User:Watti Renew/Sandbox/United States Demographics
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Population in the United States (Millions)[1]:
- 1971: 208
- 1980: 228 (+ 20)
- 1990: 250 (+ 22)
- 2000: 282 (+ 32)
- 2004: 293 (+ 11)
- 2008: 304 (+ 11)
Race/Ethnicity (2010)[2] | |
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White | 72.4% |
Black/African American | 12.6% |
Asian | 4.8% |
American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
Other | 6.2% |
Two or more races | 2.9% |
Hispanic/Latino (of any race) | 16.3% |
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The U.S. Census estimation of the US population is 336,283,000[3]. The US is the third populous country behind China and India.[1]
The population growth rate is 1% and birth rate 13.8 per 1,000 (30% below the world average.[4] In 2010, over 1 million immigrants received legal residence (mostly through family reunification).[5] Mexico (nr 1), China, India, and the Philippines are the major ex-home countries of the immigrants.[6]
The United States has a very diverse population—thirty-one ancestry groups have more than one million members.[7] White Americans are the largest racial group; German Americans, Irish Americans, and English Americans constitute three of the country's four largest ancestry groups. African Americans are the nation's largest racial minority and third largest ancestry group. Asian Americans are the country's second largest racial minority; the two largest Asian American ethnic groups are Chinese Americans and Filipino Americans.[7] In 2010, the U.S. population included an estimated 5.2 million people with some American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry.[8]
In 2007 total population was 301.3 million and 50.5 million (17 %) of Americans were of Hispanic descent and 64% of them Mexican descent.[8][9] From 2000 to 2010, the Hispanic population increased 43% and the non-Hispanics 4.9% [2] In 2007 12.6% (38 million) of the U.S. population was foreign-born, 20.5 million in Latin America.[10] Minorities (i.e. all but non-Hispanic and non-multiracial whites) share was 36.3% of the population in 2010.[11]
Ca 82% of Americans live in urban areas;[12] In 2008 nine cities had population over 1 million and four global cities over 2 million (New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston), and 52 metropolitan areas with over 1 million.[13]
Population of the 10 largest US cities and municipal areas (in thousands)[14] | |||
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City | Region | ||
New York | 8,362 (1) | 18,897 (1) | |
Los Angeles | 3,832 (2) | 12,829 (2) | |
Chicago | 2,851 (3) | 9,461 (3) | |
Houston | 2,261 (4) | 5,947 (7) | |
Dallas | 1,300 (5) | 6,372 (4) | |
Philadelphia | 1,547 (6) | 5,965 (6) | |
Washington, D.C. | 602 (x) | 5,582 (5) | |
Miami | 399 (x) | 5,565 (8) | |
Atlanta | 420 (x) | 5,268 (9) | |
Boston | 618 (x) | 4,552 (10) | |
Phoenix | 1,594 (7) | 4,193 (x) | |
San Antonio | 1,374 (8) | 2,143 (x) | |
San Diego | 1,306 (9) | 3,095 (x) | |
San José | 965 (10) | 1,837 (x) | |
(order no), x = not in top 10 Source: 2010 U.S. Census |