United States People:
Population:
295,734,134 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 20.6% (male:31,095,725; female:29,703,997)
15-64 years: 67% (male:98,914,382; female:99,324,126)
65 years and over: 12.4% (male:15,298,676; female:21,397,228) (2005)
Median age:
total: 36.27 years
male: 34.94 years
female: 37.6 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.92% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
14.14 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
8.25 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
3.31 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 6.5 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 7.17 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 5.8 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 77.71 years (2005 est.)
male: 74.89 years
female: 80.67 years
Total fertility rate:
2.08 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.6% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
950,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
14,000 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: American(s)
adjective: American
Ethnic groups:
white 81.7%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.2% (2003)
note: A separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.)
Religions:
Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002)
Languages:
English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7%, (2000)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 97%
female: 97% (1999)
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