PEOPLE
Population:
280,562,489 (July 2002 est.)
Age structure: 0-14
years: 21% (male 30,116,782; female 28,765,183)
15-64 years: 66.4% (male 92,391,120; female 93,986,468)
65 years and over: 12.6% (male 14,748,522; female 20,554,414)
(2002 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.89% (2002 est.)
Birth rate: 14.1 births/1,000
population (2002 est.)
Death rate: 8.7 deaths/1,000
population (2002 est.)
Net migration rate:
3.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female (1998 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
6.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.4 years
male: 74.5 years
female: 80.2 years (2002 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.07 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Nationality:
noun: American(s)
adjective: American
Ethnic groups: white
77.1%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1.5%,
native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.3%, other 4% (2000)
Religions: Protestant
56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989)
Languages: English,
Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority)
Literacy:definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
male: 97%
female: 97% (1979 est.)
total population: 97%
