An Overview of the U.S. Population

(Based on Census 2000 data unless otherwise noted.)

• Total Resident Pop. (Oct. 2006 est.): 300,000,000
• Population density: 79.6 people per sq mi
• Mean center of population: 3 mi east of Edgar Springs in Phelps County, Mo.
• Males: 138,053,563 (49.1% of pop.)
• Females: 143,368,343 (50.9% of pop.)
• White: 211,460,626 (75.1% of pop.)
• Black: 34,658,190 (12.3% of pop.)
• Asian: 10,242,998 (3.6% of pop.)
• American Indian and Alaska Native: 2,475,956 (0.9% of pop.)
• Hispanic/Latino¹: 35,305,818 (12.5% of pop.)
• Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 398,835 (0.1% of pop.)
• Median age: 35.3
• Metropolitan population: 225,981,679
• Nonmetropolitan population: 55,440,227
• Families: 71,787,347
• Average family size: 3.14
• Homeownership (2005): 68.9% of pop.
• Married couples (2003): 57,320,000
• Never married: 48,200,000
• Divorced: 19,800,000
• Widowed: 13,700,000

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