Demographics of the United States: Difference between revisions

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| death = 10.4 deaths/1,000 population (2021)

| net_migration = 3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2020)<ref name="CIA"/>

| net_gain = 1 person/26 seconds (2021)<ref name="clock"/>

| fertility = {{increase}} 1.665 children born/woman (2022)<ref name="CDCTFR"/>

| age_18–44_years = 35.9% (2021)<ref name="age"/>

| age_45–64_years = 25.2% (2021)<ref name="age"/>

| age_65_years = 16.8% (2021)<ref name="age"/>

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| official = No official language at national level. [[American English|English]] is designated official in 32 of 50 states (and in all 5 [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territories]]). [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] is official in [[Hawaii]], [[Alaska Native languages|20 Native languages]] are official in [[Alaska]], and [[Sioux language|Sioux]] is official in [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/22/south-dakota-recognizes-official-indigenous-language-governor-noem/3245113002/ |title=South Dakota recognizes official indigenous language |first=Lisa |last=Kaczke |newspaper=Argus Leader |date=25 March 2019}}</ref> [[Samoan language|Samoan]] is an official language in [[American Samoa]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=42333 |title=Samoa now an official language of instruction in American Samoa |date=2008-10-03 |website=Radio New Zealand International}}</ref> [[Chamorro language|Chamorro]] is an official language in [[Guam]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Guam |title=Guam |date=2018-10-24 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> Chamorro and [[Carolinian language|Carolinian]] are official languages in the [[Northern Mariana Islands]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Northern-Mariana-Islands |title=Northern Mariana Islands |date=2018-10-19 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref> and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] is an official language in [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.languagepolicy.net/archives/can-pr.htm |title=Puerto Rico and Official English |first=James |last=Crawford |website=Language Policy.net |access-date=April 27, 2011}}</ref>

|infant_mortality=5.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2020)<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 June 2022 |title=Infant Mortality |url=https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/infantmortality.htm |access-date=6 July 2022 |website=cdc.gov}}</ref>}}

 

 

The U.S. population almost quadrupled during the 20th century{{snd}}at a growth rate of about 1.3% a year{{snd}}from about 76&nbsp;million in 1900 to 281&nbsp;million in 2000.<ref name=statistical>{{cite web |title=Statistical Abstract of the United States |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/06statab/pop.pdf|year=2005 |website=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref> It is estimated to have reached the 200&nbsp;million mark in 1967, and the 300&nbsp;million mark on October 17, 2006.<ref name=statistical/><ref name=MSNBC_15298443>{{cite news |title=U.S. population hits 300 million mark |url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15298443/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017114234/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15298443/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 17, 2006 |website=[[MSNBC]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=October 17, 2006 |access-date=October 17, 2006}}</ref> Foreign-born immigration caused the U.S. population to continue its rapid increase, with the foreign-born population doubling from almost 20&nbsp;million in 1990 to over 45&nbsp;million in 2015,<ref name="pewhispanic.org">{{cite web |title=Modern Immigration Wave Brings 59 Million to U.S. |url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/09/28/modern-immigration-wave-brings-59-million-to-u-s-driving-population-growth-and-change-through-2065/ |date=September 28, 2015 |website=Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project}}</ref> representing one-third of the population increase.<ref>{{cite web |title=Changing Patterns in U.S. Immigration and Population |url=http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2014/12/changing-patterns-in-us-immigration-and-population |website=The Pew Charitable Trusts |date=18 December 2014}}</ref> The U.S. population grew by 1.6 million from 2018 to 2019, with 38% of growth from immigration.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://usafacts.org/annual-publications/annual-report-2021/ |title=Annual Report 2021 |website=USA Facts |access-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511191321/https://usafacts.org/annual-publications/annual-report-2021/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 [[minorities in the United States|ethnic minority groups]].<ref>{{cite web |url =https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/children-of-color-projected-to-be-majority-of-u-s-youth-this-year |title=Children of color projected to be majority of U.S. youth this year |date=January 9, 2020 |work=PBS NewsHour}}</ref>

As of 2020, [[White Americans|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-Hispanic or Latino whites|Non-Latino whites]] made up 57.8% of the country's population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/racial-and-ethnic-diversity-in-the-united-states-2010-and-2020-census.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

 

 

[[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.<ref name="Lemi 2021 b965" /><ref name="Foster-Frau 2021 h651" />

 

 

The 12 month ending general fertility rate increased from 56.6 to 57.0 in 2022 Q1 compared to 2021 Q4.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vital Statistics Rapid Release Quarterly Provisional Estimates |date=June 29, 2022 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/natality-dashboard.htm |access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref>

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.

 

* Child dependency ratio: 28.11% (2021) Country comparison to the world*: 138th

* Aged dependency ratio: 25.92% (2021) Country comparison to the world*: 42nd

===Life expectancy===

{{see also|List of U.S. states and territories by life expectancy}}

 

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 epidemic in the United States|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.<ref name=cnbc<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/09/us-life-expectancy-has-been-declining-heres-why.html |title=US life expectancy has been declining. Here's why |first=Upton |last=Saiidi |date=July 9, 2019 |website=CNBC Markets}}</ref>

In 2017, out of the U.S. foreign-born population, some 45% (20.7&nbsp;million) were naturalized citizens, 27% (12.3&nbsp;million) were lawful permanent residents (including many eligible to become citizens), 6% (2.2&nbsp;million) were temporary lawful residents, and 23% (10.5&nbsp;million) were unauthorized immigrants.<ref name="KeyFindings">{{cite web |title=Key findings about U.S. immigrants |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/17/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/ |date=June 17, 2019 |website=Pew Research Center |first=Jynnah |last=Radford}}</ref> 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.<ref name= "KeyFindings" /> 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.<ref name="KeyFindings" /> 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.<ref name="PewRefugees">{{cite web |title=Key facts about refugees to the U.S. |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/07/key-facts-about-refugees-to-the-u-s/ |first=Jens Manuel |last=Krogstad |date=October 7, 2019 |website=Pew Research Center}}</ref> 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.<ref name="PewRefugees" />

* Net migration rate (2022): 3.02 migrants/1,000 population.<ref name=":8" /> Country comparison to the world: 35th<ref name=":8" />

<nowiki>*</nowiki>(mid-year estimates)

 

| 0.6

| 9.1

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|2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Births: Provisional Data for 2021 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr020.pdf |access-date=24 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ahmad |first=Farida B. |date=2022 |title=Provisional Mortality Data — United States, 2021 |journal=MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |language=en-us |volume=71 |issue=17 |pages=597–600 |doi=10.15585/mmwr.mm7117e1 |pmid=35482572 |pmc=9098238 |issn=0149-2195|doi-access=free }}</ref>

| 2022<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ahmad |first=Farida B. |date=2023 |title=Provisional Mortality Data — United States, 2022 |url=https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/wr/mm7218a3.htm |journal=MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |language=en-us |volume=72 |issue=18 |pages=488–492 |doi=10.15585/mmwr.mm7218a3 |pmid=37141156 |pmc=10168603 |issn=0149-2195}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Alex |last2=Beheraj |first2=Kavya |date=October 4, 2023 |title=The birth rate ticked up in 2022. Can the reversal last? |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/10/04/birth-rate-fertility-rate-decline-data-statistics-graph-2022 |access-date=October 7, 2023 |website=Axios}}</ref>

| 333,287,557

| 11.0

| 9.8

| 1.2

| 2.6

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| 2023p<ref>{{cite web |title=CDC WONDER |url=https://wonder.cdc.gov/ |website=CDC WONDER |publisher=US CDC |access-date=2 April 2024}}</ref>

| style="color:blue"| 334,914,865

| 3,087,366

| 507,932

| 1.5

| 3.3

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All current numbers in this section are provisional and may change through future updates. For more information, please see the reference link (CDC WONDER).

 

 

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.

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|+US population projections (resident population as of July 1 & numbers in thousands)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popproj.html |title=Population Projections |website=U.S. Census Bureau}}</ref>

Source: National Vital statistics report based on [[2010 US Census]] data<ref name="cdc.gov"/>

 

The [[total fertility rate]] is the number of children born per woman. Sources: [[Ansley J. Coale]], Zelnik and [[National Center for Health Statistics]].<ref name=scienceofpopulation>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=scOqCgAAQBAJ&q=total+fertility+rates+united+states1800+us+census+bureau&pg=PA208 |page=208 |title=Demography: The Science of Population|first1=Jay |last1=Weinstein |first2=Vijayan K. |last2=Pillai |date=2016 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |edition=2nd |isbn=978-1-442235212}}</ref>

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{{As of|2011}}, about 250&nbsp;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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/05/22/sunday/main20065117.shtml |title=American cities on the rebound |work=CBS News |access-date=May 8, 2013 |date=August 5, 2011}}</ref>

 

{{Largest Metropolitan Areas of the United States}}

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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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/planning-management/release/faqs-race-ethnicity.html | title=2020 Census Frequently Asked Questions About Race and Ethnicity }}</ref> The racial classifications and definitions used by the U.S. Census Bureau are:<ref name=CensusProfile>{{cite web |title=2010 Census Demographic Profile Summary File |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/doc/dpsf.pdf |website=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=August 25, 2017}}</ref>

* [[African Americans|Black or African American]]: a person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.<ref name=USCensusBureau:Race /> It includes people who indicate their race as "Black, African Am." or report entries such as African American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian.

* [[Native Americans in the United States|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.<ref name=USCensusBureau:Race /> 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.

* [[Pacific Islander Americans|Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander]]: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.<ref name=USCensusBureau:Race />

* 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 West Asia or Russia (non-European Russia) and White Africans

File:Asian Americans by county.png|alt=|[[Asian Americans]]

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;Distribution of Total Population by Race, 1900 to 2020 (in %):

Hispanic are shown like part of the races. Source: [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]].<ref name= "2002pubs">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/censr-4.pdf |title=Demographic Trends in the 20th Century. Census 2000 Special Reports |work=[[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], [[United States Department of Commerce|U.S. Department of Commerce]] |date=November 2002 |first1=Frank |last1=Hobbs |first2=Nicole |last2=Stoops |pages=56, 77}}</ref><ref name= "census.gov"/>

 

;Median age by each race alone & ethnicity, 2021:

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===Indigenous peoples===

{{Main|Native Americans in the United States}}

 

===Other groups===

There were 22.1&nbsp;million [[veteran]]s in 2009,<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael E. |last=Kanell |title=Number of veterans, October |url=https://www.ajc.com/business/vets-jobs-challenges-tough-labor-market/RjXe0WIMdNrh5kRkT1lj8M/ |work=Atlanta Constitution-Journal|location=Atlanta, Georgia|page= A6 |date=November 16, 2009}} quoting the Bureau of Labor Statistics</ref> meaning that less than 10% of Americans served in the [[Armed Forces]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Christian |last=Davenport |title=A disconnect at Magruder |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/19/AR2010041903879.html| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|location=Washington, DC|page=B1 |date=April 20, 2010}}</ref>

 

 

There were about 2&nbsp;million people in prison in 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Michael |last=Gerson |title=Column: More second chances |url=http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/406107/carol-boone/2011-01-04/michael-gerson-power-second-chance |newspaper=[[Florida Today]] |location=Melbourne, Florida|page=7A |date=January 5, 2010}}</ref><!--soft copy source is different from hard copy source but is the identical article-->

!Ancestry by origin<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDP1Y2022.DP02?t=Ancestry |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>||Number as of 2022||%

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|17,786,214

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===Income===

{{Main|Household income in the United States|Personal income in the United States|Affluence in the United States|Income inequality in the United States}}

 

{{Income in the US}}

 

===Lists===

* [[List of metropolitan areas in the Americas]]

* [[List of U.S. states and territories by fertility rate]]