Nationality:
noun: American(s)
adjective:
American
Ethnic groups:
white 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% (July 2007 estimate)
note:
a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean persons of Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin including those of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican Republic, Spanish, and Central or South American origin living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.); about 15.1% of the total US population is Hispanic
Languages:
English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)
note:
the US has no official national language, but English has acquired official status in 28 of the 50 states; Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii
Religions:
Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% (2007 est.)
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
318,892,103 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 4
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
19.4% (male 31,580,349/female 30,221,106)
15-24 years:
13.7% (male 22,436,057/female 21,321,861)
25-54 years:
39.9% (male 63,452,792/female 63,671,631)
55-64 years:
12.6% (male 19,309,019/female 20,720,284)
65 years and over:
13.9% (male 20,304,644/female 25,874,360) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:
total dependency ratio:
51 %
youth dependency ratio:
29.4 %
elderly dependency ratio:
21.6 %
potential support ratio:
4.6 (2014 est.)
total:
37.6 years
male:
36.3 years
female:
39 years (2014 est.)
0.77% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 143
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
13.42 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 150
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
8.15 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 94
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
2.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 40
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
82.4% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
1.14% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
New York-Newark 20.352 million; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana 13.395 million; Chicago 9.676 million; Miami 6.061 million; Philadelphia 5.927 million; WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) 4.705 million (2011)
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.77 male(s)/female
total population:
0.97 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
25.4 (2009 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
21 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 136
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
6.17 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 169
male:
6.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
5.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
79.56 years
country comparison to the world: 42
male:
77.11 years
female:
81.94 years (2014 est.)
2.01 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 123
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
76.4%
note:
percent of women aged 15-44 (2010)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
17.9% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 3
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
2.42 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
3 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 99.4% of population
rural: 98% of population
total: 99.2% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0.6% of population
rural: 2% of population
total: 0.8% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2012 est.)
0.6% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 64
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
1.2 million (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 9
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
17,000 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 19
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
33% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 18
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
1.3% (2004)
country comparison to the world: 129
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
5.4% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
99%
male:
99%
female:
99% (2003 est.)
total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years (2011)
total:
17.3%
country comparison to the world: 73
male:
18.7%
female:
15.7% (2011)