An Overview of the U.S. Population

(Based on Census 2006 data unless otherwise noted.)

Below is a list of population statistics for the United States generated by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2006 that include total population, average family size, Hispanic population, homeowners, metropolitan population, number of married couples, and more.

• Total Resident Pop. (Apr. 2008 est.): 303,763,031
• Population density: 79.6 people per sq mi (2000)
• Mean center of population: 3 mi east of Edgar Springs in Phelps County, Mo. (2000)
• Males: 147,434,940 (49.2% of pop.)
• Females: 151,963,545 (50.8% of pop.)
• White: 221,331,507 (73.9% of pop.)
• Black: 37,051,483 (12.4% of pop.)
• Asian: 13,100,095 (4.4% of pop.)
• American Indian and Alaska Native: 2,369,431 (0.8% of pop.)
• Hispanic/Latino¹: 44,252,278 (14.8% of pop.)
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 426,194 (0.1% of pop.)
• Median age: 36.4
• Metropolitan population: 225,981,679 (2000)
• Nonmetropolitan population: 55,440,227 (2000)
• Families: 74,564,066
• Average family size: 3.2
• Homeownership (2005): 68.9% of pop.
• Married couples: 55,521,868
• Never married: 72,787,209
• Divorced: 25,044,234
• Widowed: 15,182,891

See also Population.

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