States 2017 215 Place of birth Estimate Percentage of total foreign born peopleAmericas 23 241 959 52 2 Caribbean 4 414 943 9 9 gt Cuba 1 311 803 3 0 gt Dominican Republic 1 162 568 2 6 Central America including Mexico 14 796 926 33 2 gt Mexico 11 269 913 25 3 gt El Salvador 1 401 832 3 2 South America 3 213 187 7 2 gt Canada 809 267 1 8 Europe 4 818 662 10 8 Northern Europe 941 796 2 1 Western Europe 949 591 2 1 Southern Europe 761 390 1 7 Eastern Europe 2 153 855 4 8 Asia 13 907 844 31 2 Eastern Asia 4 267 303 9 6 gt China 2 639 365 5 9 gt Korea 1 064 960 2 4 South Central Asia 4 113 013 9 2 gt India 2 348 687 5 3 South Eastern Asia 4 318 647 6 7 gt Philippines 1 945 345 4 4 gt Vietnam 1 314 927 3 0 Western Asia 1 159 835 2 6 Africa 2 293 028 5 2 Eastern Africa 693 784 1 6 Middle Africa 163 364 0 4 Northern Africa 359 559 0 8 Southern Africa 116 297 0 2 Western Africa 837 290 1 9 Oceania 263 965 0 6 Australia and New Zealand Subregion 123 080 0 3 Citizens living abroad EditFurther information Emigration from the United States As of April 2015 the U S State Department estimated that 8 7 million American citizens live overseas Americans living abroad are not counted in the U S Census unless they are a federal government employees or dependents of a federal employee 217 A 2010 paper estimated the number of civilian Americans living abroad to be around 4 million 218 So called accidental Americans are citizens of a country other than the United States who may also be considered U S citizens or be eligible for U S citizenship under specific laws but are not aware of having such status or became aware of it only recently 219 As of 2022 1 6 million U S Americans live in Mexico according to the State Department 220 Economics EditSee also Economy of the United States Income Edit Main articles Household income in the United States Personal income in the United States Affluence in the United States and Income inequality in the United States In 2020 the median household income in the United States was around 67 521 2 9 percent less than the 2019 median of 69 560 221 Household and personal income depends on variables such as race number of income earners educational attainment and marital status Median household income by selected characteristics 222 Type of household Race and Hispanic origin RegionAll households Familyhouseholds Nonfamilyhouseholds 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 430Median household income by selected characteristics cont Age of Householder Nativity of Householder Metropolitan Statistical Area MSA Status Educational Attainment of Householder 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 Median earnings by work status and sex Persons aged 15 years and older with earnings Total workers Full Time year round workersBoth sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female 45 470 50 983 39 201 56 473 61 180 51 2262020 Median earnings amp household income by educational attainment 223 224 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 degreePersons 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 526Male 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 956Female 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 551Persons 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 552Household 69 228 29 609 29 520 47 405 60 392 68 769 106 936 100 128 114 900 151 560 142 493 Total work experienceHousehold income distribution 10th percentile 20th percentile 30th percentile 40th percentile 50th percentile 60th percentile 70th percentile 80th percentile 90th percentile 95th percentile 15 700 28 000 40 500 55 000 70 800 89 700 113 200 149 100 212 100 286 300Source US Census Bureau 2021 income statistics for the year 2021 nbsp Counties in the United States by the percentage of the over 25 year old population with bachelor s degrees according to the U S Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013 2017 5 Year Estimates 225 Counties with higher percentages of bachelor s degrees than the United States as a whole are in full orange nbsp States in the United States by the percentage of the over 25 year old population with bachelor s degrees according to the U S Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013 2017 5 Year Estimates 225 States with higher percentages of bachelor s degrees than the United States as a whole are in full orange nbsp Counties in the United States by per capita income according to the U S Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013 2017 5 Year Estimates 226 Counties with per capita incomes higher than the United States as a whole are in full green nbsp States in the United States by per capita income according to the U S Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013 2017 5 Year Estimates 226 States with per capita incomes higher than the United States as a whole are in full green nbsp Counties in the United States by median nonfamily household income according to the U S Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013 2017 5 Year Estimates 226 Counties with median nonfamily household incomes higher than the United States as a whole are in full green nbsp States in the United States by median nonfamily household income according to the U S Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013 2017 5 Year Estimates 226 States with median nonfamily household incomes higher than the United States as a whole are in full green nbsp Counties in the United States by median family household income according to the U S Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013 2017 5 Year Estimates 226 Counties with median family household incomes higher than the United States as a whole are in full green nbsp States in the United States by median family household income according to the U S Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013 2017 5 Year Estimates 226 States with median family household incomes higher than the United States as a whole are in full green Economic class Edit Main article Social class in the United StatesSee also List of United States counties by per capita income 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 Academic class models Dennis Gilbert 2002 William Thompson amp Joseph Hickey 2005 Leonard Beeghley 2004Class Typical characteristics Class Typical characteristics Class Typical characteristicsCapitalist 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 amp 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 References Gilbert D 2002 The American Class Structure In An Age of Growing Inequality Belmont CA Wadsworth ISBN 0534541100 see also Gilbert Model Thompson W amp Hickey J 2005 Society in Focus Boston MA Pearson Allyn amp Bacon Beeghley L 2004 The Structure of Social Stratification in the United States Boston MA Pearson Allyn amp Bacon 1 The upper middle class may also be referred to as Professional class Ehrenreich B 1989 The Inner Life of the Middle Class NY NY Harper Collins Unemployment rate seasonally adjusted Edit nbsp U S unemployment by state in December 2015 official or U3 rate 227 lt 3 0 lt 3 5 lt 4 0 lt 4 5 lt 5 0 lt 5 5 lt 6 0 lt 6 5 6 5 As of July 2020 update the U S unemployment rate was 10 2 percent U3 rate As of July 2019 update the U S unemployment rate was 3 7 percent U3 rate As of July 2018 update the U S unemployment rate was 3 7 percent U3 rate As of July 2017 update the U S unemployment rate was 4 3 percent U3 rate 228 As of July 2016 update the U S unemployment rate was 4 9 percent U3 rate 228 As of July 2015 update the U S unemployment rate was 5 3 percent U3 rate 229 As of July 2014 update the U S unemployment rate was 6 2 percent U3 rate 228 The U6 unemployment rate as of April 2017 update was 8 6 percent 230 The U6 unemployment rate counts not only people without work seeking full time employment the more familiar U3 rate but also counts marginally attached workers and those working part time for economic reasons Some of these part time workers counted as employed by U6 could be working as little as an hour a week And the marginally attached workers include those who have become discouraged and stopped looking but still want to work The age considered for this calculation is 16 years and over Urban Americans have more job opportunities than those in more rural areas From 2008 to 2018 72 of the nation s employment growth occurred in cities with more than one million residents which account for 56 of the overall population 231 Generational cohorts EditA definitive recent study of US generational cohorts was done by Schuman and Scott 2012 in which a broad sample of adults of all ages was asked What world events are especially important to you 232 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 Lost Generation born from approximately 1883 to 1900 Greatest Generation born from approximately 1901 to 1927 233 in the U S this was the Depression cohort who fought and won World War II Silent Generation born from approximately 1928 to 1945 234 during the Great Depression and World War II 235 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 Baby boomers also known as Boomers born from 1946 to 1964 234 Generation X born from approximately 1965 to 1980 234 236 In the U S some called Xers the baby bust generation because of the drop in birth rates following the baby boom 237 Millennials also known as Generation Y born from approximately 1981 to 1996 234 Generation Z also known as iGeneration Digital Natives or Zoomers born from approximately 1997 to 2012 234 Generation Alpha born from approximately the early 2010s to mid 2020s 238 U S demographic birth cohorts Edit Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Birth rate death rate and natural increase rate in the United States 1935 2021 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 relatively 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 239 Mobility EditIn 2021 27 1 million Americans said they were living in a different place than a year before compared to 29 8 million in 2020 This reflects an 8 4 mover rate the lowest recorded in more than 70 years 240 Education EditFurther information Educational attainment in the United StatesSee also Edit nbsp Geography portal nbsp Society portal nbsp United States portalAging of the United States Demographic history of the United States Emigration from the United States Historical Statistics of the United States Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United States Index of United States related articles Languages of the United States Maps of American ancestries Outline of the United States Places in the United States with notable demographic characteristics Urbanization in the United StatesLists Edit Births of U S states and territories by race ethnicity List of metropolitan areas in the Americas List of U S states and territories by fertility rate List of U S states and territories by population List of U S states and territories by race ethnicity List of U S states by socioeconomic factors Lists of U S cities with non white majority populationsIncome Edit Affluence in the United States Household income in the United States List of highest income counties in the United States List of lowest income counties in the United States Personal income in the United StatesPopulation Edit List of metropolitan statistical areas List of United States counties and county equivalents Office of Management and Budget Statistical area United States Combined statistical area list Core based statistical area list Metropolitan statistical area list Micropolitan statistical area list United States urban area list Notes Edit In fertility rates 2 1 and above is a stable population and has been marked blue 2 and below leads to an aging population and the result is that the population decreases References Edit Moore Derick December 29 2022 U S Population Estimated at 334 233 854 on Jan 1 2023 a b c Provisional Life Expectancy Estimates for 2021 PDF CDC August 2022 Retrieved August 31 2022 a b c Births Provisional Data for 2022 PDF cdc gov June 1 2023 Retrieved June 3 2023 Infant Mortality cdc gov June 22 2022 Retrieved July 6 2022 a b c d e North America United States Central Intelligence Agency Retrieved February 11 2020 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain a 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